Preliminary indications from storm surveys conducted today indicate that three tornadoes swept through the Chicago area and northwestern Indiana according to the National Weather Service. As the storms ran through northern Illinois, folks were caught unaware, stranded behind closed doors at malls, shopping centers and various businesses throughout the area. Travel was dangerous at best as the entire are encountered high winds as well as hail. Tornadoes were confirmed in Bolingbrook, Bloomingdale and Griffith, Indiana.
Among the few folks we spoke to in the area, the common comment was that the storms took them all by surprise; after all, tornado season is over, right?
Folks, we have said this before and we will say it again: there is really no such thing as tornado season, and therefore no reason to ever let your guard down or turn off that weather radio.
Last night’s storms left countless without power and one dead. With many friends and family in Illinois, we are glad that things were not worse. We had one team member out in the Illinois storms and are waiting to receive some final reports and photos which we will post as soon as we receive them.
Among the few folks we spoke to in the area, the common comment was that the storms took them all by surprise; after all, tornado season is over, right?
Folks, we have said this before and we will say it again: there is really no such thing as tornado season, and therefore no reason to ever let your guard down or turn off that weather radio.
Last night’s storms left countless without power and one dead. With many friends and family in Illinois, we are glad that things were not worse. We had one team member out in the Illinois storms and are waiting to receive some final reports and photos which we will post as soon as we receive them.
In the South, Tropical Storm Edouard made landfall around 7 a.m. CDT this morning on the upper Texas coast just south of Port Arthur.
The 6- to 10-day outlook for calls for below-normal temperatures from the central and southern Rockies into the Ohio Valley, the Midwest, and the Northeast. Meanwhile, hot weather will prevail across the northern High Plains and the Deep South. Elsewhere, above-normal rainfall in Maine, the Plains, and the South will contrast with drier-than-normal weather in the Midwestern and Mid-Atlantic States and most areas west of the Rockies.
Keep your weather radio on!
