SchaumburgStormer Posted August 3, 2015 Share Posted August 3, 2015 Tornado from earlier. Thing of beauty. https://vid.me/ZwVG . Pretty cool near the end as those haybales get sucked up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
homedis Posted August 3, 2015 Share Posted August 3, 2015 The line appears to be weakening slightly, but I do notice the northern portion of the line is staying strong and is packing stronger winds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosier Posted August 3, 2015 Share Posted August 3, 2015 Still have gusts over 20 mph in Chicago metro, so low levels are fairly well mixed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gilbertfly Posted August 3, 2015 Share Posted August 3, 2015 Nice big tower going up nearly over head Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stebo Posted August 3, 2015 Share Posted August 3, 2015 The one thing that really caught me off guard was how dry it was this afternoon and windy and hot. I haven't seen storms fire past daytime heating like this in ages That is pretty common in mid/late summer actually, especially with a trough moving in. It gives the ascent for a line to explode, like tonight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SouthernNJ Posted August 3, 2015 Share Posted August 3, 2015 Chicago Tribune: A tornado may have touched down in north suburban Grayslake this evening, according to the National Weather Service. A "short lived'' tornado warning was issued at 8:45 p.m. and expired at 9:05 p.m., when the storm moved over the lake, said NWS meteorologist Ricky Castro. “There might have a been a tornado with that,’’ Castro said, because of damage that was reported in the Grayslake area. As of about 9:45 p.m. that storm was “putting down waterspouts over the lake,’’ Castro said. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RyanDe680 Posted August 3, 2015 Share Posted August 3, 2015 That is pretty common in mid/late summer actually, especially with a trough moving in. It gives the ascent for a line to explode, like tonight. Perhaps I was spoiled by how humid it's been lately. No brainier for storms to fire then. Back to my meteorology book, chapter 8, Lapse rates Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stebo Posted August 3, 2015 Share Posted August 3, 2015 I see they threw us in a warning, I'd say we are only gusting to around 30 here. However it is absolutely pouring with a good amount of lightning too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosier Posted August 3, 2015 Share Posted August 3, 2015 Line seems to have turned more south in the Chicago area. Pretty cool to loop the radar and watch that earlier tornadic cell in Lake county get swallowed up by the line. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RyanDe680 Posted August 3, 2015 Share Posted August 3, 2015 Nice big tower going up nearly over head I see that. Just saw some flashes from it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
homedis Posted August 3, 2015 Share Posted August 3, 2015 Bracing for impact. Will update you guys soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gilbertfly Posted August 3, 2015 Share Posted August 3, 2015 Nice big tower going up nearly over head Producing lightning now....rapid growth to my east....keep an eye on it as it is ahead of the main line Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stebo Posted August 3, 2015 Share Posted August 3, 2015 Line seems to have turned more south in the Chicago area. Pretty cool to loop the radar and watch that earlier tornadic cell in Lake county get swallowed up by the line. Yeah a bit like that beast up near West Branch today that was dropping baseball hail. Thank god we left early because of the initial storms up north. Else we would have probably drove right into that storm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gilbertfly Posted August 3, 2015 Share Posted August 3, 2015 Healthy towers to my immediate NW now also... Edit....winds are incredibly erratic right now...and very gusty... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SchaumburgStormer Posted August 3, 2015 Share Posted August 3, 2015 Line seems to have turned more south in the Chicago area. Pretty cool to loop the radar and watch that earlier tornadic cell in Lake county get swallowed up by the line. Same thing is happening to the west of that area. Discrete cell pops, and is suddenly merging or being eaten by other cells. Getting close to having a solid line from the lake to 39 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andyhb Posted August 3, 2015 Share Posted August 3, 2015 Tornado from earlier. Thing of beauty. https://vid.me/ZwVG Iowa just loves to troll chasers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Powerball Posted August 3, 2015 Share Posted August 3, 2015 I see they threw us in a warning, I'd say we are only gusting to around 30 here. However it is absolutely pouring with a good amount of lightning too. I'd give it maybe 40 MPH at best. A decent hail core popped up in front of the line over downtown though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chitown Storm Posted August 3, 2015 Share Posted August 3, 2015 Alek's power about to flicker for the second time today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stormtrackertf Posted August 3, 2015 Share Posted August 3, 2015 This line intensified right over me and some pre-squall convection fired up right overhead and dropped the first hail I've seen here in years IMBY. It was probably pea or a little bigger sized, nothing crazy, but interesting. Fierce winds going on right now too...weird seeing it come in due north. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smoof Posted August 3, 2015 Share Posted August 3, 2015 Yeah a bit like that beast up near West Branch today that was dropping baseball hail. Thank god we left early because of the initial storms up north. Else we would have probably drove right into that storm. Pretty epic report there of it raining baseballs. I'm going to take a trip north tomorrow morning where all the damage reports came in at earlier today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gilbertfly Posted August 3, 2015 Share Posted August 3, 2015 Producing lightning now....rapid growth to my east....keep an eye on it as it is ahead of the main lineCell getting bigger and bigger...great growthEdit....a cell on its heals with its first lightning strikes as well Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
homedis Posted August 3, 2015 Share Posted August 3, 2015 20 mph MAX winds with heavy rain and lighning... that is all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geos Posted August 3, 2015 Share Posted August 3, 2015 0.90" of rain total. Winds gusted to 40mph, but nothing much else. Will be interesting to see what damage came out of central Lake COunty tomorrow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Indystorm Posted August 3, 2015 Share Posted August 3, 2015 70 mph wind warning now for Berrien county MI in the lee of the lake. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stormtrackertf Posted August 3, 2015 Share Posted August 3, 2015 There actually were a few bigger hail pieces mixed in right after I posted that. Startled the crap out of me when a gust of wind banged a few against my neighbor's metal siding. Pretty much a classic SEMI MCS.I thought it was gonna die on us like some of the models advertised this morning, but I am pleasantly surprised. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HillsdaleMIWeather Posted August 3, 2015 Author Share Posted August 3, 2015 I'm getting POUNDED with Quarter Size hail. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chargers09 Posted August 3, 2015 Share Posted August 3, 2015 Nice storm here in Livonia. 55mph gusts with the OFB and again with the storm itself. Half inch hail. Nice storm. Storm near coldwater needs a tornado warning if Im seeing it correctly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
homedis Posted August 3, 2015 Share Posted August 3, 2015 The end of the squall line came with a punch... power's out after extreme lightning and quarter size hail pounded my house. Best storm of the year! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stebo Posted August 3, 2015 Share Posted August 3, 2015 Pretty epic report there of it raining baseballs. I'm going to take a trip north tomorrow morning where all the damage reports came in at earlier today. Yeah I called in a few of the reports on the way home with the first line, the town of Sterling had some trees on houses. I will tell you this, those storms screwed up the roads pretty bad. It normally takes us 3 hours to get back from Mio, it took us 6 today. It was the worst traffic I have ever seen for a non-holiday weekend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geddyweather Posted August 3, 2015 Share Posted August 3, 2015 Looks like the SEMI guys got a nice storm. Warnings now extending into NW OH. Battened down and hoping it holds together... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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