Natester Posted August 9, 2021 Share Posted August 9, 2021 Talk about bad luck. Being out of state on vacation while your home webcam catches a tornado. 4 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SchaumburgStormer Posted August 9, 2021 Share Posted August 9, 2021 Caught the sycamore tor as it formed from my back deck. https://imgur.com/a/rrmcB25 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim from Springfield (IL) Posted August 9, 2021 Share Posted August 9, 2021 I would probably recommend that today's ongoing storms and the Tuesday-Wednesday threats be made a separate thread\ Hoping everyone is staying safe tonight Hard to believe the exact same areas being tonight and under the gun again tomorrow were the same areas hit 1 year ago tomorrow (8/10/20) 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malacka11 Posted August 9, 2021 Share Posted August 9, 2021 I got here just after it lifted probably Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim from Springfield (IL) Posted August 9, 2021 Share Posted August 9, 2021 I suggest a separate thread for today's action and tommorrow's ENH/hatched wind right on the 1-year anniversary of 8/10/20. Tornado with "definite rotation" confirmed near Ohio, IL (north of Princeton): PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 611 PM CDT MON AUG 9 2021 ..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON... ..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE.... ..REMARKS.. 0603 PM FUNNEL CLOUD 2 E OHIO 41.56N 89.42W 08/09/2021 BUREAU IL TRAINED SPOTTER DEFINITE ROTATION. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vortex Posted August 9, 2021 Share Posted August 9, 2021 Quick pic of Paw Paw tornado. Post vid later 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevlon62 Posted August 10, 2021 Share Posted August 10, 2021 Tarp down here at Wrigley. They staked it and parked the Gators and Toros on it. Wind still blowing out to left.Sent from my SM-N960U using Tapatalk 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WeatherMonger Posted August 10, 2021 Share Posted August 10, 2021 Anyone had contact with Chicago Storm since his last post? Hopefully it wasn't a bad situation holy chit, remember he had a brush with the last tornado up there a while back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SchaumburgStormer Posted August 10, 2021 Share Posted August 10, 2021 I took off after the Sycamore tor after the wife and kids were secure. Followed it to near Virgil, at which time it was starting to rain wrap and other chasers were becoming the more immediate hazard. Meanwhile the trailing storm are broadly rotating over sycamore Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowlover2 Posted August 10, 2021 Share Posted August 10, 2021 New confirmed tornado in IL. Quote BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED Tornado Warning National Weather Service Quad Cities IA/IL 730 PM CDT Mon Aug 9 2021 The National Weather Service in the Quad Cities has issued a * Tornado Warning for... Central Bureau County in north central Illinois... * Until 815 PM CDT. * At 730 PM CDT, a confirmed tornado was located over Wyanet, or near Princeton, moving east at 20 mph. HAZARD...Damaging tornado. SOURCE...Public confirmed tornado. IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. Damage to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. Tree damage is likely. * The tornado will be near... Princeton and Tiskilwa around 740 PM CDT. Other locations in the path of this tornadic thunderstorm include DePue and Bureau Junction. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CheeselandSkies Posted August 10, 2021 Share Posted August 10, 2021 As an aside, I passed through Fairdale three times today going after the various cells and then doubling back for more. There are still shredded-looking trees and a boarded-up, battered (half the siding gone and several windows blown out) building on Main Street that looks like it was abandoned after 4/9/15. Although today WAS my most successful chase to date, my first fully condensed, unquestionably confirmed (my pics and video don't require any explanation like "there's a tornado there but it didn't have a condensation funnel at that moment," or "it's behind that wall of rain," or "I was too far away to see the debris cloud under that bowl-shaped lowering") tornado that I actually got to tripod my video camera and watch/shoot for several minutes as opposed to running-and-gunning (or the show ending right then and there)...I still won't get over botching that day that the atmosphere tried to gift-wrap for me until I catch a tornado equally as spectacular. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SchaumburgStormer Posted August 10, 2021 Share Posted August 10, 2021 Best chase day for me in years, and I traveled mostly from my back deck to the front porch. Little too close for comfort however 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago Storm Posted August 10, 2021 Author Share Posted August 10, 2021 What a day... I'll have to figure out my exact tor count, but I think it was around 5 or so. The most notable tors were one near Creston, the strong one SE of Sycamore, and then a large multi-vortex bowl that ended up turning into a big rain-wrapped tor near Virgil. Will have pics and video up at some point int he next day or so. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malacka11 Posted August 10, 2021 Share Posted August 10, 2021 Today was really am interesting day for me. Obviously, my meteorological expertise doesn't match that of many of you, so apologies for the crude assessment. I started the day off by going to the wrong storm (the one up by Davis Junction) which was initially fairly impressive on radar initially but quickly turned into a high-precip aneurysm right as we reached it. Immediately doubled back, went for the cell south of Rockford (SchaumburgStormer said it was getting "that look") which turned out to be a brilliant call. Ended up being right between two cells; the southern one was tiny but actually produced a thin, white, rain-wrapped tube that became the first tornado that I've ever observed. Though it faded after ten minutes and I'm not even sure if it touched down, that tornado alone made the whole trip worth it. We followed those storms for about an hour, driving back and forth between the two areas of rotation. The SE one (that produced my tornado iirc) had what I considered to be an extremely impressive signature, and another nader was confirmed there but I never saw it. Definitely got way too close to it, I was more or less right next to the couplet which was a certified Dumbass moment™. Never actually saw shit, since the whole thing was another HP shit shoot. Stayed with it anyway, until it cycled again and started rotating hardcore over Saint Charles. Rain wasn't an issue this time, but the terrain was. Got too close to the river and couldn't see shit again, even with sirens going off everywhere. ALEK asked if I was having any luck on that cell, to which I tried replying that I believed it had gusted out mere moments after being warned again, which is a kick in the ass (my reply never sent though I don't think). Abandoned that thing, since it was going straight into suburbia, and went back to the Sycamore storm that everyone else with a brain was following. Got there just a few minutes too later, only got a glimpse of a dissipating wall cloud. After that, I basically started for home, having had my fill for the day. I'm just glad I got to see that little pipe at the start... If I would somehow have managed to miss every single tornado of the day, I'd never get over it. Obviously I have a lot to learn still. