Dustin Wilcox
EF5
Looks like Streator IL (population > 14K) just took a direct hit per radar and NWS reports...This storm/couplet looked very impressive on radar as it passed over Streator
Will Tinder
EF0
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Is it me or is the Streator couplet passing over the town of Dwight? I hope not.
EDIT - Tornado confirmed in Dwight, extensive damage according to NWS.
EDIT - Tornado confirmed in Dwight, extensive damage according to NWS.
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Scott Weberpal
EF5
Unfortunately it now appears that Dwight, IL is taking a direct hit...
Kevin Bowman
EF4
reports coming out of Streator of people trapped, state police reporting a large tornado on the ground west of I55 and just south of rt 17
Michael O'Keeffe
AT 928 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR AND STORM
SPOTTERS WERE TRACKING A LARGE AND EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TORNADO. THIS
TORNADO WAS PRODUCING EXTENSIVE DAMAGE IN DWIGHT. THIS TORNADO IS
MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.
Wow yet another town looks to be sustaining damage from a damaging tornado. A very sad day in Illinois. Very strong wording as well. This will move very close to Kokanee if it stays on current course and that is a much more poluated city.
SPOTTERS WERE TRACKING A LARGE AND EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TORNADO. THIS
TORNADO WAS PRODUCING EXTENSIVE DAMAGE IN DWIGHT. THIS TORNADO IS
MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.
Wow yet another town looks to be sustaining damage from a damaging tornado. A very sad day in Illinois. Very strong wording as well. This will move very close to Kokanee if it stays on current course and that is a much more poluated city.
Michael O'Keeffe
Wow yet another town looks to be sustaining damage from a tornado. A very sad day in Illinois. Very strong wording as well. This will move very close to Kankakee if it stays on current course and that is a much more poluated city.
Very impressive couplet still showing up as well.
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Ed Boik
EF1
Streator is my home town. Emergency management is reporting people trapped in homes.
John Vandehei
EF2
Just my luck, I travel to Milwaukee to visit family, and a storm goes tornado warned just a hop, skip and a jump away from my house. Also, that cell marching across northeastern Illinois looks like a monster. Definitely one of the most obvious tornado signatures I've seen in the Great Lakes region recently.
Michael Riedl
EF2
Looks like the rotation couplet on the Kankakee Storm might pass just to the south of the city. Still will be a close call.
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jpersonette
I just got back from a 4 day chase in the high plains with chaser Sean Lyon and only saw a few spin ups. I get home and there is a rotating wall cloud over my house between Ottawa and Streator as well as a long track (unfortunately damaging) wedge 10 miles away-so goes chasing!
David Yoho
EF1
Looks like that couplet on the Kankakee storm will pass very close to the Kankakee airport.
John Vandehei
EF2
Wow, that is just incredible. Semis being blown over is one thing, but being blown several feet away from the road!! That's just amazing.
David Yoho
EF1
Robert Rohloff
EF3
AT 1023 PM CDT TRAINED SPOTTERS REPORTED A VERY LARGE TORNADO ON THE
GROUND...POSSIBLY UP TO A MILE WILE JUST NORTH OF SAINT AN
I wonder since this was close to Kankakee how populated the area is
GROUND...POSSIBLY UP TO A MILE WILE JUST NORTH OF SAINT AN
I wonder since this was close to Kankakee how populated the area is
John Vandehei
EF2
Strong rotation passed just over my house. Have to watch from afar, as I'm out of town. Thankfully, nothing occurred on the ground according to wife.
