TimChgo9 Posted July 1, 2011 Share Posted July 1, 2011 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. Some people are that way, because their personality is so dysfunctional, and their self esteem so low, they say whatever comes to mind to feel, or look important to others. People like that are everywhere. What does this guy look like? Last time LOT had their open house, I took the kids there for the tour, and there was a highly annoying individual there talking about tornados, his storm chasing, and he was actually trying to "one up" the met who was giving the tour. I can't remember what he was saying exactly, but he ticked off some other people that were in our group, and when we got outside another guy who is in our group tore into him big time and basically told him, (in expletive laden speech) to be quiet. IIRC, this guy was short, had glasses, very short hair, almost a crew cut, and was probably between 35 and 40..... He was also being rather annoying at the outdoor displays as well... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimChgo9 Posted July 1, 2011 Share Posted July 1, 2011 Anyway.. .last night's light show was pretty fantastic... I haven't seen that much lightning in quite some time... I was outside after work with the camera, taking some long exposure shots... hopefullly I got some good stuff.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MidwestChaser Posted July 1, 2011 Share Posted July 1, 2011 If these clouds don't clear up the heat advisory is gonna bust. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ValpoVike Posted July 1, 2011 Share Posted July 1, 2011 Anyway.. .last night's light show was pretty fantastic... I haven't seen that much lightning in quite some time... I was outside after work with the camera, taking some long exposure shots... hopefullly I got some good stuff.. Still ongoing in Valpo. It has been nearly continuous thunder since 8pm last night. The radar looks like something out of November with squalls coming down the lake. Quite bizarre. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosier Posted July 1, 2011 Share Posted July 1, 2011 Still ongoing in Valpo. It has been nearly continuous thunder since 8pm last night. The radar looks like something out of November with squalls coming down the lake. Quite bizarre. Yeah, interesting setup. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldlogin Posted July 1, 2011 Share Posted July 1, 2011 Still ongoing in Valpo. It has been nearly continuous thunder since 8pm last night. The radar looks like something out of November with squalls coming down the lake. Quite bizarre. PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL 1034 AM CDT FRI JUL 01 2011 .TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON .DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE. ..REMARKS.. 1030 AM FLASH FLOOD VALPARAISO 41.48N 87.05W 07/01/2011 PORTER IN TRAINED SPOTTER WATER ON US-30 IN VALPARAISO IS 3 TO 4 INCHES DEEP AND RAPIDLY RISING. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeastFromTheEast Posted July 1, 2011 Share Posted July 1, 2011 Yeah, interesting setup. Mike Caplan was talking about it on his Fb and mentioned Corfidi vectors.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A-L-E-K Posted July 1, 2011 Share Posted July 1, 2011 Mike Caplan was talking about it on his Fb and mentioned Corfidi vectors.. You could see some signs this was going to happen yesterday as clouds on visible were taking hard right turns around the bend, hi-res guidance did pretty well too. PWATS up over 2" now over southern Lake Michigan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosier Posted July 1, 2011 Share Posted July 1, 2011 Another batch of storms moving southwest toward Lake and Porter counties. Almost looks like a bit of a circulation on KLOT reflectivity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosier Posted July 1, 2011 Share Posted July 1, 2011 LOT radar is estimating in excess of 8" over the lake since last night and 6-8" near the Porter/LaPorte county line. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosier Posted July 1, 2011 Share Posted July 1, 2011 Another batch of storms moving southwest toward Lake and Porter counties. Almost looks like a bit of a circulation on KLOT reflectivity. BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SPECIAL MARINE WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL 1254 PM CDT FRI JUL 1 2011 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHICAGO HAS ISSUED A * SPECIAL MARINE WARNING FOR... NEARSHORE WATERS FROM NORTHERLY ISLAND TO MICHIGAN CITY... OPEN WATERS FROM WILMETTE HARBOR TO MICHIGAN CITY OUT TO MID LAKE... * UNTIL 200 PM CDT * AT 1251 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG WINDS 34 KNOTS OR GREATER AND LARGE HAIL 10 NM NORTHEAST OF CALUMET HARBOR...MOVING SOUTH AT 15 KNOTS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A-L-E-K Posted July 1, 2011 Share Posted July 1, 2011 BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SPECIAL MARINE WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL 1254 PM CDT FRI JUL 1 2011 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHICAGO HAS ISSUED A * SPECIAL MARINE WARNING FOR... NEARSHORE WATERS FROM NORTHERLY ISLAND TO MICHIGAN CITY... OPEN WATERS FROM WILMETTE HARBOR TO MICHIGAN CITY OUT TO MID LAKE... * UNTIL 200 PM CDT * AT 1251 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG WINDS 34 KNOTS OR GREATER AND LARGE HAIL 10 NM NORTHEAST OF CALUMET HARBOR...MOVING SOUTH AT 15 KNOTS. Getting lots of scud from that bad boy, looks wicked over the lake. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeastFromTheEast Posted July 1, 2011 Share Posted July 1, 2011 Getting lots of scud from that bad boy, looks wicked over the lake. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHICAGO HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... SOUTHEASTERN COOK COUNTY IN NORTHEAST ILLINOIS... NORTHERN LAKE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST INDIANA...* UNTIL 215 PM CDT * AT 110 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES NORTHEAST OF EAST CHICAGO...AND MOVING SOUTH AT 20 MPH.* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... WHITING...EAST CHICAGO...BURNHAM...HAMMOND...GARY...DOLTON...LAKE STATION...CALUMET CITY...HOBART...LANSING...HIGHLAND...MUNSTER... GRIFFITH...GLENWOOD...LYNWOOD...MERRILLVILLE...SCHERERVILLE...ST. JOHN...LAKES OF THE FOUR SEASONS AND CROWN POINT. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tornadotony Posted July 1, 2011 Share Posted July 1, 2011 Had probably 60 MPH wind gusts here. Cool storm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A-L-E-K Posted July 1, 2011 Share Posted July 1, 2011 Had probably 60 MPH wind gusts here. Cool storm. It kicked up some nice white caps out on the lake. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheWeatherPimp Posted July 1, 2011 Share Posted July 1, 2011 Anyone see the spotter network reports from Joshua David up there? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hm8 Posted July 1, 2011 Share Posted July 1, 2011 Anyone see the spotter network reports from Joshua David up there? "its green, i repeat the storm is green not blue" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago Storm Posted July 1, 2011 Share Posted July 1, 2011 Anyone see the spotter network reports from Joshua David up there? "its green, i repeat the storm is green not blue" "rotating wall cloud( couldn't report because mutiple bubbles aren't allowed) wind over 80 mph. funnel cloud reported and confirmed. some minor damage. i repeat this storm is green. not blue, green. no hail. very bad lightning and very bad wind." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tornadotony Posted July 1, 2011 Share Posted July 1, 2011 "rotating wall cloud( couldn't report because mutiple bubbles aren't allowed) wind over 80 mph. funnel cloud reported and confirmed. some minor damage. i repeat this storm is green. not blue, green. no hail. very bad lightning and very bad wind." Haha 80 MPH winds...funny... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hm8 Posted July 1, 2011 Share Posted July 1, 2011 "rotating wall cloud( couldn't report because mutiple bubbles aren't allowed) wind over 80 mph. funnel cloud reported and confirmed. some minor damage. i repeat this storm is green. not blue, green. no hail. very bad lightning and very bad wind." And another one... "very bad wind. low wall cloud. very high wind. can be tornado. i donot no. may have to sound the sirens very high winds" And the Spotter Network quality review: "RQC #2 - are you fracking kidding me? this should be an insta-ban. Maybe one of the worst reports ever received on SpotterNetwork" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thundersnow12 Posted July 1, 2011 Share Posted July 1, 2011 lol at the HRRR...trying to develop storms in the western LOT CWA later this evening. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimChgo9 Posted July 1, 2011 Share Posted July 1, 2011 Hmmm winds starting to shift to the SW, humidity, and temps are starting to creep up. Looking a bit brighter out there.... I'm working in the basement so I can't really tell. Can't break away from the phones long enough to check. Been sitting here between phone calls watching the mercury tick up a tenth of a degree every few minutes or so, and the winds are going more southerly, and starting to gust a bit from the SW.... Thunderstorm complex in NW IN is decaying on radar. Humidity is also ticking up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thundersnow12 Posted July 1, 2011 Share Posted July 1, 2011 north of FSD in eastern SD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thundersnow12 Posted July 1, 2011 Share Posted July 1, 2011 pretty cool HP supercell ongoing up there in near the SD/MN border and you can see the east to west HCR's on the radar going into that thing with a big nasty hook. awesome look on vis sat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Superstorm93 Posted July 1, 2011 Share Posted July 1, 2011 Seeing some 120+ mph readings Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Indystorm Posted July 1, 2011 Share Posted July 1, 2011 Let's not forget that it's currently 97/73 in the Twin Cities with that massive cell moving eastward at 60 mph. No need to wonder whether the cap will break up there today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Indystorm Posted July 1, 2011 Share Posted July 1, 2011 BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 413 PM CDT FRI JUL 1 2011 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... NORTHEASTERN LYON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA... * UNTIL 445 PM CDT * AT 413 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL...AND DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 80 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR CAMDEN STATE PARK...OR 9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MARSHALL...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... MARSHALL AROUND 420 PM CDT... COTTONWOOD AROUND 430 PM CDT... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andyhb Posted July 1, 2011 Share Posted July 1, 2011 Wow, that thing is a monster. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheWeatherPimp Posted July 1, 2011 Share Posted July 1, 2011 BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 437 PM CDT FRI JUL 1 2011 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTHEASTERN REDWOOD COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA... SOUTH CENTRAL RENVILLE COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA... * UNTIL 500 PM CDT * AT 431 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A TORNADO NEAR SEAFORTH. RADAR SHOWED THE TORNADIC STORM MOVING AT EAST AT 50 MPH. * LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE... REDWOOD FALLS... SEAFORTH... NORTH REDWOOD... MORTON... FRANKLIN... DELHI... FRANKLIN... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED BASED ON RADAR...IT MEANS THAT STRONG ROTATION HAS BEEN DETECTED IN THE STORM. A TORNADO MAY ALREADY BE ON THE GROUND...OR IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SHORTLY. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andyhb Posted July 1, 2011 Share Posted July 1, 2011 ^Too speedy... That storm looks to be wrapping very tightly into the center from the notch on the east side of it, it looks like a mini hurricane right now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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