A series of severe storms triggered tornado warnings and tornado watches in much of central and northern Illinois on March 19, moving out of the area by late evening. The storms caused a smattering of power outages in northwest Indiana and widespread damage across the Chicagoland area.

National Weather Service survey teams have confirmed at least four tornadoes touched down in Illinois during Wednesday’s storms: An EF-0 tornado was earlier confirmed to have hit Highland, Ind., and an EF-1 was confirmed to have struck Gary,