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Decent line of storms fired up just north of here.  Some good lightning.  
Most exciting event so far this month.  Haha.  

4 hours ago, TheNiño said:

Been getting rather frequent frost/ice quakes here in Kenosha next to the lake where we got quite a bit of rain with the last system and only a few inches on the ground. Something I’ve never experienced before. Have had them the past two nights. So that’s kinda cool. Sometimes as many as a half dozen or more per hour in the early morning hours. Silver lining to this nastiness.

Same thing happening here at my house.  Didn’t know what it was at first.  A few have been very loud.  

Has anyone else been hearing the Frost (Ice) quakes? 
I’ve been hearing them pretty regularly since yesterday evening.   One at 1:30 am sounded like a tree fell on my roof.  

 

4 hours ago, King James said:

8.8 for IKK? No chance 

Yeah, idk.  Prolly a bit high   Bourbonnais COOP is usually pretty conservative

Kankakee County...
Bourbonnais                  7.5 in    0700 AM 01/13   COOP

Kankakee 1.4 WSW             5.8 in    0600 AM 01/13   COCORAHS

St. Anne                     4.5 in    0700 AM 01/13   COOP

3 minutes ago, Chicago Storm said:

+TSSN downtown currently.




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Wow, just turned on Earthcam TV for downtown and seen a lightning strike light the whole sky up.  Impressive 

Nice little squall 

Couple pics from my walk through the neighborhood.  Nice fall evening. 
 

1 hour ago, SchaumburgStormer said:

Things appear to be rocking and rolling in central IL. 

6 confirmed Tornadoes in LOT, one was about 2 blocks north of my house.  Mostly tree and some roof shingle damage.  
 

https://www.weather.gov/lot/2023_07_28_SevereWeather

A bit late to the party but I took this picture in the evening of July 12 after the tornado-warned storms passed the city, as I was heading downtown. 
 

28 minutes ago, Malacka11 said:

Opting to chase the Beardstown storm for now since it's more discrete. Nice CGs from it right ahead.

T storm warned cell west of that one looks really good.  

Tor warned cell dissipating just northeast of Eureka earlier.

Guessing around 2 inches by me so far.  More in town. 

17 minutes ago, Chicago WX said:

Wow. Nice micro climate we got today. 

Just heard some thunder.   

35 minutes ago, Chicago WX said:

All snow here now. Big wet flakes. Wind gusts getting much more frequent. What a day to work outside. 

Good luck.  
Finally changing over to snow here in the west end of the county.  

31 minutes ago, BuffaloWeather said:

Holy crap! Insane.  

Friend from down near Effingham, IL sent this pic from this morning.  

Some tree damage in West Kankakee from the storms earlier.  

17 minutes ago, Hoosier said:

Yeah LOT confirmed it in a preliminary survey at about 8 am.  No rating yet though. 

This tornado was before 12z, so the valid outlook at the time didn't even have a 2% tornado area.  A reminder that tornadoes can still occur.

Ahh. Missed that.  Thanks.  

Caplan FB says confirmed touchdown in Naperville this morning.   

Severe warned cell near Thawville little bit ago.  

14 minutes ago, CheeselandSkies said:

Seriously? Same area I was just in yesterday on the storm I left about an hour before it produced the Beloit tornado (post right above yours). The amount of trolling the atmosphere gives me is ridiculous.

Doesn't appear a warning was ever issued on this.

Hahaha.  Yes.  Guess the sirens went off locally. NWS issued a SWS for land spouts right after.  

Friend of mine took this pic about 30 minutes ago just west of German Valley, Illinois.     

30 minutes ago, Hoosier said:

Watching Grundy county

Took this about 35 minutes ago.  

Blowing and drifting pretty bad in the country.