Malacka11

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

Getting ready to mobilize within an hour or so. The reckoning is nigh

Aurora received the greatest 24-hour rainfall (16.94 inches) in Illinois history, exceeding the previous record of 16.54 inches at East St. Louis on June 14, 1957. A broad band of 8-inch-plus rainfall from just south of Rockford to a little north of Kankakee exceeded the 7.58 inch threshold regarded as the average 100-year (once every 100 years) 24-hour storm for a given point in northeast Illinois. The deluge in Aurora was considered a 1-in-1,000-year event. The Joliet Brandon Dam measured 13.60 inches, and a gauge in the extreme southwest corner of the Chicago metro area recorded 10.99 inches. Strong thunderstorms hit on the afternoon of the 17th, but the greatest rainfall in most areas occurred in early morning thunderstorms on the 18th. Wow. Never knew that was a thing. Shared assuming there's at least one other ignoramus like me in here

I know nobody gives a shit, but I've been asleep for only like three hours and the storm exploding straight over head scared me so badly that it took me nearly five minutes to figure what the hell was going on. Never heard rain this loud before I swear.

As far as I'm concerned, it's physically impossible for that to "be the new norm" because last I checked, the weather doesn't run on the human calendar

I don't live in Wisconsin, I live in Chicagoland. The last real forest I've laid eyes upon was in Germany over half a decade ago. Hence why I'd be willing to drive half a day just to see some new terrain.

I'll climb a damn tree if I have to. I don't care anymore. I just need to do something to break the boringness. Yes I know it's not that simple, but at this point even seeing what the Northwoods are like would be a treat compared to sitting on my cheeks at home.

Looks like Tuesday may be the next decent day, though perhaps not locally

I'm really trying to manifest a threat into existence for Monday from thin air but

I wish lol

How are things looking right now? None of the FDs I've read seem terribly enthusiastic