4/17-4/18 Severe Storms Threat

[Chinook]

confirmed tornado in far west Illinois

[sbnwx85]

Another Tornado Warning north of Rockford. Rockton getting rocked twice tonight. Like Night of the Twisters

[TheNiño]

4th tornado warning in 4 days now lol

[nwohweather]

tornado rolled over Reed Timmer

He’s become such an idiot

[cyclone77]

Torrential downpour put out 1/3 inch in less than 3 minutes. Just absolutely puked rain.  Didn't get too much wind, zero hail.  0.56" and counting, but mostly over.

[Chicago Storm]

9 minutes ago, nwohweather said:

He’s become such an idiot

he's literally the same as he's always been.

[TheRegionRat]

What are the outlined areas with the 45 near them? Or what does the outline signify?

[Chinook]

very high winds at Macomb, IL

[luckyweather]

4th times the charm here between Roscoe and Rockton. All 4 roads in and out of my hood are closed, trees and power lines littering the roads. No power, no internet, partying like it’s 1899. 

[sbnwx85]

39 minutes ago, TheNiño said:

4th tornado warning in 4 days now lol

What a run. Congrats!

I feel like this line is going to hold it together enough to get us a real strong gust front tonight.

[KeenerWx]

3 minutes ago, sbnwx85 said:

What a run. Congrats!

I feel like this line is going to hold it together enough to get us a real strong gust front tonight.

Yeah, we should be able to squeeze a decent late night storm. Despite being outside of the main action area(s) these past few days, has been nice to grab consistent chance at thunder. 

[Jackstraw]

That lines still looking Shrimpy

[sbnwx85]

I count 16 Tornado Warnings from Oklahoma to Wisconsin right now. QLCS madness.

[sbnwx85]

11 minutes ago, sbnwx85 said:

What a run. Congrats!

I feel like this line is going to hold it together enough to get us a real strong gust front tonight.

Hmm, well, I may be wishcasting again.

From the current MCD:

Eastward expansion of WW 131 will likely be needed in the coming hours across portions of eastern IL. Drier low-level conditions downstream across IN casts some uncertainty on how intense the line will be beyond roughly the 05-06 UTC time frame into IN, but convective trends will be monitored for the need for downstream watch issuance.

[SchaumburgStormer]

Waiting to see if this bowing segment near mendota makes it up here 

[SchaumburgStormer]

8 minutes ago, SchaumburgStormer said:

Waiting to see if this bowing segment near mendota makes it up here 

Narrator voice - “looks like it” 

[Jackstraw]

1 hour ago, Chicago Storm said:

he's literally the same as he's always been.

Yeah, folks think he's bad now, he's actually mellowed. Well, let's just say he's aged like Ripple missing the bottle cap. Way back when there were no cameras around he was the WORST! I swung on him in a hotel parking lot after happy hour and missed 30 years ago lol

[Chinook]

I think this qualifies as the most ridiculous squall line in the history of squall lines.

[cyclone77]

That is a huge tornado warning polygon south of Kankakee.  

[sbnwx85]

5 minutes ago, cyclone77 said:

That is a huge tornado warning polygon south of Kankakee.  

Reminds me of the story of the 1965 outbreak and Northern Indiana issued a blanket tornado warning for every county because it couldn’t keep up. Completely different set up and reasoning but still gives me a chuckle

[TheNiño]

44 minutes ago, Jackstraw said:

Yeah, folks think he's bad now, he's actually mellowed. Well, let's just say he's aged like Ripple missing the bottle cap. Way back when there were no cameras around he was the WORST! I swung on him in a hotel parking lot after happy hour and missed 30 years ago lol

Jonas…. Son of a bitch.

[KeenerWx]

Probably about an hour to hour and a half until arrival here. Shall see if it still can throw some punches. 

[CheeselandSkies]

16 minutes ago, sbnwx85 said:

Reminds me of the story of the 1965 outbreak and Northern Indiana issued a blanket tornado warning for every county because it couldn’t keep up. Completely different set up and reasoning but still gives me a chuckle

IIRC Birmingham or Huntsville also did that during the evening of 4/3/74. James Spann essentially did that for 4/27/11 when he told his viewers in advance there were going to be so many tornadoes and warnings it would be tough for them to keep up, so to treat any storm that approaches as dangerous and take cover as if it had a tornado (which on that day in Alabama, it probably did).

[cyclone77]

The lightning has been pretty wicked the past hour or so back here in the trailing anvil rain.  Lots of multiple repeating ultra bright flashes, followed by super long rumbles of thunder occasionally shaking the house.  

[A-L-E-K]

Nice storm

[Jackstraw]

Don't see many Jumbo Shrimp lines like this one has been in April. July maybe but few in April. Pretty impressive.

[vortex]

My son captured this lightning strike out his front door. 

[KeenerWx]

Watching the line come in on the screened in porch. Lovely breeze and a chorus of crickets, frogs & rolling thunder. S tier entertainment. 

[mjwise]

We got tornado sirens for about an hour here because of the orientation and timing of the warnings. No real wind here but great summer like squall line light show even into the cold pool.