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted August 10, 2021 Share Posted August 10, 2021 Congrats on all the tornadoes today everyone! I had some obligations which kept me from getting out the door until 7pm lol. Managed to get on a nice tornado warned sup south of Princeton IL. Had nice structure and a few brief funnels. This near Tiskilwa around 8:15pm 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowlover2 Posted August 10, 2021 Share Posted August 10, 2021 Tornado warning south of Joliet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowlover2 Posted August 10, 2021 Share Posted August 10, 2021 New tornado warning out. Could eventually get close to Hoosier but likely staying just south. Quote BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED Tornado Warning National Weather Service Chicago/Romeoville 1006 PM CDT Mon Aug 9 2021 The National Weather Service in Chicago has issued a * Tornado Warning for... East central Will County in northeastern Illinois... * Until 1100 PM CDT. * At 1006 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado was located near Manhattan, or near Peotone, moving east at 25 mph. HAZARD...Tornado. SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation. IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. Damage to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. Tree damage is likely. * Locations impacted include... Monee, University Park, Park Forest, Crete, Beecher and Steger. This includes... Governors State University. Including the following interstate... I-57 between mile markers 328 and 337. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosier Posted August 10, 2021 Share Posted August 10, 2021 Yeah it would have to make a significant left turn. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vortex Posted August 10, 2021 Share Posted August 10, 2021 4 hours ago, vortex said: Quick pic of Paw Paw tornado. Post vid later Stills from video by Paw Paw. First one was the beginning of the tornado. Second is a zoomed in pic. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hlcater Posted August 10, 2021 Share Posted August 10, 2021 10 hours ago, Chicago Storm said: With increasing LL SRH with time, storm mode isn't going to make much difference. Could see a 10% tor and/or 30% wind being needed. Solid call on the 10. ez tornado day that was painfully obvious last night. Not at all surprised Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hlcater Posted August 10, 2021 Share Posted August 10, 2021 Just as today was obvious for tornadoes. Tomorrow is obvious for damaging winds. Perhaps significant. Cams vary widely on placement, but this setup has instability and low level lapse rates in excess and a conservative 25 kts of EBWD. That said, there has been a trend on the HRRR for a shortwave to round the base of the larger scale trough tomorrow and over spread the extremely unstable (5000 MLCAPE??) warm sector with 35-40kts of flow. If this scenario is realized, all bets are off. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CheeselandSkies Posted August 10, 2021 Share Posted August 10, 2021 Did I mention August is the new May? Confirmed. I suppose I should include the second half of July as well. 07 HRRR convection forming in SW WI late this afternoon is...rather discrete. ...and Wednesday looks like a day to keep an eye on, too! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A-L-E-K Posted August 10, 2021 Share Posted August 10, 2021 Feels way juiced this morning Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CheeselandSkies Posted August 10, 2021 Share Posted August 10, 2021 CAMs are not much help with HRRR and 3KM NAM worlds apart this morning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A-L-E-K Posted August 10, 2021 Share Posted August 10, 2021 the rap/mesoanalysis page shows real top end instability over n il later, would be a shame if we don't tap Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago Storm Posted August 10, 2021 Author Share Posted August 10, 2021 the rap/mesoanalysis page shows real top end instability over n il later, would be a shame if we don't tapThe problem I see just glancing at things is the lack of waves/disturbances. There is one out west tied to the KS MCS, but that’s it. The main trof is still deep in the N Plains.. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madwx Posted August 10, 2021 Share Posted August 10, 2021 Both today and tomorrow look fairly interesting in S WI. Shear will be a limiting factor today but instability will be off the charts. I’ll be keeping an eye on any mesoscale enhancement of the wind fields. tomorrow has also uptrended around here. Instability will be a bit less but still on the high end of climo. Shear will be sufficient for supercells. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CheeselandSkies Posted August 10, 2021 Share Posted August 10, 2021 10 minutes ago, madwx said: Both today and tomorrow look fairly interesting in S WI. Shear will be a limiting factor today but instability will be of the charts. I’ll be keeping an eye on any mesoscale enhancement of the wind fields. tomorrow has also uptrended around here. Instability will be a bit less but still on the high end of climo. Shear will be sufficient for supercells. I will definitely be out and about. Probably nap for a couple hours after work then head to Mt. Horeb or thereabouts, looks like a good jumping off point based on the HRRR. Would like to see it be a little more robust with the UH tracks, but as yesterday show that's not the end all/be all of things. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A-L-E-K Posted August 10, 2021 Share Posted August 10, 2021 riding the 3km nam obv 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
purduewx80 Posted August 10, 2021 Share Posted August 10, 2021 There's a well-defined MCV/shortwave over western IA that the RAP has adequately analyzed. That will easily promote development across the area this afternoon. Seems like the 12Z models all have a similar evolution but with significant timing differences. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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