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[hobsini2]

We had a derecho go through late last night. Possibly 2 tornadoes from the storm. A dozen homes were leveled on the far southeast side of Naperville. Homes and tree damage was from Naperville to Burr Ridge along the 75th St and 83rd St corridors. Just missed us by 2 miles.

EF-3 tornado confirmed for Naperville/Woodridge
EF-0 tornado confirmed in Plainfield

This has to be the first EF3+ rated tornado that has directly hit the Chicagoland area in a while right?

First EF-1+ since 2018, first EF-3+ since 2015 (Coal City), and first to hit Woodridge in 45 years  for the NWS Chicago area

Hmm, I guess Coal City is considered part of the Chicagoland area, though just barely.

Let me rephrase it, when was the last time an EF3+ tornado struck the heart of the Chicagoland area? For purposes here, we will consider the "heart" to be the area from I-80 to the south to IL-47 to the west to the Wisconsin border to the north. I would have to think the Plainfield Tornado of 1990 was the last time using this definition, though I could be wrong.

Coal City was an EF2. Not 3.
Here is a useful interactive map I have zoomed in on showing tornado tracks of F3 or greater. Tornado tracks from 1950 to 2017.
https://mrcc.illinois.edu/gismaps/cntytorn.htm#

For the record, here are the ones that have hit the 7 County Area and Lake County Indiana:
1961
51.7 miles Wilmington-Manteno-Grant Park-Schneider IN EF3

1965
9.1 Crystal Lake EF4
4.1 Higland IN EF3

1967
25.5 Belvidere-Woodstock EF4
8.8 North Barrington EF4
15.0 Palos Hts-Oak Lawn-Chicago EF4

1972
5.1 Waukegan EF4
81.5 Henry-Marseilles-Joliet EF3

1974
4.5 Lowell IN EF3
1976
22.6 Oswego-Naperville-Lombard EF3
3.2 Lemont EF4

1979
5.4 Plainfield EF4

1984
9.0 Plainfield EF3

1990
16.3 Oswego-Plainfield-Joliet EF5

1991
15.0 Lockport-Palos Hills EF3

2008
13.0 Harvard EF3

2015
30.1 Rochelle-Fairdale EF4
16.2 Braidwood EF3

[I-39]

We had a derecho go through late last night. Possibly 2 tornadoes from the storm. A dozen homes were leveled on the far southeast side of Naperville. Homes and tree damage was from Naperville to Burr Ridge along the 75th St and 83rd St corridors. Just missed us by 2 miles.

EF-3 tornado confirmed for Naperville/Woodridge
EF-0 tornado confirmed in Plainfield

This has to be the first EF3+ rated tornado that has directly hit the Chicagoland area in a while right?

First EF-1+ since 2018, first EF-3+ since 2015 (Coal City), and first to hit Woodridge in 45 years  for the NWS Chicago area

Hmm, I guess Coal City is considered part of the Chicagoland area, though just barely.

Let me rephrase it, when was the last time an EF3+ tornado struck the heart of the Chicagoland area? For purposes here, we will consider the "heart" to be the area from I-80 to the south to IL-47 to the west to the Wisconsin border to the north. I would have to think the Plainfield Tornado of 1990 was the last time using this definition, though I could be wrong.

Coal City was an EF2. Not 3.
Here is a useful interactive map I have zoomed in on showing tornado tracks of F3 or greater. Tornado tracks from 1950 to 2017.
https://mrcc.illinois.edu/gismaps/cntytorn.htm#

For the record, here are the ones that have hit the 7 County Area and Lake County Indiana:
1961
51.7 miles Wilmington-Manteno-Grant Park-Schneider IN EF3

1965
9.1 Crystal Lake EF4
4.1 Higland IN EF3

1967
25.5 Belvidere-Woodstock EF4
8.8 North Barrington EF4
15.0 Palos Hts-Oak Lawn-Chicago EF4

1972
5.1 Waukegan EF4
81.5 Henry-Marseilles-Joliet EF3

1974
4.5 Lowell IN EF3
1976
22.6 Oswego-Naperville-Lombard EF3
3.2 Lemont EF4

1979
5.4 Plainfield EF4

1984
9.0 Plainfield EF3

1990
16.3 Oswego-Plainfield-Joliet EF5

1991
15.0 Lockport-Palos Hills EF3

2008
13.0 Harvard EF3

2015
30.1 Rochelle-Fairdale EF4
16.2 Braidwood EF3

Thanks. That confirms my observation that this recent tornado is the first significant EF3+ tornado to strike the heart of the Chicagoland area since the early 90s.

