June 4-7: Severe wx (Omaha tornado update)

[btangy]

Very strong and concentrated rotational couplet in Lake Cnty...

[btangy]

... A Tornado Warning remains in effect until 845 PM CDT for Central
Lake County...

At 808 PM CDT... local law enforcement reported a tornado on the
ground in Mundelein... moving east at 33 mph.

The tornado will be near...
Libertyville at 810 PM CDT...
Green Oaks by 815 PM CDT...
North Chicago by 820 PM CDT...

All these towns mentioned have populations exceeding 20,000... so this is about as bad as a situation as that which happened earlier in the S suburbs. Perhaps worse given that the sun is setting.

[CrazyC83]

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL
809 PM CDT SAT JUN 7 2008

ILC097-080145-
/O.CON.KLOT.TO.W.0026.000000T0000Z-080608T0145Z/
LAKE IL-
809 PM CDT SAT JUN 7 2008

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 845 PM CDT FOR CENTRAL
LAKE COUNTY...

AT 808 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED A TORNADO ON THE
GROUND IN MUNDELEIN...MOVING EAST AT 33 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
LIBERTYVILLE AT 810 PM CDT...
GREEN OAKS BY 815 PM CDT...
NORTH CHICAGO BY 820 PM CDT...

IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
STURDY SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST
DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.

THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND LIFE THREATENING SITUATION. THIS
STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG TO VIOLENT TORNADOES. IF YOU ARE
IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO...TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY! NUMEROUS
REPORTS OF DAMAGE HAVE BEEN RECEIVED FROM THIS TORNADO.

LAT...LON 4234 8783 4225 8784 4223 8801 4231 8803
4240 8784
TIME...MOT...LOC 0109Z 252DEG 28KT 4228 8794

$$

[Cyclenall]

Any pictures or damage of the tornado that went through the suburbs of Chicago?

[btangy]

Velocity couplet intensifying

[CrazyC83]

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL
816 PM CDT SAT JUN 7 2008

ILC097-080145-
/O.CON.KLOT.TO.W.0026.000000T0000Z-080608T0145Z/
LAKE IL-
816 PM CDT SAT JUN 7 2008

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 845 PM CDT FOR EAST
CENTRAL LAKE COUNTY...

AT 808 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED A TORNADO NEAR
MUNDELEIN. AT 816 PM CDT...THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR GREEN
OAKS...MOVING EAST AT 33 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
NORTH CHICAGO BY 820 PM CDT...
LAKE BLUFF BY 820 PM CDT...

THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND LIFE THREATENING SITUATION. THIS
STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG TO VIOLENT TORNADOES. IF YOU ARE
IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO...TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY!


LAT...LON 4231 8783 4230 8784 4225 8784 4224 8797
4232 8799 4237 8784 4234 8783
TIME...MOT...LOC 0116Z 252DEG 28KT 4229 8786

$$

MARSILI

[6SpeedTA95]

Man thats a strong couplet over the lake.

[HarlequinBoy]

Chicago news reported there was one confirmed injury.

[wbug1]

There are many injuries, undoubtedly.

MyfoxChigago reports:

"On nearby Interstate 57, multiple semi trucks and cars were overturned in the outbound lanes near Stuenkel Road, including a semi truck that blocked all lanes of traffic, said Illinois State Police Trooper Mark Dorencz."

http://www.myfoxchicago.com/myfox/pages ... geId=1.1.1

[btangy]

Supercells over Lake Michigan getting ready to steamroll onto the lake shore near Saugatuck, MI.

[btangy]

... A Tornado Warning remains in effect until 915 PM CDT for extreme
northwestern Mitchell... northeastern Osborne... southwestern Jewell
and southeastern Smith counties...

At 839 PM CDT... trained weather spotters reported a tornado. This
tornado was located near Portis... or 30 miles west of Beloit... moving
northeast at 22 mph.

The tornado will be near...
Esbon... Lebanon and Ionia by 915 PM CDT

[CrazyC83]

Supercells over Lake Michigan getting ready to steamroll onto the lake shore near Saugatuck, MI.

Will they be as strong on the Michigan side though?

[btangy]

Supercells over Lake Michigan getting ready to steamroll onto the lake shore near Saugatuck, MI.

Will they be as strong on the Michigan side though?

Doesn't look like it, but there's a small pocket of high EHI along the W Michigan coast that may re-energize any storm moving off Lake Michigan, albeit the instability and helicity parameters aren't as crazy as they are over NE IL.

[RL3AO]

50 reports today. However, about 30 of them are from the same tornado (probably two or three actually).

[CrazyC83]

50 reports today. However, about 30 of them are from the same tornado (probably two or three actually).

It might be a single 75 mile path...

[6SpeedTA95]

50 reports today. However, about 30 of them are from the same tornado (probably two or three actually).

It might be a single 75 mile path...

Possible but seems unlikely.

[Texas Snowman]

Were the Chicago tornadoes not as bad as some had first feared?

The warning statements and the storm reports of homes flattened/destroyed sounded dire, but this news report doesn't sound nearly as bad:

Meteorologist Gino Izzi said tornado damages have been reported in Cook, Livingston, Kankakee and Will counties. Cook County spokeswoman Penny Mateck said the tornado didn’t cause any major damage and nobody was injured.

[6SpeedTA95]

Were the Chicago tornadoes not as bad as some had first feared?

The warning statements and the storm reports of homes flattened/destroyed sounded dire, but this news report doesn't sound nearly as bad:

Meteorologist Gino Izzi said tornado damages have been reported in Cook, Livingston, Kankakee and Will counties. Cook County spokeswoman Penny Mateck said the tornado didn’t cause any major damage and nobody was injured.

From what I can tell the homes flattened report was from far northern Iowa.

The chicago storm was strong but it seems that it was probably no stronger than EF2 based on the reports I've read.

[btangy]

Were the Chicago tornadoes not as bad as some had first feared?

The warning statements and the storm reports of homes flattened/destroyed sounded dire, but this news report doesn't sound nearly as bad:

Meteorologist Gino Izzi said tornado damages have been reported in Cook, Livingston, Kankakee and Will counties. Cook County spokeswoman Penny Mateck said the tornado didn’t cause any major damage and nobody was injured.

I agree. I think if the damage was worse, then the media would be all over it. From radar imagery earlier and the spotter reports, it sounded quite bad real-time. But it also sounded like the tornado didn't stay on the ground consistently but rather was touching down briefly and then lifting back up from reports I heard later on. That could have spared a number of areas more significant damage.

[btangy]

Massive supercell in N KS has a very distinct TVS signature with it. May be a large, strong tornado on the ground associated with it:

... A Tornado Warning remains in effect until 1000 PM CDT for west
central Jewell and eastern Smith counties...

At 928 PM CDT... National Weather Service Doppler radar continued to
indicate a tornado. This tornado was located 7 miles south of
Bellaire... or 32 miles northwest of Beloit... moving northeast at 29
mph.

The tornado will be near...
Lebanon by 945 PM CDT
Esbon by 955 PM CDT