70 MPH Winds Uproot Trees, Peel Shingles Off Homes in Bolingbrook

Trees were uprooted and branches littered Bolingbrook streets after a strong line of thunderstorms passed through the village Monday night. 

Tornado sirens sounded in Bolingbrook around 5 p.m., residents said. The National Weather Service reported 70 mph winds at 5:40 p.m. in Bolingbrook, and many residents reported seeing a rotating cloud over the area. According to one witness, that cloud resembled a "slow toilet bowl" with "a knob in the middle that kept trying to inch down." 

The Northern Illinois FireGround Facebook page reported that a tree fell on a car on Briarcliff Road with at least one person inside. Bolingbrook police said there were no injuries in the incident. 

High winds downed power lines, peeled shingles off houses, according to the NWS, and blew over "large exit signs" on I-355 and I-55. 

These reports are from our readers on Facebook: 

• It was pretty wild near the Promenade. Trees down, fences blown down, outdoor plants completely destroyed.
  
• Lots of trees down in Barclay. I was under a rotation on Boughton and Weber followed by heavy debris about 5:33 pm.
• It was a CRAZY 10 minutes! A neighbor across the street from me had a tree taken out by the wind. I had a plastic adirondack chair go in the pool. Very lucky it was not worse.
  
• River Bend subdivision hit hard!!
  
• It was pretty scary at Indian boundary where the kids had just began their baseball games..all were drenched but everyone is safe!! It has not been great weather for baseball!!
• Lots of branches down in my neighborhood between Briarcliff and Lily Cache off of Orchard.
  
• We had power for the Hawks game so all is well  just some branches/leaves down
  
• A whole cluster of toppled/broken trees at Lindsey Ln & Brompton Ln