Wednesday, May 16, 2007

Storm Report for May 15, 2007 Chicago

The line of powerful T-Storms that raced across South Central Chicago yesterday blasted winds above 60mph. Rains totaled ch as much as 1.1 inch in Will County, Illinois. Here are the latest reports.

NWUS53 KLOT 161331
LSRLOT

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL
830 AM CDT WED MAY 16 2007

..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..

0300 PM HAIL COAL CITY 41.29N 88.28W
05/15/2007 M0.75 INCH GRUNDY IL CO-OP OBSERVER

HAIL OBSERVED FOR APPROXIMATELY 2 MINUTES. MOSTLY PENNY
SIZED. HAIL COVERED THE GROUND AND STRIPPED LEAVES OFF
TREES IN COAL CITY NEAR GARFIELD STREET AND ILLINOIS
ROUTE 113.

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NWUS53 KLOT 161024
LSRLOT

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL
524 AM CDT WED MAY 16 2007

..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..

0125 PM TSTM WND GST DWIGHT 41.10N 88.42W
05/15/2007 M60.00 MPH LIVINGSTON IL PUBLIC

60 MPH WIND GUST MEASURED AT DWIGHT, IL AIRPORT

0138 PM HAIL MORRIS 41.37N 88.43W
05/15/2007 E0.75 INCH GRUNDY IL TRAINED SPOTTER

PENNY SIZE HAIL.

0143 PM HAIL COAL CITY 41.29N 88.28W
05/15/2007 E0.88 INCH GRUNDY IL TRAINED SPOTTER

NICKEL SIZE HAIL REPORTED IN COAL CITY

0215 PM TSTM WND DMG PEOTONE 41.33N 87.80W
05/15/2007 WILL IL FIRE DEPT/RESCUE

1 MILE NORTH OF I-57 AND WILL-PEOTONE RD - A SEMI-TRUCK
TIPPED OVER. TREES AND LIMBS DOWN IN TOWN.

0230 PM TSTM WND DMG 5 SSE MANHATTAN 41.36N 87.95W
05/15/2007 WILL IL EMERGENCY MNGR