Significant Severe Weather Event Possible 4/8-9/15
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TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL
716 PM CDT THU APR 9 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHICAGO HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTH CENTRAL DE KALB COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
SOUTHERN BOONE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
SOUTHWESTERN MCHENRY COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN ILLINOIS...
* UNTIL 745 PM CDT
* AT 716 PM CDT...A CONFIRMED LARGE AND EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR KIRKLAND...OR 9 MILES SOUTH OF BELVIDERE...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL
716 PM CDT THU APR 9 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHICAGO HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTH CENTRAL DE KALB COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
SOUTHERN BOONE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
SOUTHWESTERN MCHENRY COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN ILLINOIS...
* UNTIL 745 PM CDT
* AT 716 PM CDT...A CONFIRMED LARGE AND EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR KIRKLAND...OR 9 MILES SOUTH OF BELVIDERE...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
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Re: Significant Severe Weather Event Possible 4/8-9/15
Yeah, today definitely looks worse than yesterday. At least 3 tornadoes currently confirmed on the ground, the one in Northern Illinois is kinda making the hair at the back of my neck stand up. Been on the ground for ages, too. Quite the long-tracker.
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Re: Significant Severe Weather Event Possible 4/8-9/15
Did y'all see the people in Rochelle, Illinois drive into the wedge tornado!??
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Getting reports of catastrophic damage in Kirkland, IL and surrounding areas from multiple chasers. A horizontal vortex is evident in several videos of the wedge tornado, supporting the idea that it was violent in nature.
Taking a look at the 0z sounding from Lincoln, 850mb winds and 500mb winds are nearly unidirectional, so it's a little bit of a mystery how a violent tornado developed. I have two hypotheses right now: either the sounding site is too far south and the environment across northern Illinois is much more favorable than illustrated, or the tornado was enhanced by a mesoscale boundary that cannot be picked up by the sounding.
Taking a look at the 0z sounding from Lincoln, 850mb winds and 500mb winds are nearly unidirectional, so it's a little bit of a mystery how a violent tornado developed. I have two hypotheses right now: either the sounding site is too far south and the environment across northern Illinois is much more favorable than illustrated, or the tornado was enhanced by a mesoscale boundary that cannot be picked up by the sounding.
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I've seen a couple of reports from storm chasers that in at least a couple of spots, complete destruction was reported with some homes wiped clean from their foundations.
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