Well today certainly had the makings of a widespread outbreak of tornadoes and straight-line wind damage. The Day 2 outlook on Tuesday suggested that most of the activity would be in Indiana. They had placed a moderate risk over the…
August 18, 2001 – Moderate risk in Central Illinois
After glancing at the forecast models and the SPC Day 2 outlook for Saturday, it really didn’t appear likely that this area was going to receive any severe weather. However, when I woke up on Saturday morning, the new Day…
July 23, 2001 – Chasing lightning
Today far exceeded yesterday’s miserable conditions. Heat indices throughout IL pushed into the 110’s which made it very uncomfortable and dangerous. I still wasn’t expecting much relief in the way of thunderstorms today, but I figured with the atmosphere as…
July 22, 2001 – Two different chases in one day
One word to describe today: nasty. The humidity was downright off the charts and even with the A/C on, there wasn’t much relief. There wasn’t much expected in the way of showers and thunderstorms which didn’t help matters either. However,…
July 17, 2001 – Chase in Central Illinois
Looking at the US Threats Assessments page last week, it appeared that this week could potentially produce some severe weather in this neck of the woods. The morning Day 1 outlook was showing a slight risk of severe weather in…