4/20/04 NOW: IL/IN

[mikegeukes]

Severe Weather Event is over, removed information.

Mike

 

[Scott A. Kampas]

Here is a compilation of chaser reports and pix/vid from last Tuesday's outbreak (as well as NWS summaries and some media/misc links). If anyone has additional info, please let me know. I am also assembling meteorological data for archiving and a case study discussion. I have already heard that there will be formal case studies for publication in meteorology journals and obviously numerous informal ones.

BNVN (Jerry Funfsinn)
http://www.weathervine.com/severe/4_20_04.html
http://www.creativejetstream.com/

Ben Cotton
http://web.ics.purdue.edu/~bcotton/wx/chase/20apr04/

Mike Kruze
http://kruze.dyndns.org/pics/thumbnails.php?album=86

Stan Olson
http://www.stansweather.net/2004/04-20-04-chase.php

Matt Hartman
http://12.162.70.218/gallery/2004.0420
http://12.162.70.218/video/2004.0420/042004vid.wmv

Skip Talbott
http://members.aol.com/skipt1/tornado.jpg

Andrew Pritchard
http://www.geocities.com/pwxchase2004/2004april20.html

David Bellmore
http://www.photo.net/photodb/folder?folder_id=385398

Joe Walters, Keenan Campbell, Gilbert Sebenste

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Mark Sefried
http://www.vortexhunter.com/April%2020,%202004.htm

Blake Naftel, Dan Dimitroff


NWS
http://www.spc.noaa.gov/climo/reports/040420_rpts.html
http://www.crh.noaa.gov/news/042104b.html
http://www.crh.noaa.gov/lot/severe/20Apr04...04/summary.html
http://www.crh.noaa.gov/dvn/WeatherEvents/...m_tor/index.htm
http://www.crh.noaa.gov/dvn/WeatherEvents/...n_tor/index.htm
http://www.crh.noaa.gov/ilx/events/apr2020...04/apr20tor.php
http://www.crh.noaa.gov/ind/april%2020_2004.htm
http://www.crh.noaa.gov/iwx/events/04_20_0...tornadoes.shtml

Data
Lon Curtis
http://www.vvm.com/~curtis/JOT_0420.html

Matt Hartman
http://12.162.70.218/archives/2004.0420/

Ben Cotton
http://www.eas.purdue.edu/ldm/save_data/04...40420-tornadoes

SPC
http://www.spc.noaa.gov/exper/archive/even...0420/index.html


Media and Miscellaneous
http://www.newstrib.com/
http://www.starvedrockrelief.org/

http://stormyweather.81x.com/WTviewProject...rojectID=115739

James Krancic
http://www.wildlifescenicphotos.com/utica_...torm_photos.htm

http://news.google.com/news?num=30&hl=en&e...2f8478647%2ehtm
http://cbs2chicago.com/topstories/local_st..._111191501.html
http://www.nbc5.com/weather/3024390/detail...994&dppid=65194
http://abclocal.go.com/wls/news/042004_ns_tornado.html
http://www.wqad.com/
http://www.cnn.com/2004/WEATHER/04/21/dead...nado/index.html
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=stor...d=519&ncid=1112
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/c...ll=chi-news-hed
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/c...ll=chi-news-hed
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4791348/
http://www.pjstar.com/
http://www.pantagraph.com/stories/042104/n...040421041.shtml
http://customwire.ap.org/dynamic/stories/S...OSTP&SECTION=US
http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?t...storyID=4898161
http://www.qctimes.com/internal.php?story_...is&c=24,1027229
http://week.com/morenews/morenews-read.asp?id=4161

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Scott A. Kampas

 

[Jerry funfsinn]

Granville/Utica Illinois tornadoes

I've just posted new pictures of the Granville/Utica tornadoes on my website. Not much of a chase reporter but just have to say that ham radio saved lives yesterday. Storms look a lot different when aimed at your friends, family, and loved ones. I'm still in awe over this storm.
Jerry Funfsinn
creativejetstream.com

 

[Joe Smith]

Earlier in this thread I asked for a met to give a reasoned discussion of why tornadoes exploded along the warm front when conditions did not seem to warrant such an outbreak. Gil Sebenste of NIU Weather gave an excellent answer in his discussion for today. Scroll down to see how events can "turn on a dime" and why it is so difficult to forecast severe weather even a few hours, let alone days, ahead. Answered my questions.

http://www.stormchaser.niu.edu/forecast.txt

 

[David Draun]

Originally posted by Joe Smith
Earlier in this thread I asked for a met to give a reasoned discussion of why tornadoes exploded along the warm front when conditions did not seem to warrant such an outbreak. Gil Sebenste of NIU Weather gave an excellent answer in his discussion for today. Scroll down to see how events can \"turn on a dime\" and why it is so difficult to forecast severe weather even a few hours, let alone days, ahead. Answered my questions.

http://www.stormchaser.niu.edu/forecast.txt

Gil is da man! I've had many opportunities to talk with him. He even chased on 08/28/90! (Plainfield, IL F5)

 

[Walker Ashley]

Originally posted by Scott A. Kampas
Mike Kruze
http://kruze.dyndns.org/pics/thumbnails.php?album=86

Those cemetery shots are unbelievable!

Walker