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Tornado's
- Thread starter JackSkellington
- Start date
DMC-12
It's HarmonioUS, NOT HarmoniYOU.
14 total Tornados on the 20th here.
Last bit of info here just released from the Weather Service:
AP-IL--CHI-IL NO Chicago Public Information Statement
ABUS34 KCHI 232149 WSI
PNSCHI
PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL
430 PM CDT FRI APR 23 2004
...APRIL 20 TORNADO UPDATE...
AFTER THREE DAYS OF EXTENSIVE GROUND AND AERIAL SURVEYS...AND
REVIEWING REPORTS FORM EMERGENCY MANAGERS AND SPOTTERS...NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS HAVE DETERMINED THAT A TOTAL OF 14
TORNADOES OCCURRED ACROSS NORTHERN ILLINOIS ON APRIL 20 2004.
IN EASTERN STARK COUNTY AND WESTERN MARSHALL COUNTY AN F1 TORNADO
OCCURRED. THIS WAS THE FIRST OF SIX TORNADOES FROM THE SAME STORM.
THE TORNADO TRAVELED FOR 1.8 MILES WITH A WIDTH OF 50 YARDS.
IN SOUTHERN BUREAU COUNTY THE SECOND TORNADO TRAVELED NEAR 1.5 MILES
AND WAS ABOUT 100 YARDS WIDE. IT WAS AN F0 TORNADO.
THE THIRD TORNADO DEVELOPED ABOUT 2 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF
GRANVILLE. THIS TORNADO HAD A 15 1/2 MILE PATH THROUGH
GRANVILLE...ACROSS THE ILLINOIS RIVER AND INTERSTATE 39...INTO THE
TOWN OF UTICA. IT DISSIPATED ON A RIDGE ABOUT 1/2 MILE NORTHEAST OF
UTICA. THIS TORNADO PRODUCED F3 DAMAGE IN UTICA AND ITS MAXIMUM
WIDTH WAS ABOUT 200 YARDS.
A FOURTH TORNADO FORMED ABOUT 2 1/2 MILES EAST NORTHEAST OF UTICA.
IT TRAVELED 8 1/2 MILES TO ROUTE 23...2 MILES NORTH OF OTTAWA. THIS
WAS A LARGE MULTIPLE VORTEX TORNADO THAT WAS UP TO 1/2 MILE WIDE. IT
PRODUCED F2 DAMAGE. THIS TORNADO ALSO HAD A SMALL SATELLITE TORNADO
THAT WAS UP TO 20 YARDS WIDE AND 3 MILES LONG. THIS OCCURRED 1/4 TO
3/4 MILES SOUTH OF THE LARGE TORNADO. IT BEGAN AT I-80...ABOUT 4
MILES WEST NORTHWEST OF OTTAWA AND DISSIPATED 2 1/2 MILES NORTHWEST
OF OTTAWA.
THE FIFTH TORNADO WAS 1 MILE LONG AND 30 YARDS WIDE. THE TORNADO
DEVELOPED 1 MILE WEST OF WEDRON AND DISSIPATED 1/2 MILE NORTHEAST OF
WEDRON. THE TORNADO PRODUCED F0 DAMAGE.
THE SIXTH AND FINAL TORNADO FROM THIS STORM OCCURRED FROM THE
SOUTHEAST SIDE OF SHERIDAN TO THE EAST SIDE OF SHERIDAN. IT WAS AN
F0 TORNADO WITH A PATH LENGTH OF 2 MILES.
ANOTHER STORM PRODUCED A TORNADO 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MINOOKA IN
NORTHEAST GRUNDY COUNTY. IT HIT AN INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX WEST OF RIDGE
ROAD AND SOUTH OF ROUTE 6. ITS PATH LENGTH WAS 1/2 MILE LONG...10
YARDS WIDE AND IT PRODUCED F0 DAMAGE.
THIS STORM MERGED WITH ANOTHER STORM OVER WILL COUNTY AND PRODUCED A
TORNADO IN JOLIET. ITS PATH WAS 1 1/2 MILES LONG AND 40 YARDS WIDE.
IT WAS RATED F1.
ANOTHER STORM PRODUCED A SERIES OF TORNADOES OVER FORD...IROQUOIS
AND KANKAKEE COUNTIES. THE FIRST TORNADO WAS ABOUT 3 MILES NORTH OF
PIPER CITY. ITS PATH LENGTH WAS 1/2 MILE LONG AND 20 YARDS WIDE. IT
PRODUCED F0 DAMAGE.
A SECOND TORNADO OCCURRED 10 MILES WEST OF ASHKUM ON THE
FORD-IROQUOIS COUNTY LINE. IT CONTINUED FOR 3 MILES. IT WAS 20 YARDS
WIDE AND WAS RATED F0.
A THIRD TORNADO FROM THIS STORM DEVELOPED 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
KANKAKEE. IT ENDED 1 1/2 MILES SOUTH OF DOWNTOWN KANKAKEE...NEAR THE
KANKAKEE RIVER...JUST WEST OF KANKAKEE COMMUNITY COLLEGE. THE PATH
WAS 6 MILES LONG AND 30 YARDS WIDE. IT WAS RATED F1.
THE FINAL TORNADO FROM THIS STORM OCCURRED BRIEFLY AT GRANT PARK.
ITS PATH WAS 1 MILE LONG AND 10 YARDS WIDE. IT PRODUCED F0 DAMAGE.
ANOTHER STORM PRODUCED A TORNADO ON THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF HOPKINS
PARK. ITS PATH WAS 3 MILES LONG AND 40 YARDS WIDE. IT PRODUCED F2
DAMAGE.
