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Chicago Derecho?

#1 Postby greenkat » Sat Aug 04, 2012 4:41 pm

Started a thread for the intense storm (derecho?) slamming the Chicago area. Post any general Obs or comments you may have.
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Re: Chicago Derecho?

#2 Postby Cyclenall » Sat Aug 04, 2012 6:35 pm

You know I was just going to post something in the main severe thread about that. By chance I checked the radar down there and saw a severe line that then branched into a slingshot like form. Just in the last hour though it is now taking on a more Derecho like appearance and speed. You can see a bowhead forming at the tip and maybe its accelerating?:

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The last scans showed it less organized but who knows.

SPC Outlook Update wrote:...NRN IL...SRN WI...NRN IN...
AN MCS CONTINUES TO TREK EWD ACROSS NRN IL...AND WILL ENTER FAR SERN
WI AND PERHAPS NRN IND LATER THIS AFTERNOON. DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE
THE PRIMARY THREAT WITH THIS ORGANIZED COMPLEX...WHICH MAY PERSIST
DURING THE EVENING INTO WRN OH.
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#3 Postby greenkat » Sat Aug 04, 2012 6:56 pm

Who knows? Derechos are unpredictable... Fort Wayne, Columbus,Detroit, Toledo, be on the lookout. 8-)
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