Interesting Kane County hasn't scene an EF3+ tornado in that timeframe.

[Bruce]

I've been enjoying some temps in the mid 60s to low 80s on my road trip around the Olympic Peninsula, spurred in part to beat the short heat wave.

We have a longer, more brutal heat wave coming in this weekend. Temperatures in Seattle are going to be close to the 100F mark, which could set a new June record. Washington could break a state record (118F, set at the ironically named Ice Harbor Dam in 1961).

[hobsini2]

We had a derecho go through late last night. Possibly 2 tornadoes from the storm. A dozen homes were leveled on the far southeast side of Naperville. Homes and tree damage was from Naperville to Burr Ridge along the 75th St and 83rd St corridors. Just missed us by 2 miles.

EF-3 tornado confirmed for Naperville/Woodridge
EF-0 tornado confirmed in Plainfield

This has to be the first EF3+ rated tornado that has directly hit the Chicagoland area in a while right?

First EF-1+ since 2018, first EF-3+ since 2015 (Coal City), and first to hit Woodridge in 45 years  for the NWS Chicago area

Hmm, I guess Coal City is considered part of the Chicagoland area, though just barely.

Let me rephrase it, when was the last time an EF3+ tornado struck the heart of the Chicagoland area? For purposes here, we will consider the "heart" to be the area from I-80 to the south to IL-47 to the west to the Wisconsin border to the north. I would have to think the Plainfield Tornado of 1990 was the last time using this definition, though I could be wrong.

Coal City was an EF2. Not 3.
Here is a useful interactive map I have zoomed in on showing tornado tracks of F3 or greater. Tornado tracks from 1950 to 2017.
https://mrcc.illinois.edu/gismaps/cntytorn.htm#

For the record, here are the ones that have hit the 7 County Area and Lake County Indiana:
1961
51.7 miles Wilmington-Manteno-Grant Park-Schneider IN EF3

1965
9.1 Crystal Lake EF4
4.1 Higland IN EF3

1967
25.5 Belvidere-Woodstock EF4
8.8 North Barrington EF4
15.0 Palos Hts-Oak Lawn-Chicago EF4

1972
5.1 Waukegan EF4
81.5 Henry-Marseilles-Joliet EF3

1974
4.5 Lowell IN EF3
1976
22.6 Oswego-Naperville-Lombard EF3
3.2 Lemont EF4

1979
5.4 Plainfield EF4

1984
9.0 Plainfield EF3

1990
16.3 Oswego-Plainfield-Joliet EF5

1991
15.0 Lockport-Palos Hills EF3

2008
13.0 Harvard EF3

2015
30.1 Rochelle-Fairdale EF4
16.2 Braidwood EF3

Thanks. That confirms my observation that this recent tornado is the first significant EF3+ tornado to strike the heart of the Chicagoland area since the early 90s.

Interesting Kane County hasn't scene an EF3+ tornado in that timeframe.

Somewhere I have pictures of the damage from the 2015 Fairdale tornado.  That town of 100 or so, except for maybe a dozen buildings, was just wiped out.  I went through there on Route 72 about 2 months after the tornado.

[ET21]

We had a derecho go through late last night. Possibly 2 tornadoes from the storm. A dozen homes were leveled on the far southeast side of Naperville. Homes and tree damage was from Naperville to Burr Ridge along the 75th St and 83rd St corridors. Just missed us by 2 miles.

EF-3 tornado confirmed for Naperville/Woodridge
EF-0 tornado confirmed in Plainfield

This has to be the first EF3+ rated tornado that has directly hit the Chicagoland area in a while right?

First EF-1+ since 2018, first EF-3+ since 2015 (Coal City), and first to hit Woodridge in 45 years  for the NWS Chicago area

Hmm, I guess Coal City is considered part of the Chicagoland area, though just barely.

Let me rephrase it, when was the last time an EF3+ tornado struck the heart of the Chicagoland area? For purposes here, we will consider the "heart" to be the area from I-80 to the south to IL-47 to the west to the Wisconsin border to the north. I would have to think the Plainfield Tornado of 1990 was the last time using this definition, though I could be wrong.

