I enjoyed the opportunity to speak at Tom Skilling’s Severe Weather Seminar at Fermi Lab on Saturday, April 30. During my talk I mentioned some web sites that I use for looking at past severe weather events. As promised, I am posting them here for you to use. Storm Prediction Center In the “reports” section […]
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Severe Weather On April 19, 2011
Thunderstorms moved across Illinois on Tuesday, April 19, 2011, causing widespread damage from tornadoes, hail, and high winds. See map below. In Illinois alone, there were 15 reports of tornadoes – six in Macoupin County, six in Montgomery County, two in Christian County, and one in Vermilion County. Hail amounts up to 2.75 inches in […]
Severe Weather On April 19, 2011
Thunderstorms moved across Illinois on Tuesday, April 19, 2011, causing widespread damage from tornadoes, hail, and high winds. See map below. In Illinois alone, there were 15 reports of tornadoes – six in Macoupin County, six in Montgomery County, two in Christian County, and one in Vermilion County. Hail amounts up to 2.75 inches in […]
Tornado Tracks in Illinois 1950-2010
Using data from the NOAA Storm Prediction Center, our GIS specialist Zoe Zaloudek created a map of tornado tracks in Illinois from 1950 to 2010. The tracks are color-coded from blue to red to purple for F0 to F5 tornado events. The map below gives a general idea of the tracks, the PDF file is […]