Kankakee County, IL Tornado Featured on Discovery This Sunday

Aroma Park, IL – The destructive March 10 tornado that struck the Aroma Park area of Kankakee County will return to the national spotlight Sunday when the storm is featured on Discovery Channel’s “In the Eye of the Storm.”

According to a promotional social media post for the Discovery series, a new episode of “In the Eye of the Storm” is scheduled for Sunday at 10 p.m. The promotion includes dramatic footage showing a tornado moving across the landscape as debris is lofted into the air.

A separate local post sharing the promotion says the Kankakee-Aroma Park tornado from March 10 will be featured in the program.

The episode offers viewers another look at a storm that became a major weather event for the Kankakee County community. Video captured as the tornado unfolded documented the rapidly developing danger and the destructive force of the storm.

Discovery’s “In the Eye of the Storm” centers on extreme weather events captured by people experiencing them, using firsthand footage to show how dangerous conditions developed.

For Kankakee County residents, Sunday’s episode brings a nationally televised look at a tornado that affected their own community rather than a distant disaster.

The Discovery promotional post teases the upcoming episode with the message, “The storm kept growing. So did the danger.”

Viewers interested in seeing the Aroma Park tornado featured in the program can watch “In the Eye of the Storm” Sunday at 10 p.m. on Discovery Channel.