Coal City was an EF2. Not 3.
Here is a useful interactive map I have zoomed in on showing tornado tracks of F3 or greater. Tornado tracks from 1950 to 2017.
https://mrcc.illinois.edu/gismaps/cntytorn.htm#

Coal City was EF-3 per NWS Chicago, was the same one that hit Braidwood as well.
https://www.weather.gov/lot/22June2015

They also confirmed this on an update at 7:45 this morning that Naper/Woodridge was the strongest tornado since Coal City in 2015 (Chicago metro area) and 2017 in the northern Illinois region (Ottawa/Naplate 2017).

[hobsini2]

We had a derecho go through late last night. Possibly 2 tornadoes from the storm. A dozen homes were leveled on the far southeast side of Naperville. Homes and tree damage was from Naperville to Burr Ridge along the 75th St and 83rd St corridors. Just missed us by 2 miles.

EF-3 tornado confirmed for Naperville/Woodridge
EF-0 tornado confirmed in Plainfield

This has to be the first EF3+ rated tornado that has directly hit the Chicagoland area in a while right?

First EF-1+ since 2018, first EF-3+ since 2015 (Coal City), and first to hit Woodridge in 45 years  for the NWS Chicago area

Hmm, I guess Coal City is considered part of the Chicagoland area, though just barely.

Let me rephrase it, when was the last time an EF3+ tornado struck the heart of the Chicagoland area? For purposes here, we will consider the "heart" to be the area from I-80 to the south to IL-47 to the west to the Wisconsin border to the north. I would have to think the Plainfield Tornado of 1990 was the last time using this definition, though I could be wrong.

Coal City was an EF2. Not 3.
Here is a useful interactive map I have zoomed in on showing tornado tracks of F3 or greater. Tornado tracks from 1950 to 2017.
https://mrcc.illinois.edu/gismaps/cntytorn.htm#

Coal City was EF-3 per NWS Chicago, was the same one that hit Braidwood as well.
https://www.weather.gov/lot/22June2015

They also confirmed this on an update at 7:45 this morning that Naper/Woodridge was the strongest tornado since Coal City in 2015 (Chicago metro area) and 2017 in the northern Illinois region (Ottawa/Naplate 2017).

You know something? I was confusing the 2013 Coal City (which was EF2) with the 2015 Braidwood. My bad.  The 2013 Coal City one was the same day as the EF4 that hit Washington IL by Peoria that was on the ground for 46 miles. I just remember the Bears-Ravens game was halted and Soldier Field was evacuated because the system was heading directly for Downtown Chicago.

[Roadgeekteen]

High in the 70s and partly cloudy.

[jakeroot]

We have a longer, more brutal heat wave coming in this weekend. Temperatures in Seattle are going to be close to the 100F mark, which could set a new June record. Washington could break a state record (118F, set at the ironically named Ice Harbor Dam in 1961).

Forecast high for Saturday in Tacoma is 103, with some inland valley areas (Sumner, Puyallup) forecasted for 106-108. Just nuts.

Oddly, the record high in Puyallup I believe is 108 105, set in July 2009 with most other records, so I'll be interested to see if that gets broken.

edit: forecast for humidity and dew point seems to indicate the possibility for some mugginess too. Yikes.

[ET21]

We had a derecho go through late last night. Possibly 2 tornadoes from the storm. A dozen homes were leveled on the far southeast side of Naperville. Homes and tree damage was from Naperville to Burr Ridge along the 75th St and 83rd St corridors. Just missed us by 2 miles.

EF-3 tornado confirmed for Naperville/Woodridge
EF-0 tornado confirmed in Plainfield

This has to be the first EF3+ rated tornado that has directly hit the Chicagoland area in a while right?

First EF-1+ since 2018, first EF-3+ since 2015 (Coal City), and first to hit Woodridge in 45 years  for the NWS Chicago area

Hmm, I guess Coal City is considered part of the Chicagoland area, though just barely.

Let me rephrase it, when was the last time an EF3+ tornado struck the heart of the Chicagoland area? For purposes here, we will consider the "heart" to be the area from I-80 to the south to IL-47 to the west to the Wisconsin border to the north. I would have to think the Plainfield Tornado of 1990 was the last time using this definition, though I could be wrong.

