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I saw it drop for literally ten seconds and retract again, still rotating hard

Same boat here, a little bit farther west.

Agreed closing in on the two bigger ones on the end

Stop all this negative talk before I drive my car off an overpass

Heading west as fast as possible now, still got a while to go

On the way up, think I'm too late but whatever

Tons of ruined trees around now in Aurora.

Good chase day for naders? Pardon the obnoxious question

Pretty lackluster here entirely, it rained fairly hard but I doubt winds got above even 45

That may be worth looking into, I was supposed to go up to Milwaukee to visit a friend for a beach day, but if there's decent stuff in the area then why not

Like big boy ones or the micro thangs

How are things looking gang? What's with the strange silence

Check out the jaw-droppingly awesome tornado picture my friend managed to get from the passenger seat

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.

I got here just after it lifted probably

Shits crazy but terrain is ass, probably a bit too close lots of rotation but no clear funnel yet that I can see

South Elgin anyone?

Really don't know where to go right now. Just north of Virgil

Lil chode trying to drop down on Kirkland

That's what I decided on too, I'm on the way to sycamore now but I'll probably head West thereafter Some clearing ongoing

Is it worth driving up or should I stay out on DeKalb?

On the way to DeKalb myself now

Are you moving up or staying put?

I assume you expect things to initiate right over there correct? That's what my amateur self has figured at least