Insane Footage of Massive Tornados Touching Down Near Chicago

On Jul 13, 2023

On Wednesday, the Chicago area was hit by a massive tornado that just missed the city. It appeared multiple twisters touched down over the course of an hour, during which tornado sirens were ringing in downtown Chicago.

Both Midway and O’Hare airports had tornado sightings.

Here’s video of the tornado forming near Midway Airport.

The view from Chicago Midway Airport as a tornado-warned storm pushed through moments ago.

Over 1.7 million people in the Chicago area were included within this tornado warning.

Video sent in by: Taylor Mobley#weather #tornado #stormhour #ilwx #wx pic.twitter.com/DO56S1lBza

— Nash Rhodes (@NashWX) July 12, 2023

Here’s a look at it from a golf course nearby.

View from Chicago Highlands golf club in Westchester, IL this evening during a tornado warning. @WGNNews

Video courtesy: Paul Schlimm pic.twitter.com/1RfLS57PzX

— Ben Bradley (@BenBradleyTV) July 13, 2023

That set sirens off in downtown Chicago.

Tornado reported near Midway, sirens going off in downtown Chicago pic.twitter.com/qryiY5TUXE

— Lynn Becker (@LynnBecker) July 12, 2023

The sirens continued for a while.

Here come the clouds/rain and seventh Tornado Warning siren over downtown Chicago… pic.twitter.com/18I6rPuTZT

— Ana Novak (@analisanovak) July 13, 2023

Here’s a video of the twister forming from Chicago:

We have visuals of the #tornado near Chicago, IL. We’re tracking these storms LIVE on WeatherNation right now. #ILwx pic.twitter.com/LH2P4q1qkZ

— WeatherNation (@WeatherNation) July 12, 2023

Here’s a look as it was in progress.

Tornado a few minutes ago in South Elgin, IL #wxtwitter #ilwx pic.twitter.com/cQlIAd5KLc

— Michael S ? ⬇️ (@SquidWX) July 12, 2023

Two were actually on the ground at once in Elgin, Illinois.

It appears possible twin tornadoes were caught on camera in Elgin, IL earlier today. We’re tracking these storms on WeatherNation. #ILwx #Chicago #tornado pic.twitter.com/QabOvl68pu

— WeatherNation (@WeatherNation) July 13, 2023

Another angle from Elgin.

@ElginPD Tornado touch down. pic.twitter.com/luqriFvZWb

— Will (@W_T_M_3) July 12, 2023

Here’s video of a tornado forming in the area.

#ILWX Tornado forming in Countryside, IL pic.twitter.com/CUuhBdsXln

— Nicole (@mandelgrooveiv) July 12, 2023

Here’s footage of a tornado from Campton Hills.

More of the tornado that happened in Campton Hills. This tornado had a rainbow also. pic.twitter.com/S7U74O6NDD

— ✶Ⓜ️????? ▶️ ✶ (@_MarcusD3_) July 13, 2023

It’s extremely lucky that the tornado didn’t hit the city. The tornado warning for the city has expired and the rest of the area appears to be clear as well.