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Radar confirmed tor near Batavia moving ne
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Low level helicity is stronger down by the Ohio river than up in northern IL, but we shall see what happens.
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Satellite looking interesting sw and se of the Quad cities. Expect formation soon if cap allows
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1 minute ago, IWXwx said:
From the wording of the watch (a couple of intense tornadoes and 3" hail likely), I kind of surprised that they didn't go PDS.
Probably because moisture is not all that high in the sixties but the contras is great for this time of year
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17 point dew point spread between Davenport IA and Princeton IL 41 to 58
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Tor watch coming for ne IL and nw IN per SPC meso
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Didn't think I'd be signing in for svr season this early in the Calumet region, but parameters for later tonight are quite concerning.
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Cicero has really taken it on the chin with that storm July 2 that produced massive flooding and now many areas will be facing this situation overnight tonight.
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SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA/IL
817 PM CDT FRI JUL 28 2023
IAC031-097-105-113-290200-
/O.CON.KDVN.SV.W.0205.000000T0000Z-230729T0200Z/
JACKSON IA-CEDAR IA-JONES IA-LINN IA-
817 PM CDT FRI JUL 28 2023
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT
FOR SOUTHWESTERN JACKSON...NORTHERN CEDAR...JONES AND LINN
COUNTIES...
AT 817 PM CDT, SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM NEAR BUCK CREEK TO SQUAW CREEK PARK, MOVING EAST AT 65
MPH.
THESE ARE DESTRUCTIVE STORMS FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN IOWA.
HAZARD...100 MPH WIND GUSTS AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS.
IMPACT...YOU ARE IN A LIFE-THREATENING SITUATION. FLYING DEBRIS MAY
BE DEADLY TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES
WILL BE DESTROYED. EXPECT CONSIDERABLE DAMAGE TO HOMES AND
BUSINESSES. EXPECT EXTENSIVE TREE DAMAGE AND POWER OUTAGES.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
CEDAR RAPIDS, ANAMOSA, MECHANICSVILLE, STANWOOD, MARION, HIAWATHA,
MOUNT VERNON, MONTICELLO, ROBINS, CENTER POINT, CASCADE, LISBON,
FAIRFAX, ELY, WALFORD, CENTRAL CITY, SPRINGVILLE, PALO, LOWDEN AND
OLIN.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS, AND MAY LEAD TO
FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.
LAT...LON 4229 9078 4203 9083 4203 9090 4184 9090
4186 9183 4230 9176
TIME...MOT...LOC 0117Z 280DEG 57KT 4230 9136 4200 9158
THUNDERSTORM DAMAGE THREAT...DESTRUCTIVE
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN
WIND THREAT...OBSERVED
MAX WIND GUST...100 MPH
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I don't like the looks of that destructive 80 mph line of storms at the Quad Cities area now moving east at 70.
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I don't think the hatching was there earlier.
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If this congeals we might have the beginnings of a derecho overnight as it moves from eastern IA and sw WI to the southeast.
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95% chance svr watch to be issued for northern IL and nw IN with a svr storm over Naperville at present
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Is the lake breeze gonna give us an appetizer here in the Calumet before the entree later this evening?
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Had an amazing electrical storm at 5 a.m. today and there were a lot of limbs and branches down on the east side of Griffith especially. This includes a large 1 to 2 foot diameter tree trunk near the Wadsworth Elementary school just south of me. Waiting to see what will happen with this power keg tonight. 700mb still around 12 per SPC meso so gotta cool a bit first.
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My understatement of the year is that I really did not expect confirmed tornadoes in the Chicago metro today.
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ERVICE IN CHICAGO HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
EAST CENTRAL COOK COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN ILLINOIS...
* UNTIL 700 PM CDT.
* AT 620 PM CDT, A CONFIRMED LARGE AND EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TORNADO
WAS LOCATED OVER SUMMIT, MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
THIS IS A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION. TAKE COVER NOW!
HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO.
SOURCE...RADAR CONFIRMED TORNADO.
IMPACT...YOU ARE IN A LIFE-THREATENING SITUATION. FLYING DEBRIS
MAY BE DEADLY TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT SHELTER. MOBILE
HOMES WILL BE DESTROYED. CONSIDERABLE DAMAGE TO HOMES,
BUSINESSES, AND VEHICLES IS LIKELY AND COMPLETE
DESTRUCTION IS POSSIBLE.
* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
BERWYN, FOREST PARK, RIVERSIDE, STICKNEY AND NORTH RIVERSIDE
AROUND 630 PM CDT.
CICERO, OAK PARK, AUSTIN AND BRIGHTON PARK AROUND 635 PM CDT.
SOUTH LAWNDALE, BRIDGEPORT, BELMONT CRAGIN, NEW CITY AND EAST
GARFIELD PARK AROUND 640 PM CDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE
WEST TOWN, NEAR WEST SIDE, HUMBOLDT PARK, LOGAN SQUARE, CHICAGO,
CHICAGO LOOP, LINCOLN PARK, IRVING PARK, NAVY PIER, NORTHERLY ISLAND,
NEAR NORTH SIDE, LAKE VIEW, UPTOWN AND EDGEWATER.
THIS INCLUDES... BROOKFIELD ZOO, LINCOLN PARK ZOO, HAWTHORNE PARK,
SOLDIER FIELD, UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS CHICAGO, GUARANTEED RATE
FIELD...IL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, WRIGLEY FIELD, THE LOOP, MUSEUM
CAMPUS, AND NORTHERLY ISLAND.
INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING INTERSTATES...
I-55 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 279 AND 294. -
Kane County now under the gun
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Now se McHenry county and environs are tor warned with rotation
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Central Cook county under tor warning now for rotation at Burr Ridge
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Reports of a funnel cloud siting on that storm
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At 5:20 CDT it looks like a number of individual cells could be forming from the WI line south along I-39 and then sw to the area just east of Sterling.
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TWC has a torcon of 5 for Chi town and Northern IL.
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EHI presently at 5 over Chi town per WGN met
February 27-28 Severe Threat
in Lakes/Ohio Valley
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SPC meso says 95% prob of a tor watch coming for the Ohio Valley in the next hour or so....