Coal City was an EF2. Not 3.
Here is a useful interactive map I have zoomed in on showing tornado tracks of F3 or greater. Tornado tracks from 1950 to 2017.
https://mrcc.illinois.edu/gismaps/cntytorn.htm#

Coal City was EF-3 per NWS Chicago, was the same one that hit Braidwood as well.
https://www.weather.gov/lot/22June2015

They also confirmed this on an update at 7:45 this morning that Naper/Woodridge was the strongest tornado since Coal City in 2015 (Chicago metro area) and 2017 in the northern Illinois region (Ottawa/Naplate 2017).

You know something? I was confusing the 2013 Coal City (which was EF2) with the 2015 Braidwood. My bad.  The 2013 Coal City one was the same day as the EF4 that hit Washington IL by Peoria that was on the ground for 46 miles. I just remember the Bears-Ravens game was halted and Soldier Field was evacuated because the system was heading directly for Downtown Chicago.

Yup Coal City had a string of bad luck with tornadoes during the mid-2010s. 2013, 2015, and exactly a year later on 2016 which I chased.

[Roadgeekteen]

70s and partly cloudy

[Bruce]

Monday is going to be real fun. Lots of records to break.

[ozarkman417]

Northern Missouri is getting absolutely swamped by several inches of rain and severe thunderstorms, meanwhile in far southern Missouri I have been enjoying a clear, 90 degree day on the lake.

[kkt]

Hot, with very hot to come.

[Roadgeekteen]

High in the 70s and cloud

[thspfc]

Increased rainfall over the past week has our grass coming back to life. For a while the only green grass you could find was in the yards of people who have sprinklers.

[Roadgeekteen]

80s and mostly cloudy

[NWI_Irish96]

Multiple tornado warnings in the Chicago Metro, one of which includes downtown and the stadium where the White Sox are scheduled to play at 1:10. Nothing more than radar indicated rotation as of this point, but everyone in the Chicago area should monitor this.

[Bruce]

Wenatchee is doomed.

https://twitter.com/BenjaminJurkovi/status/1408670988699455490

[US71]

Sunny and 94 here with 52 percent humidity. Possible thunderstorms the next few days.

[Roadgeekteen]

Upper 80s and partly cloudy

[Bruce]

Over 100 today, potentially at 110 tomorrow. Kill me now.

The nights are above 80.

[jakeroot]

Comfy 75 in my room right now. Darkening shades have helped, and the portables units in my apartment are keeping up well. Glad I was prepared, most of Seattle is not. It's too bad more people don't invest in cheap AC units. They're remarkably effective.

110-115 here in the South Sound today. Planning to check up on my grandparents this afternoon. Apparently there are some power outages up north. All fine around here.

Spray parks and community pools are packed. So cool to see everyone getting out and enjoying the beautiful, if not rather uncomfortable weather.

I have to keep reminding people that we are experiencing weather history. It's never been this hot here before. That alone is pretty...cool.

[Roadgeekteen]

90s and partly cloudy

[CoreySamson]

Is it very humid up there right now in Seattle? I've seen that can make all the difference when it comes to comfort in the heat down here in Houston. I was moving a dirt pile at my church Saturday morning and the humidity (especially when not in the breeze) made it very uncomfortable, even at 9:00 AM. I ended up going through 4 bottles of water and 2 Gatorades in 3 and a half hours before calling it quits at 11:30 due to running out of water (and I still got a heat-related headache that lasted all day, even after I went inside). And the high that day was only 92 or so.

This week will be different though. There is at least a 45% chance of rain every day this week, and the high today is only supposed to get up to 81.

[jakeroot]

Is it very humid up there right now in Seattle? I've seen that can make all the difference when it comes to comfort in the heat down here in Houston. I was moving a dirt pile at my church Saturday morning and the humidity (especially when not in the breeze) made it very uncomfortable, even at 9:00 AM. I ended up going through 4 bottles of water and 2 Gatorades in 3 and a half hours before calling it quits at 11:30 due to running out of water (and I still got a heat-related headache that lasted all day, even after I went inside). And the high that day was only 92 or so.

This week will be different though. There is at least a 45% chance of rain every day this week, and the high today is only supposed to get up to 81.

The dew point is sitting around 65-75, which is very high for our area. Humidity is around 25-55%, also relatively high for otherwise cloudless skies. So it feels fairly humid.

I've spent a fair amount of time in Virginia. The humidity sucks, yes. But honestly, 105-110 feels hotter. I know we joke that "it's a dry heat", which is true. But it's still hot.