[Jeff]

If you're like me and you love storms. I had to head straight home because of it. The emergency lights are on and tree branches are flying all over the place. I got beat in the face by a barrage of something because my window was open. The weather isn't even stable. The rains and winds are shifting rapidly.

How's the weather by you guys?

[Lina]

Simply amazing.

[SupremeKai]

It's nuts over by midway airport it's now hailing and the wind is tearing tree limbs apart, just got home in time lucked out

[Lina]

I leave in a half hour to go home. What a fun drive this will be. >< Luckily I live 10 minutes away from work.

[TaiyakiOni]

I am loving this storm. It's been awhile since I've been in a big storm like this one, The biggest being a hurricane storm when I was a kid in Florida. That was an awesome storm, for some reason I was at an Arcade with one of my mom's friends and we were playing games for tickets, and the power went out right when we hit a jackpot on one of the ticket games ( it was like over 1,000 tickets ) and because of it when the power went back on it paid 5 times the jackpot amount, yay for electrical stuff! Then we went outside and the car's were flooded up to the door so of course, the car didn't start due to being flooded and we had to call in a tow truck to tow the car and give us a ride back to my home. Best Storm EVER!

This one sucks though in the fact that it's caused all my plans with friends on friday night to be canceled.

[Tiamat97]

pretty cool, i was on my way home from picking up my check and i think i saw the gas city on the corner of Rt. 45 and Laraway lights flicker. the wind was pretty strong it almost felt like it was going to flip me and my jeep over, but i liked how the trees looked in the darkness

[Kaay-chan]

I like storms, as long as I don't need to go out in them.

Hopefully, all this rain will cool things off a little.

[Kii]

My entire family and I were just out on the porch.
We're a family of storm-lovers.
Even if it's the only commonality we all share.
-___-

This post has been edited by Kii: 18 June 2010 - 04:17 PM

[Chocobofan4]

I love it but it's kinda scary. It blew our car out of our lane...
I sat on the porch and predicted with my family which trees would get knocked down or broken.
So far we've been about 75% right.

[Kii]

So that was pretty much the shortest severe thunderstorm I have ever experienced.
/disappoint

It basically hung around for fifteen minutes, flooded my basement, and left.

[SupremeKai]

That is true but I saw the coolest dust tornado or whatever wish I would have got it on tape

[Tiamat97]

its not over yet, just part of it went through, were going to have another one coming later

[Kii]

Tiamat97, on 18 June 2010 - 04:35 PM, said:

its not over yet, just part of it went through, were going to have another one coming later

Hopefully around when I go to sleep so it can be a nature lullaby.

[Scott]

It looks great out now where I am.

[sammy-45]

Sun's out now, but at 3pm it was as black as night outside.
We got winds over 70 mph. It was fun.

[redx1]

A few trees that met their doom in Lincoln Park.

http://picasaweb.goo...eed87/06182010#

[Ashori]

I spent my time wrapped up in a blanket, watching the Weather Channel and practically bathed in the light of my laptop (a power surge cut off my internet, but the light at least helped when it was super dark). Luckily I was a lot calmer during this storm than I usually am - I'm usually a panicked child during storms.

My brother was out at Six Flags during the storms; he spent his time selling ponchos and telling people not to run. XD

[kenkendazo]

The power was killed and water started pouring through the doors. And this was at the theater...

[Valkyrie]

I was just getting out of work when the storm came rolling towards the office. The wind was really beating on us, so those of us leaving at 4 had to run to our cars - the wind was practically slamming the prefacing drizzle on us, and boy did that STING. Once I got to my car, I took a couple minutes to observe the fact that the wind was actually rocking my car somewhat, and that the rain hadn't fully hit yet.

And it didn't until just before I was pulling out of my spot at about 4:08.

Saw some pretty damn awesome lightning on my way home, though.

This post has been edited by Saphrinka: 18 June 2010 - 07:36 PM

[wrexness]

It was peachy further south. We had a sun shower a.k.a kitsune no yomeiri. ^^b

[Valkyrie]

Aaaaaand I do believe I hear thunder outside. Awesome.

[redx1]

Brace yourself folks... we're in for round 2!

http://www.wundergro...IL/014.html#WRN

... A Severe Thunderstorm Warning remains in effect for La Salle... 
will... Kendall... northwestern Kankakee... Grundy... northern
Livingston... dupage... Kane... Cook... Lake and eastern McHenry counties
until 1000 PM CDT... 

At 914 PM CDT... National Weather Service Doppler radar indicated a
line of severe thunderstorms capable of producing quarter size
hail... and damaging winds in excess of 60 mph. These storms were
located along a line extending from Lake Villa to West Chicago to 7
miles northwest of Morris to Tonica... moving east at 60 mph.

Severe thunderstorms will be near... 
Beach Park... Zion... York Center and Woodridge around 925 PM CDT.
Westmont... Western Springs... Westchester and Stone Park around 930
PM CDT.
Wilmette Harbor... Winnetka... Wilmette and Willow Springs around 935
PM CDT.
Worth... Wilmington and Rogers Park around 940 PM CDT.

Other locations impacted by this line of severe thunderstorms include
Long Point... Oakbrook Terrace... Mettawa... Lake Bluff... Crystal
lawns... WillowBrook... Verona... River Grove... Ransom and La Grange
Park.

Precautionary/preparedness actions... 

Prepare immediately for large hail and damaging winds if you are in
the path of this storm. People outside should move to a shelter... 
preferably inside a strong building and away from windows.


Lat... Lon 4248 8780 4224 8781 4206 8766 4184 8760
      4174 8752 4160 8753 4130 8767 4091 8869
      4090 8894 4092 8905 4110 8907 4111 8917
      4124 8917 4136 8882 4163 8868 4164 8861
      4177 8861 4211 8843 4213 8854 4249 8845
time... Mot... loc 0217z 282deg 53kt 4240 8801 4187 8815
          4143 8846 4116 8897
wind... hail 60mph 1.00in

[KirbyFanOne]

This is the 5th instance of a Car show at my work being cancelled due to weather. I'm beginning to see a pattern here.

[Valkyrie]

I'm watching the Weather In Motion on Weather Channel's site right now. Apparently there's a big splotch of red going over McHenry and Mundelein.

Yeah, I'm glad I got dinner on my way home from work. No way am I going out in this.

[Kii]

KirbyFanOne, on 18 June 2010 - 08:30 PM, said:

This is the 5th instance of a Car show at my work being cancelled due to weather. I'm beginning to see a pattern here.

You and your work are entirely to blame.

[Chocobofan4]

It's back

[KirbyFanOne]

Kii, on 18 June 2010 - 08:49 PM, said:

You and your work are entirely to blame.

No, its dont hold a car show here unless you want to be rained out! oDo

[sammy-45]

I have seen a lot more lighting with this second storm then the first one. A few that make the outside look like daylight, and some thunder that shakes the house.

and the baby sleeps through it all.

[Jello]

When i left for work around 320 it was so dark outside it looked like night time. The winds were crazy too, it was hard driving the suburban through it. It was pretty bad coming home from work too. The winds were so strong they were blowing open our automatic doors at work until we locked them. I did see some pretty awesome lightning on my way home though.

[ImNewHere]

Here where I just moved to Tennessee is crazy hot.