A-L-E-K Posted July 1, 2011 Share Posted July 1, 2011 Level2 has a 3"+ hail marker. Hard to tell from up here, but there were at least some solid inchers making it down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A-L-E-K Posted July 1, 2011 Share Posted July 1, 2011 HRRR showing some pretty nice bender action, multiple rounds of storms firing over the easter lake and pushing SSW into northeast Illinois. Hard to buy into but would be cool to see. This HRRR run and the hi-res guidance in general today was mega win Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeastFromTheEast Posted July 1, 2011 Share Posted July 1, 2011 Absolutely pouring on the wrigley cam. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A-L-E-K Posted July 1, 2011 Share Posted July 1, 2011 Hail core is going to punch right through the loop, gotta love when a severe storm slides SSW down the lake. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago WX Posted July 1, 2011 Share Posted July 1, 2011 Wrigley Field cam http://www.earthcam.com/usa/illinois/chicago/wrigleyfield/?cam=wrigleyfield_hd Cheap organization needs to replace some bulbs on the marquee. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
on_wx Posted July 1, 2011 Share Posted July 1, 2011 The supercell is well south of Wrigley Field now, too bad there are not any cams downstream on the Earthcam network Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Powerball Posted July 1, 2011 Share Posted July 1, 2011 Cheap organization needs to replace some bulbs on the marquee. The storm blew those lights out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IWXwx Posted July 1, 2011 Share Posted July 1, 2011 Cheap organization needs to replace some bulbs on the marquee. I've lost count of the number of times I've eaten at that McDonalds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago WX Posted July 1, 2011 Share Posted July 1, 2011 The storm blew those lights out. Eh, just let me go with my angle. Congrats though to Alek on a sweet storm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IWXwx Posted July 1, 2011 Share Posted July 1, 2011 GR is showing some insane VIL on that cell. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stebo Posted July 1, 2011 Share Posted July 1, 2011 BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL 935 PM CDT THU JUN 30 2011 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHICAGO HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... SOUTHERN CENTRAL COOK COUNTY IN NORTHEAST ILLINOIS... WILL COUNTY IN NORTHEAST ILLINOIS... * UNTIL 1030 PM CDT * AT 931 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE DESTRUCTIVE HAIL UP TO BASEBALL SIZE...AND DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR DOUGLAS PARK...OR NEAR CHICAGO...AND MOVING SOUTH AT 35 MPH. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stebo Posted July 1, 2011 Share Posted July 1, 2011 0935 PM HAIL 5 WSW CHICAGO 41.84N 87.71W 06/30/2011 E2.75 INCH COOK IL PUBLIC ESTIMATED GOLFBALL TO BASEBALL SIZE HAIL. W 26TH AND S KEDZIE AVE. DAMAGE TO VEHICLES. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago WX Posted July 1, 2011 Share Posted July 1, 2011 70 DBZ as that storm rolls through the southside. Mini bow looking as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tornadotony Posted July 1, 2011 Share Posted July 1, 2011 Hail core expanding east...this is gonna cut it close... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tornadotony Posted July 1, 2011 Share Posted July 1, 2011 Also for those keeping score at home tonight is a fantastic example as to why there is a substantial maximum in severe weather reports for srn Cook, Will, Kankakee, Iroquois, Lake, Porter, Newton, Jasper, and Benton Counties... