tornadotony Posted August 3, 2011 Share Posted August 3, 2011 Cell near Dixon turning hard, hard right. TOR needs to come soon. That thing is BAD NEWS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago Storm Posted August 3, 2011 Share Posted August 3, 2011 Tops up to 67kft on the Dixon supercell. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A-L-E-K Posted August 3, 2011 Share Posted August 3, 2011 i think we might see a mini bow segment head right into downtown. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago Storm Posted August 3, 2011 Share Posted August 3, 2011 Cell near Dixon turning hard, hard right. TOR needs to come soon. That thing is BAD NEWS. Two reports of funnel clouds. WTF are they doing. Edit: Finally... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SmokeEater Posted August 3, 2011 Share Posted August 3, 2011 BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL 845 PM CDT TUE AUG 2 2011 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHICAGO HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... WEST CENTRAL DE KALB COUNTY... NORTHEASTERN LEE COUNTY... SOUTHEASTERN OGLE COUNTY... * UNTIL 930 PM CDT * AT 841 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR FRANKLIN GROVE...OR NEAR DIXON...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... ROCHELLE...FRANKLIN GROVE...ASHTON...WEST BROOKLYN...STEWARD... COMPTON AND LEE. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andyhb Posted August 3, 2011 Share Posted August 3, 2011 I hate to say what this storm's track reminds me of... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Martin Posted August 3, 2011 Share Posted August 3, 2011 Getting public reports now of funnel clouds near Dixon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Castaway Posted August 3, 2011 Share Posted August 3, 2011 Plainfield? My thoughts personally Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted August 3, 2011 Share Posted August 3, 2011 68k ft now. New cell popping up further southwest south of Sterling. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andyhb Posted August 3, 2011 Share Posted August 3, 2011 Any live streams going of this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SmokeEater Posted August 3, 2011 Share Posted August 3, 2011 State Police in Lee County have the wall cloud. http://www.radioreference.com/apps/audio/?action=wp&feedId=8081 http://www.radioreference.com/apps/audio/?action=wp&feedId=3789 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andyhb Posted August 3, 2011 Share Posted August 3, 2011 Well-defined appendage on both the DVN and LOT radars... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Castaway Posted August 3, 2011 Share Posted August 3, 2011 Sitting outside watching the thundering top coming west of me. Dupage along 88. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tornadotony Posted August 3, 2011 Share Posted August 3, 2011 STP of 5 being ingested into that supercell. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A-L-E-K Posted August 3, 2011 Share Posted August 3, 2011 Wonder if Joe is out on the road. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SmokeEater Posted August 3, 2011 Share Posted August 3, 2011 Live coverage from Rockford, IL. http://www.wrex.com/global/category.asp?c=201463 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted August 3, 2011 Share Posted August 3, 2011 Wonder if Joe is out on the road. Wish I would have headed out now. Dixon's only 40min away. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A-L-E-K Posted August 3, 2011 Share Posted August 3, 2011 high quality update from gino STRONG/SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE RAPIDLY DEVELOPED OVER OGLECOUNTY. ACARS SOUNDINGS STILL SHOW A FORMIDABLE INVERSION AT ORD WHICH RAISES SOME QUESTION ABOUT THE FUTURE OF THESE STORMS. HOWEVER...WITH SUCH HIGH DEWPOINTS POOLING AHEAD OF THE BOUNDARY WOULD NOT ANTICIPATE BOUNDARY LAYER TO COOL/STABILIZE ALL THAT RAPIDLY THIS EVENING. SHOULD THE ASCENT DOWNSTREAM OF THESE STORMS WEAKEN THE INVERSION...AS TOOK PLACE FARTHER WEST IN DVN...THEN THE SET-UP WOULD BE VERY FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH DAMAGING WINDS. GIVEN THE RECENT TRENDS AM INCLINED TO THINK THAT WE WONT SEE THIS BATCH OF STORM WEAKEN AS QUICKLY AS THE INITIAL LINE THAT DROPPED SOUTHEAST OUT OF WISCONSIN. IN FACT...I WOULD SAY THERE IS A FAIRLY HIGH LIKELIHOOD OF THIS LINE OF STORMS BEGINNING TO BOW OUT WITH AN EVENTUAL RISK OF WIDESPREAD AND POTENTIALLY SIGNIFICANT WIND DAMAGE IN A CORRIDOR EAST TOWARD THE CHGO METRO OR SOUTHERN CHGO SUBURBS. IN ADDITION TO THE WIND DAMAGE THREAT...THE INITIAL LINE OF STORMS OVER THE NORTHERN BURBS LAID DOWN AN EAST-WEST OUTFLOW BOUNDARY WHICH COULD POTENTIALLY ADD AS A SOURCE OF ADDED STREAM- WISE VORTICITY SHOULD LINE SEGMENT BEGIN TO BOW PERPENDICULARLY INTO THAT LEFT OVER BOUNDARY INCREASING THE THREAT FOR MESOVORTEX FORMATION AND POSSIBLY A QLCS TYPE TORNADO. WHILE STORMS WILL LIKELY BEGIN TO ACCELERATE...THE VERY MOIST ATMOSPHERE AND HIGH FREEZING LEVELS WILL MAKE THEM VERY EFFICIENT RAIN PRODUCERS. WHILE FLASH FLOODING THREAT ISNT HUGE...RAINFALL