Tim from Springfield (IL) Posted March 12, 2016 Share Posted March 12, 2016 Amazed that 10 years ago tonight was the night of the two F2 tornadoes that devastated parts of the S, SW, and E sides of Springfield, Illinois. Great write-up from today's State Journal-Register: http://www.sj-r.com/news/20160311/10-years-later-little-left-of-tornadoes-devastation Gallery of SJ-R photos from the aftermath of the tornadoes: http://visuals.sj-r.com/the-2006-tornado-10-year-anniversary/?_ga=1.143779062.2103955261.1457824554 ILX event summary of the 3/12/06 outbreak: http://www.weather.gov/ilx/12mar06-tor YouTube search results for "springfield il tornado 2006": https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=springfield+il+tornado+2006 I tried to find to see if the old Eastern forums were still around in order to link to the coverage of the Midwest severe outbreak that included the Springfield tornadoes, but apparently they have now disappeared into cyberspace. I tried using the Internet Archive's Wayback Machine but had no luck there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Indystorm Posted March 12, 2016 Share Posted March 12, 2016 I remember watching those twin cells online from MO as they moved eastward into IL and think I may have even started a thread on the board for that severe set up a number of days earlier. I was in Kentland IN at the time and remember one of the thunderstorms passed over us late evening. Quite the experience to track that day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosier Posted March 12, 2016 Share Posted March 12, 2016 I remember watching those twin cells online from MO as they moved eastward into IL and think I may have even started a thread on the board for that severe set up a number of days earlier. I was in Kentland IN at the time and remember one of the thunderstorms passed over us late evening. Quite the experience to track that day. That super long track cell is one of my main memories from that day. That was pretty astounding. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SchaumburgStormer Posted March 13, 2016 Share Posted March 13, 2016 Watched these storms develop and move towards my parents place while in a casino in Vegas. Definitely the most interesting location I have ever tried tracking a storm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RyanDe680 Posted March 13, 2016 Share Posted March 13, 2016 I remember the track as well - that stuck out big time Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted March 13, 2016 Share Posted March 13, 2016 First storm chase for me was the day before, on the 11th. Caught a left splitter near Galesburg that dumped ping-pongs on us. Celebrated the first chase way to late into the night of the 11th (lol), and got off to a way too late start on the 12th. Didn't have anything to chase with back then except a crappy atlas, and a cheap radio shack weather radio that was about as worthless as tits on a rattlesnake. Ended up busting pretty badly, and drove back home in the dark. Found out later on that we barely missed the storm that produced a 107mph wind gust at MLI. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosier Posted March 13, 2016 Share Posted March 13, 2016 First storm chase for me was the day before, on the 11th. Caught a left splitter near Galesburg that dumped ping-pongs on us. Celebrated the first chase way to late into the night of the 11th (lol), and got off to a way too late start on the 12th. Didn't have anything to chase with back then except a crappy atlas, and a cheap radio shack weather radio that was about as worthless as tits on a rattlesnake. Ended up busting pretty badly, and drove back home in the dark. Found out later on that we barely missed the storm that produced a 107mph wind gust at MLI. That 107 mph gust at MLI was impressive enough, but given that it occurred with temps in the 40s made it even more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted March 13, 2016 Share Posted March 13, 2016 That 107 mph gust at MLI was impressive enough, but given that it occurred with temps in the 40s made it even more. Yep, definitely. Weird how it was from the southeast as well. That little storm did some serious, albeit very isolated damage as it tracked northeast. I remember that a car wash that I used to use all the time in Silvis had a whole stall knocked off the end of the building. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosier Posted March 13, 2016 Share Posted March 13, 2016 Yep, definitely. Weird how it was from the southeast as well. That little storm did some serious, albeit very isolated damage as it tracked northeast. I remember that a car wash that I used to use all the time in Silvis had a whole stall knocked off the end of the building. That event did some oddball things...the Kansas to Michigan supercell, the crazy Moline gust, and I think there were tornadoes with temps in the 40s in the Kansas City area. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chambana Posted March 13, 2016 Share Posted March 13, 2016 Wow, I totally do not remember this event. Very impressive stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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