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted July 1, 2011 Share Posted July 1, 2011 The time lapse that Skilling showed tonight looking north along the lake shore was incredible to say the least. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomspy77 Posted July 1, 2011 Share Posted July 1, 2011 Hail..Evergreen Park IL..about forty minutes ago: Uploaded with ImageShack.us Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yoda Posted July 1, 2011 Share Posted July 1, 2011 94 mph measured wind gust reported near Waukegan Harbor per SPC MD #1459 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wisconsinwx Posted July 1, 2011 Share Posted July 1, 2011 The 0z NAM has that MCS that Alek showed one of the WRFs having late tonight into tomorrow morning, rolling SSE from the UP of Michigan through Eastern Wisconsin and Lake Michigan into NE Illinois and Northern Indiana. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosier Posted July 1, 2011 Share Posted July 1, 2011 No, the Kouts 120 MPH winds with all the high-tension towers crumpled... Yeah, I thought of it after I typed my post. Sounds like it was a wild night around Chicago. TWC had a pic of hail covering the ground on I-290 I think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted July 1, 2011 Share Posted July 1, 2011 Apparently Matt Petkovic had a tornado near Kenosha. This guy's a complete jackass. He shouldn't be allowed to make official spotting reports, and should be blackballed from the whole chasing community. He apparently stole photos off the internet from chaser Mike Hollingshead, and also made numerous false reports to the NWS over the last year or two. Just found out that he was the one who reported the tornado here in Eire on June 15th which the NWS never confirmed. Why anyone would pull this kind of **** is beyone me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosier Posted July 1, 2011 Share Posted July 1, 2011 This guy's a complete jackass. He shouldn't be allowed to make official spotting reports, and should be blackballed from the whole chasing community. He apparently stole photos off the internet from chaser Mike Hollingshead, and also made numerous false reports to the NWS over the last year or two. Just found out that he was the one who reported the tornado here in Eire on June 15th which the NWS never confirmed. Why anyone would pull this kind of **** is beyone me. I thought the Erie event seemed odd. Sometimes there will be an erroneous tornado report but that one was accompanied by actual damage reports. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted July 1, 2011 Share Posted July 1, 2011 I thought the Erie event seemed odd. Sometimes there will be an erroneous tornado report but that one was accompanied by actual damage reports. Yeah it was strange, especially since the NWS never did come out and publicly say they didn't find anything. I drove all over the damn place and couldn't even find tree damage lol. I was a bit pissed at myself for missing what I thought was a tornado right in my own town, especially since I had been filming it for almost an hour lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago Storm Posted July 1, 2011 Share Posted July 1, 2011 This guy's a complete jackass. He shouldn't be allowed to make official spotting reports, and should be blackballed from the whole chasing community. He apparently stole photos off the internet from chaser Mike Hollingshead, and also made numerous false reports to the NWS over the last year or two. Just found out that he was the one who reported the tornado here in Eire on June 15th which the NWS never confirmed. Why anyone would pull this kind of **** is beyone me. Ahh, I didn't know it went that far. I did find it a bit suspicious how he went about things on the Erie day and that he didn't post any pics/video and/or share it with the NWS...guess I know why