RATES OVER 2 INCHES PER HOUR COULD OCCUR FOR SHORT PERIODS OF TIME. SHOULD ANY STORM INITIATE AHEAD OF A DEVELOPING BOW...SAY ALONG THE LINGERING OUTFLOW BOUNDARY THEN THE FLASH FLOOD THREAT WOULD INCREASE. WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR THIS POTENTIAL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A-L-E-K Posted August 3, 2011 Share Posted August 3, 2011 Wish I would have headed out now. Dixon's only 40min away. i had a feeling we'd see the front go off back there, but on the plus side for not chasing, it's getting dark quick...everything about nightime chasing sounds unattractive to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago Storm Posted August 3, 2011 Share Posted August 3, 2011 Wonder if Joe is out on the road. I decided stay back here and watch the light show. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thundersnow12 Posted August 3, 2011 Share Posted August 3, 2011 I decided stay back here and watch the light show. I'm about to do the same, a mile south of me its more open and flat to the west. Geez, 67kts at 2200kft about to enter central Kane county. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted August 3, 2011 Share Posted August 3, 2011 Nice pocket of 60kt winds at about 2k ft southeast of Dekalb now. Cold pool generation FTW. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A-L-E-K Posted August 3, 2011 Share Posted August 3, 2011 I decided stay back here and watch the light show. good call, looks like we're both a lock for a grade A light show. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevlon62 Posted August 3, 2011 Share Posted August 3, 2011 i had a feeling we'd see the front go off back there, but on the plus side for not chasing, it's getting dark quick...everything about nightime chasing sounds unattractive to me. Decreasing daylight hours have been in the back of my mind as well. Last Wednesday evening west of Freeport on those tor warned cells was maybe twenty minutes pre-sunset with usable light still around, but it didn't take long for things to darken up out there. By that point things went linear anyway, but it was still a different ball game that I wasn't exactly excited to play. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A-L-E-K Posted August 3, 2011 Share Posted August 3, 2011 warning not extended all the way to the lake, line really starting to come together further north. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago WX Posted August 3, 2011 Share Posted August 3, 2011 i had a feeling we'd see the front go off back there, but on the plus side for not chasing, it's getting dark quick...everything about nightime chasing sounds unattractive to me. 12z SPC WRF FTW. Kind of I guess. Hopefully it has/had the right idea, as it brought the line down through here...in a weakening state, but still we'll take what we can get. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Martin Posted August 3, 2011 Share Posted August 3, 2011 New Severe T-Storm Warning S of Chicago until 1030pm cdt for 80mph wind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SmokeEater Posted August 3, 2011 Share Posted August 3, 2011 BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL 918 PM CDT TUE AUG 2 2011 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHICAGO HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... SOUTHERN COOK COUNTY IN NORTHEAST ILLINOIS... SOUTHERN DUPAGE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST ILLINOIS... SOUTHERN KANE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST ILLINOIS... NORTHERN KENDALL COUNTY IN NORTHEAST ILLINOIS... NORTHERN WILL COUNTY IN NORTHEAST ILLINOIS... * UNTIL 1030 PM CDT * AT 917 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE HURRICANE FORCE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 80 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM ELBURN TO SUGAR GROVE TO LITTLE ROCK...AND MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... LITTLE ROCK...BATAVIA...AURORA...WEST CHICAGO...OSWEGO... NAPERVILLE...WHEATON...GLEN ELLYN...LISLE...YORK CENTER...DOWNERS GROVE...BOLINGBROOK...PLAINFIELD...WESTMONT...OAK BROOK... ROMEOVILLE...HINSDALE...LEMONT...BURR RIDGE AND LA GRANGE. THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS SITUATION WITH TORNADO LIKE WIND SPEEDS EXPECTED. MOBILE HOMES AND HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ARE ESPECIALLY SUSCEPTIBLE TO WINDS OF THIS MAGNITUDE AND MAY BE OVERTURNED. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. THESE STORMS HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO CAUSE SERIOUS INJURY AND SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO PROPERTY. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago Storm Posted August 3, 2011 Share Posted August 3, 2011 Just gusted up around 50mph here. Power went out for a few minutes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoar_Frost Posted August 3, 2011 Share Posted August 3, 2011 Lightning is continuous and increasingly "bright" here in Geneva near the high school ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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