McHenry County is under a tornado watch through midnight today, as you can see in the WIFR-TV weather image: … Continue reading
Category Archives: Tornado Warning
Fox River Grove Police Chief Ronald Lukasik took to Facebook to tell people about the warning sirens that went off last night’s severe weather outburst. Apparently there were many citizens not only in Fox River Grove, but also Cary, Crystal … Continue reading
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHICAGO HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR… MCHENRY COUNTY IN NORTHEAST ILLINOIS… * UNTIL 230 AM CDT * AT 148 AM CDT…A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR MARENGO…AND MOVING … Continue reading
The warning from the Weather Bureau follows: 435 PM CDT SAT JUN 21 2014 …A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WEST CENTRAL LAKE AND EAST CENTRAL MCHENRY COUNTIES UNTIL 515 PM CDT… AT 434 PM CDT…A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE … Continue reading
A press release from the McHenry County Emergency Management Agency: Severe Weather Spotter Class WOODSTOCK, IL- In partnership with the National Weather Service, the McHenry County Emergency Management Agency will host an exciting program that can teach you how to … Continue reading
Yesterday, before a tornado devastating Harrisburg in Southern Illinois, the McHenry County Emergency Management Agency released this press release: Local, State Emergency Management Officials Launch Weather Alert Radio Contest March is Severe Weather Preparedness Month in Illinois McHENRY COUNTY, IL- … Continue reading
An observer in Hartland Township sent this “after clean-up” photo of Paulsen Road. Here’s the commentary that accompanied it: Interesting that on Monday morning Alden Road was closed to work on ONE tree that was felled during the storm on … Continue reading
Until 7:45 PM in McHenry County. That means one has been sighted on the ground. (A trained tornado spotter tells me this is not correct. A warning can be issued when conditions are ripe for the formation of a tornado. … Continue reading
Here’s the text of the warning: TORNADO WARNING ILC111-122230- /O.NEW.KLOT.TO.W.0005.110512T2158Z-110512T2230Z/ BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL 458 PM CDT THU MAY 12 2011 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHICAGO HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO … Continue reading
I pretty nearly jumped out of my chair as the weather alert went off with a “Tornado Warning.” It was 10:10 AM. Not until after the sharp “beep, beep, beep, beep, beep, beep, beep, beep, beep, beep…” went off did … Continue reading