now. I guess i'll add him to the growing list of dumbass chasers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Reimer Posted July 1, 2011 Share Posted July 1, 2011 Ahh, I didn't know it went that far. I did find it a bit suspicious how he went about things on the Erie day and that he didn't post any pics/video and/or share it with the NWS...guess I know why now. I guess i'll add him to the growing list of dumbass chasers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SmokeEater Posted July 1, 2011 Share Posted July 1, 2011 Ahh, I didn't know it went that far. I did find it a bit suspicious how he went about things on the Erie day and that he didn't post any pics/video and/or share it with the NWS...guess I know why now. I guess i'll add him to the growing list of dumbass chasers. Looks like the NWS is onto him also, not one tornado report. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Indystorm Posted July 1, 2011 Share Posted July 1, 2011 Svr warning this am for southern Lake and Porter County area. Cap expected to build but storm train goes up the length of the lake at present. Here on the eastern side of the jet configuration in Elkhart we had a nice lightning show to our west Thursday evening but most of the action was in Chi town area. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A-L-E-K Posted July 1, 2011 Share Posted July 1, 2011 Yesterday really was a sweet storm, the timing of it rolling in off the lake near sunset with towering CU all around an the sun setting to clearish skies in the far west made for some great cloud formations and the complex was a prolific lightning producer, just non stop CGs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Powerball Posted July 1, 2011 Share Posted July 1, 2011 Hmmm, the resemblance is striking... 000FXUS63 KDTX 041411 AFDDTX AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETROIT/PONTIAC MI 1011 AM EDT SAT JUN 4 2011 .UPDATE... THE FACT THAT LAST NIGHTS MCS TRACKED NORTH OF THE FORECAST AREA WILL SET THE STAGE FOR A POTENTIAL SEVERE WEATHER OUTBREAK THIS AFTERNOON. AT 13Z...A WARM FRONT WAS NUDGING INTO SW LOWER MI. THIS FRONT WILL LIFT INTO THE FORECAST AREA THIS AFTERNOON. THE FRONT WILL USHER IN A HOT HUMID AND UNSTABLE AIRMASS AS IT LIFTS ACROSS SE MI. FULL MORNING SUN WILL ALSO AID IN DESTABILIZATION. GIVEN CURRENT TEMP TRENDS...IT SEEMS QUITE LIKELY THAT AFTERNOON HIGHS WILL REACH THE UPPER 80S TO LOWER 90S ACROSS MOST OF THE FORECAST AREA. MODIFIED 12Z DTX SOUNDING FOR 90 OVER 70 YIELDS ROUGHLY 3500 J/KG SURFACE BASED CAPE. CAPE DENSITY ON THE SOUNDING WAS ALSO QUITE IMPRESSIVE. ALTHOUGH NOT DEEP...THE 12Z DTX SOUNDING DOES SHOW A STRONG CAPPING INVERSION NEAR 750 MB. THE REGIONAL WATER VAPOR LOOP DOES SHOW A SERIES OF MID LEVEL SHORT WAVES EXTENDING FROM SE MN INTO NRN KS. THESE WAVES WILL ROUND THE TOP OF THE UPPER RIDGE TODAY...LEADING TO SOME MID LEVEL HEIGHT FALLS ACROSS SRN MI. THE SURFACE COLD FRONT NOW EXTENDING ACROSS SOUTHERN WISCONSIN WILL ALSO TRACK ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA THIS AFTERNOON. THIS FORCING COMBINED WITH DAYTIME HEATING WILL LIKELY BREAK THE CAP THIS AFTERNOON...OPENING THE DOOR FOR STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS. 0-6KM UNIDIRECTIONAL SHEAR ON THE ORDER OF 30 TO 40 KNOTS COMBINED WITH THE HIGH INSTABILITY WILL FAVOR LINEAR MODES OF CONVECTION. HOWEVER...THERE ARE SOME SOLUTIONS WHICH SHOW A SFC MESO LOW DEVELOPING OVER SE MI...WHICH WOULD INCREASE 0-3KM HELICITY. ANOTHER COMPLICATING FACTOR IS THE OUTFLOW FROM THE OVERNIGHT MCS WHICH IS NOW ROLLING INTO HURON COUNTY. THUS CAN NOT RULE OUT THE POSSIBILITY OF SOME SUPERCELLS. FOR THE MORNING UPDATE...WILL INCREASE THE CHANCES OF AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORMS AND ADD A MENTION OF POSSIBLE SEVERE. THE DEGREE OF WARM AIR ADVECTING