Confirmed 1/2 Mile Wide Tornado entering South Chicago Suburbs

National Weather Service ^ | June 7, 2008

[P8riot]

It just looked like it to me.

[ozaukeemom]

We have been under a tornado watch since mid-afternoon. Sirens went off but didn’t see a tornado here.

[frankjr]

Weather Underground link...how ironic.

[fkabuckeyesrule]

Wow. I noticed the White Sox game got stopped for rain. I have family is Addison. Hope everything is OK there.

[Das Outsider]

Thanks for the link. I saw “wunderground” and almost reflexively thought it had something to do with Obama. I had been watching the radar on NWS.

[John W]

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL
634 PM CDT SAT JUN 7 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHICAGO HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN COOK COUNTY IN NORTHEAST ILLINOIS...
NORTHERN LAKE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST INDIANA...

* UNTIL 730 PM CDT...

* AT 627 PM...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED A LARGE TORNADO ON THE
GROUND BETWEEN RICHTON PARK AND UNIVERSITY PARK...MOVING NORTHEAST
AT 26 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
GLENWOOD...FORD HEIGHTS...THORNTON...AND SAUK VILLAGE BY 640 PM...
LYNWOOD...SOUTH HOLLAND...DYER...AND PHOENIX BY 645 PM...
LANSING...AND MUNSTER BY 650 PM...

THIS TORNADO WARNING REPLACES THE PREVIOUS TORNADO WARNING FOR
SOUTHEAST COOK AND EASTERN WILL COUNTIES.

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!

TAKE COVER NOW! IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...MOVE TO AN INTERIOR
ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. MOBILE HOMES AND VEHICLES SHOULD BE
ABANDONED FOR MORE SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. AVOID WINDOWS!

[doug from upland]

NOTE: Yes, we should say prayers and hope our fellow Americans are going to get through it okay. But that doesn't mean we can't have a little levity.

[bannie]

I guess it is the toddlin’ town.

[Strategerist]

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 730 PM CDT FOR NORTHERN
LAKE AND SOUTHEASTERN COOK COUNTIES...

AT 636 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A LARGE TORNADO
NEAR PARK FOREST. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR CHICAGO
HEIGHTS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 26 MPH. THIS TORNADO HAS A HISTORY OF
PRODUCING WIDESPREAD DAMAGE.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
LYNWOOD...THORNTON...AND SOUTH HOLLAND BY 645 PM CDT...
LANSING...MUNSTER...AND DYER BY 650 PM CDT...
HIGHLAND...CALUMET CITY...BURNHAM...AND GRIFFITH BY 655 PM CDT...

[Charles Henrickson]

Be safe. Then report when you can.

[Das Outsider]

By the track of it, this is one single tornado and not different ones from the same system, am I right?

Ouch!

[steve86]

Weather Underground link...how ironic.

Jung's synchronicity. Nothing is truly coincidental.

[Strategerist]

Seems continuous all the way for some time.

Appears to have weakened on radar very recently.

[Kieri]

That mess is headed my way (southern MI) and the western half of the state is under a tornado watch. The worst of yesterday’s storms just missed us and — miracle of miracles — our power didn’t go out. A pigeon sneezing can cause a power outage in my area.

It’s hard not to worry about the power. I’ve got a deep freeze full of food for my son’s open house on the 21st!!

[steve86]

This should give a zoomed in map. You may have to click animate...

http://www.wunderground.com/radar/radblast.asp?zoommode=zoom&num=6&delay=15&rbscale=0.1782608695652174&scale=1.000&noclutter=0&ID=LOT&type=N0R&lat=41.48296356&lon=-87.72474670&label=Richton%20Park,%20IL&showstorms=0&map.x=436&map.y=240&centerx=400&centery=240&lightning=0&smooth=0&showlabels=1&rainsnow=0

[bannie]

Our earth may move out here; but the freakin’ AIR attacks you there!!

[gorush]

That long red line to the left is just arriving at our residence, about an hour ESE of LaCrosse...and it’s already been an “exciting” meteorological kind of day.

[snowsislander]

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

ILC031-INC089-080030-
/O.CON.KLOT.TO.W.0025.000000T0000Z-080608T0030Z/
COOK IL-LAKE IN-
645 PM CDT SAT JUN 7 2008

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 730 PM CDT FOR NORTHERN
LAKE AND SOUTHEASTERN COOK COUNTIES...

AT 636 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A LARGE TORNADO ON
THE GROUND NEAR PARK FOREST. AT 645 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED THIS
TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR FORD HEIGHTS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 26 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  LANSING...MUNSTER...AND DYER BY 650 PM CDT...
  HIGHLAND...CALUMET CITY...BURNHAM...AND GRIFFITH BY 655 PM CDT...
  HAMMOND BY 700 PM CDT...
  EAST CHICAGO...AND WHITING BY 705 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!

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.

LAT...LON 4153 8738 4149 8756 4154 8765 4172 8754
      4165 8740 4166 8738 4164 8736 4163 8729
      4164 8724
TIME...MOT...LOC 2345Z 234DEG 23KT 4154 8757

$$

MARSILI

[Mr Ramsbotham]

Check the regional radar on AccuWeather—it looks ugly.

[steve86]

Still looks super strong just north of Lynwood.