2026 Severe Wx - General Thread

[SchaumburgStormer]

25 minutes ago, CheeselandSkies said:

Looks like a swing and a miss for a peak heating supercell threat today. However 5 years ago OTD was a different story.

I remember @Chicago Storm being super gung ho about this setup on here which was one of the reasons I went for it despite SPC only having a 2% (later upgrade to 5%). He nailed the longer-lived/more photogenic Sycamore-Virgil tornadoes. I saw the storm I was on go HP on the next cycle and started for home, thinking it would have worked over the atmosphere. However I still consider the Kirkland EF1 my first "official" tornado since it's the first one I was actually able to stop, tripod and watch for a few minutes instead of frantically driving to get either closer to (such as the Esmond EF0 at the beginning of the video) or out of the way of it.

Sycamore tornado touched down less than 1/2 mile south of my house. Had a great view from the back deck 

[sbnwx85]

Impressive-looking bowing segment just to my west. Some damage reports from this in Michigan City already.

[sbnwx85]

Nice storm but nothing noteworthy. Got plenty of needed rain and good boomers.

[SchaumburgStormer]

Didn’t think round two was going to happen, but got some cells popping out west. Not expecting anything noteworthy, but won’t turn down a good garden variety 

[Chinook]

new severe thunderstorm watch for parts of northern Illinois and northwest Indiana right now.  A couple of warnings out there.

[metallica470]

Tornado possible text on one of the warnings. Looks like both storms starting to rotate a bit

[metallica470]

That was fast. PDS warning! This is wild!

[snowlover2]

5 minutes ago, metallica470 said:

That was fast. PDS warning! This is wild!

Spotter confirmed.

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Quad Cities IA/IL
904 PM CDT Sun Aug 9 2026

ILC011-073-100245-
/O.CON.KDVN.TO.W.0077.000000T0000Z-260810T0245Z/
Henry IL-Bureau IL-
904 PM CDT Sun Aug 9 2026

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 945 PM CDT FOR EAST
CENTRAL HENRY AND WEST CENTRAL BUREAU COUNTIES...

At 903 PM CDT, a confirmed large and extremely dangerous tornado was
located over Johnson-Sauk Trail State Park, or 8 miles north of
Kewanee, moving northeast at 25 mph.

This is a PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION. TAKE COVER NOW!

HAZARD...Damaging tornado.

SOURCE...Weather spotters 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...
  Sheffield, Buda, and Mineral around 910 PM CDT.

This also includes Hennepin Canal State Trail, Johnson-Sauk Trail
State Recreation Area, and Mautino State Fish & Wildlife Area.

This includes Interstate 80 in Illinois between mile markers 35 and
47.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

To repeat, a large, extremely dangerous and potentially deadly
tornado is on the ground. To protect your life, TAKE COVER NOW! Move
to a basement or an interior room on the lowest floor of a sturdy
building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors, in a mobile home, or in
a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter and protect
yourself from flying debris.

Tornadoes are extremely difficult to see and confirm at night. Do not
wait to see or hear the tornado. TAKE COVER NOW!

&&

LAT...LON 4132 8994 4136 8995 4139 8996 4144 8965
      4129 8960
TIME...MOT...LOC 0203Z 247DEG 23KT 4136 8988

TORNADO...OBSERVED
TORNADO DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.25 IN

[cyclone77]

Nice to see that round number two popped about 20 miles east of here.  We're really on a roll here.

[Malacka11]

Damn literally everything is brotating down there

[cyclone77]

Just now, Malacka11 said:

Damn literally everything is brotating down there

I was in the QC a few hours ago when that large area of congested cu passed overhead.  They were looking very tornado-y even then.

[snowlover2]

From Reed Timmer of that tornado.

[metallica470]

2 minutes ago, snowlover2 said:

From Reed Timmer of that tornado.

Awesome! Not sure if this warranted a PDS though lol

[Chinook]

Tornado warning for Lee Center, IL, it is north of I-80 and north of Princeton

[metallica470]

7 minutes ago, Chinook said:

Tornado warning for Lee Center, IL, it is north of I-80 and north of Princeton

Looks like rotation may be tightening a little bit too?

[sbnwx85]

Night of Twisters 2 being written in Illinois tonight.

[Malacka11]

Is that twinsies on that one northern cell?

[snowlover2]

Confirmed near Sublette.

[metallica470]

1 minute ago, snowlover2 said:

Confirmed near Sublette.

That thing has to be rain wrapped

[metallica470]

9 minutes ago, Malacka11 said:

Is that twinsies on that one northern cell?

Certainly looks like rotation north and south 

[SchaumburgStormer]

Can say multi tornado language is something I haven’t seen before 

[Chinook]

four tornado warnings in northern Illinois