Last bit of info here just released from the Weather Service:
AP-IL--CHI-IL NO Chicago Public Information Statement
ABUS34 KCHI 232149 WSI
PNSCHI
PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL
430 PM CDT FRI APR 23 2004
...APRIL 20 TORNADO UPDATE...
AFTER THREE DAYS OF EXTENSIVE GROUND AND AERIAL SURVEYS...AND
REVIEWING REPORTS FORM EMERGENCY MANAGERS AND SPOTTERS...NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS HAVE DETERMINED THAT A TOTAL OF 14
TORNADOES OCCURRED ACROSS NORTHERN ILLINOIS ON APRIL 20 2004.
IN EASTERN STARK COUNTY AND WESTERN MARSHALL COUNTY AN F1 TORNADO
OCCURRED. THIS WAS THE FIRST OF SIX TORNADOES FROM THE SAME STORM.
THE TORNADO TRAVELED FOR 1.8 MILES WITH A WIDTH OF 50 YARDS.
IN SOUTHERN BUREAU COUNTY THE SECOND TORNADO TRAVELED NEAR 1.5 MILES
AND WAS ABOUT 100 YARDS WIDE. IT WAS AN F0 TORNADO.
THE THIRD TORNADO DEVELOPED ABOUT 2 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF
GRANVILLE. THIS TORNADO HAD A 15 1/2 MILE PATH THROUGH
GRANVILLE...ACROSS THE ILLINOIS RIVER AND INTERSTATE 39...INTO THE
TOWN OF UTICA. IT DISSIPATED ON A RIDGE ABOUT 1/2 MILE NORTHEAST OF
UTICA. THIS TORNADO PRODUCED F3 DAMAGE IN UTICA AND ITS MAXIMUM
WIDTH WAS ABOUT 200 YARDS.
A FOURTH TORNADO FORMED ABOUT 2 1/2 MILES EAST NORTHEAST OF UTICA.
IT TRAVELED 8 1/2 MILES TO ROUTE 23...2 MILES NORTH OF OTTAWA. THIS
WAS A LARGE MULTIPLE VORTEX TORNADO THAT WAS UP TO 1/2 MILE WIDE. IT
PRODUCED F2 DAMAGE. THIS TORNADO ALSO HAD A SMALL SATELLITE TORNADO
THAT WAS UP TO 20 YARDS WIDE AND 3 MILES LONG. THIS OCCURRED 1/4 TO
3/4 MILES SOUTH OF THE LARGE TORNADO. IT BEGAN AT I-80...ABOUT 4
MILES WEST NORTHWEST OF OTTAWA AND DISSIPATED 2 1/2 MILES NORTHWEST
OF OTTAWA.
THE FIFTH TORNADO WAS 1 MILE LONG AND 30 YARDS WIDE. THE TORNADO
DEVELOPED 1 MILE WEST OF WEDRON AND DISSIPATED 1/2 MILE NORTHEAST OF
WEDRON. THE TORNADO PRODUCED F0 DAMAGE.
THE SIXTH AND FINAL TORNADO FROM THIS STORM OCCURRED FROM THE
SOUTHEAST SIDE OF SHERIDAN TO THE EAST SIDE OF SHERIDAN. IT WAS AN
F0 TORNADO WITH A PATH LENGTH OF 2 MILES.
ANOTHER STORM PRODUCED A TORNADO 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MINOOKA IN
NORTHEAST GRUNDY COUNTY. IT HIT AN INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX WEST OF RIDGE
ROAD AND SOUTH OF ROUTE 6. ITS PATH LENGTH WAS 1/2 MILE LONG...10
YARDS WIDE AND IT PRODUCED F0 DAMAGE.
THIS STORM MERGED WITH ANOTHER STORM OVER WILL COUNTY AND PRODUCED A
TORNADO IN JOLIET. ITS PATH WAS 1 1/2 MILES LONG AND 40 YARDS WIDE.
IT WAS RATED F1.
ANOTHER STORM PRODUCED A SERIES OF TORNADOES OVER FORD...IROQUOIS
AND KANKAKEE COUNTIES. THE FIRST TORNADO WAS ABOUT 3 MILES NORTH OF
PIPER CITY. ITS PATH LENGTH WAS 1/2 MILE LONG AND 20 YARDS WIDE. IT
PRODUCED F0 DAMAGE.
A SECOND TORNADO OCCURRED 10 MILES WEST OF ASHKUM ON THE
FORD-IROQUOIS COUNTY LINE. IT CONTINUED FOR 3 MILES. IT WAS 20 YARDS
WIDE AND WAS RATED F0.
A THIRD TORNADO FROM THIS STORM DEVELOPED 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
KANKAKEE. IT ENDED 1 1/2 MILES SOUTH OF DOWNTOWN KANKAKEE...NEAR THE
KANKAKEE RIVER...JUST WEST OF KANKAKEE COMMUNITY COLLEGE. THE PATH
WAS 6 MILES LONG AND 30 YARDS WIDE. IT WAS RATED F1.
THE FINAL TORNADO FROM THIS STORM OCCURRED BRIEFLY AT GRANT PARK.
ITS PATH WAS 1 MILE LONG AND 10 YARDS WIDE. IT PRODUCED F0 DAMAGE.
ANOTHER STORM PRODUCED A TORNADO ON THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF HOPKINS
PARK. ITS PATH WAS 3 MILES LONG AND 40 YARDS WIDE. IT PRODUCED F2
DAMAGE.