Stebo Posted July 20, 2013 Share Posted July 20, 2013 Well hi Crap wall cloud within the crap line eh? Nice structure/layering to the storm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted July 20, 2013 Share Posted July 20, 2013 Had a blast out in the country just west of town shooting towers going up all over. Think I got a nice time lapse of a really nice updraft that back-sheared/knuckled right over me. Also was shooting a nice time lapse facing towards the west as the QC storm approached. Just when it was getting interesting my battery crapped the bed though. Here at the house it blew a bit with some rain, but only 0.14". Pretty cool event though considering the low expectations here in the "west". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chitown Storm Posted July 20, 2013 Share Posted July 20, 2013 Looks like the back end of the line is splitting off crossing I-39. On course to split over mby. Screw the punt, looks like the field goal will split the uprights....maybe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SchaumburgStormer Posted July 20, 2013 Share Posted July 20, 2013 Nice light show, rain a bit lacking though at the moment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Torchageddon Posted July 20, 2013 Share Posted July 20, 2013 The squall line was unzipping north of Stratford ON. It then didn't continue and discrete cells took over and melded later on in the SW part of ON. Over 200,000 without power right now. New tornado warnings and watches came out all day long. Got to 4 rounds of destabilization for today. I've been under a tornado watch all day in addition and new severe thunderstorm warnings kept popping up for me even when it was nearly blue sky afterwards. Pearson International Airport had a peak gust of 104 km/h, one of the highest in recent memory. 1 injury has been reported, a 15-year old boy had a tree fall on him. While no severe criteria effected me (winds were high enough, heavy downpours weren't that strong), it was an incredible storm day. The last time there have been that many tornado warnings out for Ontario must have been August 24, 2011. Likely the longest I've been under a continuous severe thunderstorm warning as well (7.5 hours ending at 9:19 pm). Got 15 pics and a lot of cumulus anvils, most I've seen in my life, the cells were all over me all day. I don't think there were any supercells today . That cell/mini cluster gave me the most action today near Hanover. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nwburbschaser Posted July 20, 2013 Share Posted July 20, 2013 Well hi Where's that at? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago Storm Posted July 20, 2013 Share Posted July 20, 2013 Where's that at? Streamwood a short time ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago Storm Posted July 20, 2013 Share Posted July 20, 2013 A ton of C2C lightning with this next cell moving in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Powerball Posted July 20, 2013 Share Posted July 20, 2013 I take back what I said earlier. I just got one of the worst storms I've ever seen. Power's out in the entire neighborhood (never had a chance). The winds without question were at least hurricane force. Humongous sheets of rain were blowing with hail mixed in. Even the big trees stopped just short of toppling over. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drizzle Posted July 20, 2013 Share Posted July 20, 2013 Sky has turned a yellowish color with the convection to the south. Convection in back of this line pretty isolated. Hoping for at least a quick downpour this evening. Can confirm. Was yellow as ****. This was the view from DeKalb looking northwest from the top of NIU's parking deck. Got way too lightning-y and have to leave shortly after this was taken. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SchaumburgStormer Posted July 20, 2013 Share Posted July 20, 2013 Cell died right over my head. Nice light show with a little rain Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gilbertfly Posted July 20, 2013 Share Posted July 20, 2013 A ton of C2C lightning with this next cell moving in. cell looks fairly robust overhead for ya....enjoy 45 to 50 bolts per minutes....not bad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chitown Storm Posted July 20, 2013 Share Posted July 20, 2013 Great light show to the north and west, moon shining bright in the southeast. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hm8 Posted July 20, 2013 Share Posted July 20, 2013 Congrats to those who got storms... Sounds like you got blitzed powerball. Unfortunately a full-on squall line never materialized (at least not yet), so the isolated nature of the storms left me with like a few minutes of moderate rain from a micro-shower... Nothing more than that. But so it goes. Sent from my HTCONE using Tapatalk 4 Beta Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago Storm Posted July 20, 2013 Share Posted July 20, 2013 Decent and low shelf cloud and decent winds with the 2nd cell. