The day 1 outlook for today suggested that the area could experience a bow echo which could contain severe thunderstorms and possible tornadoes. After watching the line of storms form and turn into a bow echo on radar, I headed…
February 27, 1999 – Chase to Edgar County IL
Well, I went to bed about 3 in the morning. I checked all the maps/forecasts and NSSL and the SPC were predicting severe storms in the southern part of Illinois. So, I dashed off to bed and tried to get…