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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.  
 

26 minutes ago, Chicago WX said:

Yeah, this was all action from start to finish. Wind added something to this one too. Of course, I'd take another GHD III as well. 

Any idea how much you have now?

Tough to measure by me because of the drifting.  

Just over 5 some inches here so far.  Lots of blowing and drifting. 
Should get in on southern end of death band shortly.  
Though less snow, this storm seemed more enjoyable than GHDIII.  

7 minutes ago, Chicago WX said:

Just wow here right now

Was thinking the same thing.  lol. 
 

Heaviest yet.  Tough to measure.

2 minutes ago, Chicago WX said:

That’s my route today. 

Haha. Good luck!  

16 minutes ago, Chicago WX said:

Just pound town here. My visibility is 2 blocks at best right now. Walking south is ok, but walking north is hell with the driving snow.  

Jeb would be jealous. Haha 

  Downtown cam definitely verifies your observations.  

Lightning strike by Quincy bout 10 minutes ago. 
Ripping good here now. 

Meso discussion 

14 minutes ago, Chicago WX said:

It has started here. But as sleet mixed with some flakes.  

 Pretty much all snow here now at my house 

3 hours ago, Chicago WX said:

Rip city in Kansas City

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They were at 67 degrees yesterday afternoon.  
Still reporting 1/4 mile visibility.