There is a tornado warning in DeKalb IL until 6:150- 6 minutes from now. So far, not even rain.
Just checked the radar. It's coming and it looks ugly, so be safe.
Missing out on a potential tornado is a good thing. They can be pretty hit or miss over warned areas, the procedure is usually to warn entire counties and the average supercell is often half as wide as a county, so right there it’s 50-50.
I got hit by one of those dust devils you see out west, usually off in the distance, but this one decided to take a little spin through Lakeview, Oregon as I was driving through, on a clear sunny day, I had no idea the thing was there, it came at me from almost behind and left to right across the highway. I guess it would be an F-0 tornado with maybe 50-70 mph wind gusts and it wasn’t even as wide as the road, but it rocked my pickup truck quite violently, lucky for me I was only going about 35 mph. And it was gone behind some buildings within a few seconds never to be seen again. I have seen plenty of other ones but usually a mile or two away, all over Nevada and parts of Utah, Idaho and eastern Oregon. They don’t form underneath thunderstorm clouds, just wherever the air starts rotating, sometimes on a clear day and sometimes not. They tend to be quite erratic in their forward motion and they come in groups of two or three. Nothing like a real tornado except the structure is a miniature replica. Occasionally you will see one forming and dropping down to the surface which is cool.