4/17-4/18 Severe Storms Threat

[mjwise]

6 minutes ago, TheNiño said:

Ours went off 90 min ahead of time then never went off again when it finally hit, and there was definitely radar indicated rotation when it did arrive. Plus it was the 4th day in a row our sirens have gone off way too early. Being right next to the lake we are always at the tail end of these warnings. The general public has to be so irritated at this point. I get they want to give as much warning time as possible but 90min and then not sounding them again when the threat is imminent is not ideal.

Here we got them for such a long period because DeKalb was right on the border of two different polygons separated by some time and the mixed E and NE motion of the squall line made them challenging to draw. 

[TheNiño]

Yeah I don’t mean to be sounding critical and this isn’t really on the spc, the warning was justified. This is more on my city specifically. I get it, tornado warning is issued so they sound the alarm. But then 90min (not an exaggeration) elapsed and they never sounded them again.

Meanwhile Libertyville’s automated alarm system kept going off well after the threat had passed.

[sbnwx85]

Tornado Warning!

[sbnwx85]

Saw some lowering as a rotation signature moved to my northwest. Then the gust front hit with 50-55 mph winds. Lots of good CG lightning.