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BowMeHunter Posted July 20, 2013 Share Posted July 20, 2013 It's 91 and feels great! That's people soup temp.. at least it will be refreshing by next weekend. Nothing here but 5 mins of heavy sprinkles and gorgeous sunset. Glad it did basically nothing as expected because the guy that was supposed to cut our grass once a week while we were gone for 3 weeks never showed up and we returned today with it about 10" long and it would have taken all weekend for it to dry out after heavy rain.. gl and enjoy to those in line for some boomers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gilbertfly Posted July 20, 2013 Share Posted July 20, 2013 Decent and low shelf cloud and decent winds with the 2nd cell. pool water helped it go severe warned overhead.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted July 20, 2013 Share Posted July 20, 2013 Decent and low shelf cloud and decent winds with the 2nd cell. 60mph wind estimate just north of you in Hoffman Estates. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MidwestChaser Posted July 20, 2013 Share Posted July 20, 2013 svr warned now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wisconsinwx Posted July 20, 2013 Share Posted July 20, 2013 yep, crap line with no warnings. Be happy you're getting something. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wisconsinwx Posted July 20, 2013 Share Posted July 20, 2013 That's people soup temp.. at least it will be refreshing by next weekend. Nothing here but 5 mins of heavy sprinkles and gorgeous sunset. Glad it did basically nothing as expected because the guy that was supposed to cut our grass once a week while we were gone for 3 weeks never showed up and we returned today with it about 10" long and it would have taken all weekend for it to dry out after heavy rain.. gl and enjoy to those in line for some boomers. A couple more weeks of this though and hello drought again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted July 20, 2013 Share Posted July 20, 2013 Be happy you're getting something. That's what she said. Looks like the north half of the Chicago metro should get a nice hit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nwburbschaser Posted July 20, 2013 Share Posted July 20, 2013 Lost power here in Rolling Meadows. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago Storm Posted July 20, 2013 Share Posted July 20, 2013 60mph wind estimate just north of you in Hoffman Estates. That's where I had ventured to when it hit. 50MPH is what I'd estimate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Marusak Posted July 20, 2013 Share Posted July 20, 2013 The squall line was unzipping north of Stratford ON. It then didn't continue and discrete cells took over and melded later on in the SW part of ON. Over 200,000 without power right now. New tornado warnings and watches came out all day long. Got to 4 rounds of destabilization for today. I've been under a tornado watch all day in addition and new severe thunderstorm warnings kept popping up for me even when it was nearly blue sky afterwards. Pearson International Airport had a peak gust of 104 km/h, one of the highest in recent memory. 1 injury has been reported, a 15-year old boy had a tree fall on him. While no severe criteria effected me (winds were high enough, heavy downpours weren't that strong), it was an incredible storm day. The last time there have been that many tornado warnings out for Ontario must have been August 24, 2011. Likely the longest I've been under a continuous severe thunderstorm warning as well (7.5 hours ending at 9:19 pm). Got 15 pics and a lot of cumulus anvils, most I've seen in my life, the cells were all over me all day. I don't think there were any supercells today . That cell/mini cluster gave me the most action today near Hanover. I thought all you needed were the winds (greater than 90kph/56mph), hail (15mms diameter canada, 25 mms/1" in the US), frequent lightning, or heavy downpours (25mm/hr or 75mms/3 hrs) to consider it a hit in the warning department on both sides of the border. thunderstorm-related gusts of 56kt/104kph at YYZ and 64kt/119kph at YKF are good enough for me to call it a hit in the severe thunderstorm department in my book. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geos Posted July 20, 2013 Share Posted July 20, 2013 That's what she said. Looks like the north half of the Chicago metro should get a nice hit. I just got grazed earlier. Waukegan on south pretty much got soaked earlier. Alek will get his storm that he punted earlier! Lot of outdoor activities going on now in Chicago. Concerts I know for sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmc76 Posted July 20, 2013 Share Posted July 20, 2013 Sucks for PJ and Phish fans tonight! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gilbertfly Posted July 20, 2013 Share Posted July 20, 2013 I just got grazed earlier. Waukegan on south pretty much got soaked earlier. Alek will get his storm that he punted earlier! Lot of outdoor activities going on now in Chicago. Concerts I know for sure. ooo yeah....forgot about jammer at wrigley Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geos Posted July 20, 2013 Share Posted July 20, 2013 ooo yeah....forgot about jammer at wrigley It's going to be raining there in a matter of minutes. Last obs at ORD: 73°, NW 38mph. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andyhb Posted July 20, 2013 Author Share Posted July 20, 2013 A couple more weeks of this though and hello drought again. What? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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