A very scary afternoon in Northern Illinois as a powerful bow echo races eastward toward Chicago. I feel sure thousands of trees are being uprooted along with other significant damage. This is part of the latest warning from NWS Chicago:
AT 313 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
VERY DANGEROUS LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
DESTRUCTIVE HURRICANE FORCE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 80 MPH. THESE
STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM CLINTON TO
HINCKLEY TO OGLESBY…AND MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH.
THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS SITUATION WITH TORNADO LIKE WIND
SPEEDS POSSIBLE. MOBILE HOMES AND HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ARE
ESPECIALLY SUSCEPTIBLE TO WINDS OF THIS MAGNITUDE AND MAY BE
OVERTURNED. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE
LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. THESE STORMS HAVE THE
POTENTIAL TO CAUSE SERIOUS INJURY AND SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO PROPERTY.
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