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Sirens just went off here in South Naperville near the DuPage/Will county border

I live in South Naperville and the rain is all around me but I am in a screw hole. I have only had misting while others are getting dumped on.

1 hour ago, RCNYILWX said:

That turned into a night I'll never forget at the weather office to say the least. The tornado tracked just north (less than a mile as the crow flies) from my house and then probably a quarter mile or less from my mother in law's house.

A main west east street (Bailey Road) just north of my area has an entire row of powerpoles knocked over along with large trees blocking it. There's a large tree blocking the north south road (Coach Drive) through my subdivision (Naper Carriage Hill). My area was relatively unscathed just south of the tornado circulation where it appears we got the RFD like winds on the south part of the MV, leading to spotty tree damage, though relatively significant in spots.

I spoke to someone with Naperville Electric when I was checking out the damage at Coach and Bailey and it sounds like the fairly bad damage goes back to just south of Bailey a bit to the west of Washington Street. Since I can basically roll out of bed to the damage, I might be helping out with the survey.

Pretty shook and wired from this experience. It's kind of a helpless feeling when it hits so close to home. But also can say that these are the nights that make this job rewarding as we can literally save lives with the warnings we put out. Hope no one I know doesn't have any friends or family hit by the tornado and that there were no fatalities. I'm also saddened by parts of the town I've called home since I moved out here in July 2010 along with nearby suburbs being struck by terrible damage from this tornado.

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I live very close to you, on Modaff Rd. about 1/2 mile south of 75th st. We live on a couple of acres, and I have had significant tree damage throughout the yard (one large tree tipped over at the roots, others had their tops snapped off), and had a screen door ripped off its hinges. Fortunately no structural damage to our house. 

I just wanted to pop in to say that I only lurk here, but have been glued to this thread along with Reddit for the past few days. I have been to all the major Hawaiian islands, some of them many times, so the places and cities people are talking about are all familiar to me. Having someone there reporting on what is going on has been so compelling. 

I can only imagine how unnerving it would be to ride out a hurricane as a traveler. I will be here lurking a lot during this storm. Thanks for the updates NJwx85. I hope you and your family stay safe, and I hope this storm is not as damaging or destructive as feared.