The National Weather Service confirms a tornado touched down in Peoria County last night shortly after polling places closed for the Illinois primary election.
A crew surveying damage said the tornado rated an EF2 with sustained winds of 125 mph and touched down in a rural area northwest of Trivoli.
The funnel cloud traveled about seven and a half miles and started at 7:45 p.m. Another crew surveying damage is working to determine if a second, weaker tornado also touched down. The twister was a quarter-mile wide and took two roofs when it lifted back into the clouds.
Elsewhere in Illinois severe weather ripped the roof off a home in Springfield and a possible tornado was reported in Kankakee County.
