Illinois Tornado Outbreak - Chicago/Cook County Next?

NWS, WBBM News Radio AM 780 ^ | 4-20-04 | Milwaukee_Guy

[Milwaukee_Guy]

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTEDTORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL801 PM CDT TUE APR 20 2004 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHICAGO HAS ISSUED A* TORNADO WARNING FOR... SOUTHWEST COOK COUNTY IN NORTHEAST ILLINOIS NORTHERN WILL COUNTY IN NORTHEAST ILLINOIS* UNTIL 830 PM CDT * AT 801 PM CDT...A TRAINED SPOTTER REPORTED A TORNADO NEAR JOLIET ...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.* THE STORM WILL BE NEAR... ORLAND PARK AROUND 810 PM CDT. BURR RIDGE AROUND 815 PM CDT. PALOS HILLS AROUND 820 PM CDT. HICKORY HILLS AROUND 825 PM CDT. BURBANK AROUND 830 PM CDT. DO NOT WAIT UNTIL YOU HEAR OR SEE THE TORNADO. TAKE SHELTER NOW. GO TO THE BASEMENT AND SEEK SHELTER UNDER THE STAIRS OR UNDER A HEAVY PIECE OF FURNITURE

[Neenah]

Milt Rosenburg on now. I was watching Hildebeast on THE KING tonight, so didn't have WGN on till I saw this thread.

[RedWing9]

Oak Forest reporting... Small-medium size hail about 25 min ago. Rain has stopped, lightning in the far distance (no thunder).

[cmdr straker]

Thanks for the update.. I cannot get WJOL down here in Oklahoma and we cannot listen to it on the web at work..

[Milwaukee_Guy]

"The real world doesn't intrude when I am on the net (until the tornado hits)!"

This was a good example of a tornado outbreak that was not well forecast or communicated by the media. That's why it's a good idea to get a NOAA Weather Radio at Radio Shack. Make sure to get a model that has the SAME (Specific Area Message Encoding) feature. This will filter out alerts for counties where you do not live.

I was aware of it just because I am a weather nut! Been a Skywarn Spotter/Ham Radio Guy/Storm Chaser for the last ten years.

[Protagoras]

I saw the lightning in your direction about that time,,moving to the east of me.

[Chi-townChief]

Not much except rain here on The Emerald Isle.

[Milwaukee_Guy]

WMMB Newsradio 780 is kicking WGN 720's butt during this event. Tommy Skilling must be having an embolism right now. Has he been on WGN TV at all tonight? I'm here in Milwaukee and don't get WGN TV. (Too cheap for cable!)

[denco]

I have a daughter in Lake Zurich, does anyone know about this area? Thanks Denco

[Milwaukee_Guy]

WMMB = WBBM

[Scenic Sounds]

The weather in this country seems strange this year. When I was in Boston a few weeks ago (second week of March), it was snowing. Yesterday, it was eighty five degrees for the Boston Marathon.

Best of luck to all of you in the Illinois area.

[Protagoras]

Emerald Isle?

[Marie Antoinette]

I also have parents in Frankfort, although they may be in the LaSalle/Peru area at the moment. Hoping all is well!

[prairiebreeze]

WGN showing footage out of Joliet. No injuries. Damage, downed trees etc about a mile wide. Walgreens roof blown off?

Said they had about 30 minutes warning because of prior touchdown in Kendall county.

Chicago Fire Dept sending help to Utica

Prairie

[prairiebreeze]

4 people trapped in downed building in Utica

[Milwaukee_Guy]

"I'm in Florida right now. I have lots of family in the DG and Naperville environs. Looks like these areas lucked out."

I used to live in Wheaton and have a sister-in-law now in Naperville. Looks like both areas escaped major damage.

[justshutupandtakeit]

Just some rain up in NW side. And the Sox are coming back now down 8-5

[FourPeas]

WGN reporting storm tops as high as 47,000 feet. Whoa.

[FourPeas]

WGN reporting storm tops as high as 47,000 feet. Whoa.

[justshutupandtakeit]

Just some rain up in NW side. And the Sox are coming back now down 8-5

[John H K]

Eh, it wasn't the media.

SPC didn't even have Northern Illinois in a "slight risk" area late this afternoon.

It's amazingly difficult to predict severe. There was a "Particularly Dangerous Situation" tornado box from SPC a few days ago that didn't produce a tornado.