IN FROM THE SOUTHWEST WILL ALSO WARRANT BOOSTING MAX TEMPS SEVERAL DEGREES. HAVE CONSIDERED A HEAT ADVISORY FOR METRO DETROIT. THE DURATION OF HIGH HEAT INDICES MAY HOWEVER BE BRIEF IF THUNDERSTORM ARRIVE EARLIER THAN EXPECTED. THUS WILL HOLD OFF ON ANY ADVISORIES FOR THE TIME BEING. Again, doesn't that look familiar? *One Day Passive Heat Wave *Extreme Instability & Moisture *Lack Of Well-Defined Trigger In A Weakly-Capped Atmosphere *Capping/Subsidence Inversion 000FXUS63 KDTX 011111 AFDDTX AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETROIT/PONTIAC MI 711 AM EDT FRI JUL 1 2011 THE UPPER LEVEL RIDGE IS THEN EXPECTED TO TAKE FIRMER CONTROL OF THE SITUATION LATER IN THE NIGHT. THERE IS EVEN A NOTICEABLE DRYING/COOLING OF THETA-E IN THE 850-700 MB LAYER, SYMPTOMATIC OF SUBSIDENCE ASSOCIATED WITH UPPER RIDGE AXIS TO GO ALONG WITH THE CUSTOMARY CAPPING INVERSION SETTING UP STRONGLY BY SUNRISE SATURDAY MORNING. THIS WILL ENSURE DRY BUT HOT AND HUMID CONDITIONS THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON UNTIL THE COLD FRONT MAKES IT DOWN INTO SE MICHIGAN. HIGHS YESTERDAY MADE IT WELL INTO THE LOWER HALF OF THE 90S AS FAR NORTH AS CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND THIS IS EXPECTED TO BE EQUALLY ACHIEVABLE HERE BY SATURDAY AFTERNOON WITH HEAT INDEX MAKING A RUN AT 100. SLIGHT UPWARD TEMPERATURE ADJUSTMENTS IN THIS PACKAGE, AND PERHAPS IN THE NEXT, MAKE IT MORE LIKELY THE HEAT INDEX WILL REACH CRITERIA SUBJECT ALSO TO REFINEMENT OF THE DEWPOINT EXPECTATIONS. WITH ALL THE HEAT AND HUMIDITY IN PLACE OVER THE REGION, AND WITH THE PASSAGE OF THE COLD FRONT DURING PEAK HEATING, SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE A CONCERN WITH THUNDERSTORMS SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. MODEL FORECAST SOUNDINGS SHOW CAPE AROUND 3500 J/KG WITH A CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT OF DRY AIR ABOVE 700 MB QUALITATIVELY INDICATING STRONG DOWNDRAFT CAPE AS WELL. HOURLY NAM SOUNDINGS DO NOT SHOW MUCH TROUBLE WITH THE CAP BUT THIS REMAINS A CONCERN DUE TO THE SHALLOWNESS OF THE FRONT AND MODEST UPPER LEVEL SUPPORT THIS FAR SOUTH OF THE SYSTEM AS IT PASSES THROUGH NORTHERN ONTARIO. THE RESULTING WEAK WIND SHEAR PROFILE IS A NEGATIVE FACTOR BUT THE CAPE MAGNITUDE DOES MERIT CONCERN AND IS WORTHY OF THE SPC DAY 2 OUTLOOK. MAYBE the only caveat this time is we won't have that massive MCS blasting through SW Ontario again (though based on today's outlook and last night's pattern shifting eastward it's certainly not out of the question). I still believe that screwed us up too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheWeatherPimp Posted July 1, 2011 Share Posted July 1, 2011 This guy's a complete jackass. He shouldn't be allowed to make official spotting reports, and should be blackballed from the whole chasing community. He apparently stole photos off the internet from chaser Mike Hollingshead, and also made numerous false reports to the NWS over the last year or two. Just found out that he was the one who reported the tornado here in Eire on June 15th which the NWS never confirmed. Why anyone would pull this kind of **** is beyone me. I met him once in Iowa (the day of the Mapleton tornado) and he seemed a little odd, but he also claimed to be a National Weather Service Meteorologist. He added me on facebook and the more I watched, the more I became suspicious as there is no mention of him working for the NWS on his facebook page and he chases like every day of the year. When he pulled up and talked to us that day in Iowa, he told us that he had just chased the Mapleton, Iowa tornado and that there were "dozens" of fatalities. Obviously that wasn't anywhere close to being accurate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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