cyclone77 Posted June 30, 2012 Share Posted June 30, 2012 Pretty nice little storm here. Got some backyard video of an impressive looking shelf cloud with some nice striations, and rapid rising motion. The downdraft portion of the storm was still in its infancy when it rolled through, so didn't get much other than brief very heavy rain and some 30-40mph wind gusts. Looks like it's taking off pretty good off to the east now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IWXwx Posted June 30, 2012 Share Posted June 30, 2012 Just got back from a long day here. I personally recorded a 65 MPH wind gust with my Kestrel. Pretty scary. Some areas looked like a bomb went off. Here is a synopsis that we sent to NWS. Here is what we have from Huntington County: Huntington County has experienced wide spread damage from straight line winds. Numerous reports of trees and powerlines down. RV Camper was blown over onto subject at Lost Bridge West Campground at Salamonie Reservoir. Fire Departments are working a structure fire, multiple tree fires and spot grass fires due to down powerlines. Widespread power outages are being reported. Town of Warren has declared a local State of Emergency due to entire power grid damaged by straight line winds. Multiple roads impassable because of down trees and power lines Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago WX Posted June 30, 2012 Share Posted June 30, 2012 Just got back from a long day here. I personally recorded a 65 MPH wind gust with my Kestrel. Pretty scary. Some areas looked like a bomb went off. Here is a synopsis that we sent to NWS. Here is what we have from Huntington County: Huntington County has experienced wide spread damage from straight line winds. Numerous reports of trees and powerlines down. RV Camper was blown over onto subject at Lost Bridge West Campground at Salamonie Reservoir. Fire Departments are working a structure fire, multiple tree fires and spot grass fires due to down powerlines. Widespread power outages are being reported. Town of Warren has declared a local State of Emergency due to entire power grid damaged by straight line winds. Multiple roads impassable because of down trees and power lines Thanks for posting the info. Glad we got some much needed rainfall here in the LAF, but I might be more thankful we missed the destructive winds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stebo Posted June 30, 2012 Share Posted June 30, 2012 Just got back from a long day here. I personally recorded a 65 MPH wind gust with my Kestrel. Pretty scary. Some areas looked like a bomb went off. Here is a synopsis that we sent to NWS. Here is what we have from Huntington County: Huntington County has experienced wide spread damage from straight line winds. Numerous reports of trees and powerlines down. RV Camper was blown over onto subject at Lost Bridge West Campground at Salamonie Reservoir. Fire Departments are working a structure fire, multiple tree fires and spot grass fires due to down powerlines. Widespread power outages are being reported. Town of Warren has declared a local State of Emergency due to entire power grid damaged by straight line winds. Multiple roads impassable because of down trees and power lines sounds pretty incredible, will be interesting to see pictures of the damaged areas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IWXwx Posted June 30, 2012 Share Posted June 30, 2012 Thanks for posting the info. Glad we got some much needed rainfall here in the LAF, but I might be more thankful we missed the destructive winds. I just mentioned to the chief deputy sheriff that we had all of that destruction for a measly quarter inch of rain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A-L-E-K Posted June 30, 2012 Share Posted June 30, 2012 Hopefully Mother Nature will hoist a round for you across northern IL, Alek. This MCS has been somewhat surprisingly disorganized and clumsy...best prospects are still well to my south but I'll still be lurking and hopefully the llj can help make things more interesting to watch later. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago WX Posted June 30, 2012 Share Posted June 30, 2012 I just mentioned to the chief deputy sheriff that we had all of that destruction for a measly quarter inch of rain. So true. Wild day for sure for up there, and in other places as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Indystorm Posted June 30, 2012 Share Posted June 30, 2012 Warning for Starved Rock area now for winds of 70+ and looks like a line is trying to form near Burlington to east of Iowa City. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Indystorm Posted June 30, 2012 Share Posted June 30, 2012 BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL 813 PM CDT FRI JUN 29 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHICAGO HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... WESTERN LEE COUNTY... SOUTH CENTRAL OGLE COUNTY... * UNTIL 845 PM CDT * AT 809 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR DIXON...AND MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. * THIS TORNADIC STORM WILL BE NEAR... FRANKLIN GROVE AROUND 825 PM. ASHTON AROUND 835 PM. OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED... LEE COUNTY FAIRGROUNDS... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tornadotony Posted June 30, 2012 Share Posted June 30, 2012 Spotter Network report of a funnel 3/4 the way to the ground 2 W of Ashton, IL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B-Rent Posted June 30, 2012 Share Posted June 30, 2012 Just got back from a long day here. I personally recorded a 65 MPH wind gust with my Kestrel. Pretty scary. Some areas looked like a bomb went off. Here is a synopsis that we sent to NWS.Here is what we have from Huntington County: Huntington County has experienced wide spread damage from straight line winds. Numerous reports of trees and powerlines down. RV Camper was blown over onto subject at Lost Bridge West Campground at Salamonie Reservoir. Fire Departments are working a structure fire, multiple tree fires and spot grass fires due to down powerlines. Widespread power outages are being reported. Town of Warren has declared a local State of Emergency due to entire power grid damaged by straight line winds. Multiple roads impassable because of down trees and power lines Very close to what we experienced in Madison County. I got called back into the 911 center for a couple of hours after my shift. Amazing with that rain, it's still tindeebox enough to combust. I've seen some pics of structure damage. An office with a collapsed ceiling structure. Out buildings missing roofs. Missing siding. Lines down everywhere. That was my Job for 2 hours, calling power companies for priority calls. Sent from my ADR6400L 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geos Posted June 30, 2012 Share Posted June 30, 2012 Edit: Noticed someone else posted the warning. Ceiling is dropping pretty quickly here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Indystorm Posted June 30, 2012 Share Posted June 30, 2012 PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL 819 PM CDT FRI JUN 29 2012 ..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON... ..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE.... ..REMARKS.. 0802 PM TSTM WND GST 2 N DIXON 41.88N 89.48W 06/29/2012 M74 MPH LEE IL TRAINED SPOTTER ALSO 5 INCH DIAMETER TREE DOWN. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A-L-E-K Posted June 30, 2012 Share Posted June 30, 2012 Joliet, Ottawa, Kankakee and LAF all looking good Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geos Posted June 30, 2012 Share Posted June 30, 2012 Micro cells popping up along I-90. Just heard some rumbling here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A-L-E-K Posted June 30, 2012 Share Posted June 30, 2012 Micro cells popping up along I-90. Just heard some rumbling here. the LOT radar has a ton of clutter...you're hearing thunder already way up there? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A-L-E-K Posted June 30, 2012 Share Posted June 30, 2012 I see Justin lurking, long time no see Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justin Posted June 30, 2012 Share Posted June 30, 2012 just had a nice soaking rain move through, kinda nice after getting skirted all day. lots and lots of lightning...holy smokes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geos Posted June 30, 2012 Share Posted June 30, 2012 the LOT radar has a ton of clutter...you're hearing thunder already way up there? Yeah I'm pretty sure it was. The village doesn't want anyone firing off fireworks anymore due to a grass fire yesterday that got started by one! It was distant. That does look like an actual cell west of Elgin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A-L-E-K Posted June 30, 2012 Share Posted June 30, 2012 Yeah I'm pretty sure it was. The village doesn't want anyone firing off fireworks anymore due to a grass fire yesterday that got started by one! It was distant. That does look like an actual cell west of Elgin. cool and yeah it does look like a little cell. I'm going to head down to the beach in a few with the dog to watch for anvil crawlers. FWIW i have to imagine instability drops off hard closer to the lake...it's very comfortable out...probably still decent elevated juice though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago Storm Posted June 30, 2012 Author Share Posted June 30, 2012 That does look like an actual cell west of Elgin. Groundclutter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoar_Frost Posted June 30, 2012 Share Posted June 30, 2012 the LOT radar has a ton of clutter...you're hearing thunder already way up there? The clutter was pretty evident with this morning's MCS, as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A-L-E-K Posted June 30, 2012 Share Posted June 30, 2012 Groundclutter. kind of annoying how loaded LOT's radar is with this stuff...is that related to the dual pol upgrade or what? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tornadotony Posted June 30, 2012 Share Posted June 30, 2012 Groundclutter. More specifically, cars on Rt. 47. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tornadotony Posted June 30, 2012 Share Posted June 30, 2012 kind of annoying how loaded LOT's radar is with this stuff...is that related to the dual pol upgrade or what? IIRC that is an issue. I think the bigger issue right now is a low-level stable layer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A-L-E-K Posted June 30, 2012 Share Posted June 30, 2012 More specifically, cars on Rt. 47. For real? One of the lines earlier was looking strangely linear. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geos Posted June 30, 2012 Share Posted June 30, 2012 Groundclutter. Yeah it is, Milwaukee's radar is not showing it. Thunder could have been a firework in the next town over I guess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago Storm Posted June 30, 2012 Author Share Posted June 30, 2012 kind of annoying how loaded LOT's radar is with this stuff...is that related to the dual pol upgrade or what? IIRC that is an issue. I think the bigger issue right now is a low-level stable layer. Here was the LOT write-up regarding the issue... http://www.crh.noaa.gov/news/display_cmsstory.php?wfo=lot&storyid=74637&source=2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoar_Frost Posted June 30, 2012 Share Posted June 30, 2012 Just seen a stroke of lightning and am hearing some very distant thunder. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tornadotony Posted June 30, 2012 Share Posted June 30, 2012 For real? One of the lines earlier was looking strangely linear. Yep. It coincides perfectly with the Rt. 47 path on GR2AE. Also getting vehicles on the Eisenhower extension and I-90. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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