Tornado: Boone County

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Tornado Touchdown: Boone County

Just heard our DNR in Michigan, talking about a tornado in Boone County, Illinois. Does anybody have any details pertaining to this event?

73s

Ron

 

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Additional: The storm apparently has struck the town of Poplar Grove, which is located in Boone County.

 

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This is not looking good:

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WWUS53 KLOT 072140
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SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL
340 PM CST MON JAN 7 2008

ILC007-111-072200-
/O.CON.KLOT.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-080107T2200Z/
MCHENRY IL-BOONE IL-
340 PM CST MON JAN 7 2008

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM CST FOR
NORTHEASTERN BOONE AND NORTHWESTERN MCHENRY COUNTIES...

AT 336 PM CST...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A TORNADO AND
CONSIDERABLE DAMAGE OVER NORTHERN BOONE COUNTY. THIS TORNADO WAS
LOCATED NEAR CAPRON...OR ABOUT 8 MILES WEST OF HARVARD...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
HARVARD BY 345 PM CST...

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CST MONDAY EVENING FOR
NORTHEASTERN ILLINOIS AND NORTHWEST INDIANA.

LAT...LON 4249 8871 4249 8844 4234 8847 4234 8885
4240 8888
TIME...MOT...LOC 2140Z 244DEG 38KT 4242 8873
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Tornado Touchdown: McHenry County

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PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL
355 PM CST MON JAN 07 2008

.TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON

.DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE.

..REMARKS..

0353 PM TORNADO N HARVARD 42.42N 88.62W
01/07/2008 MCHENRY IL TRAINED SPOTTER

TORNADO REPORTED NORTH OF HARVARD CROSSING ROUTE 14. SEMI
TURNED OVER AND TRANSFORMER DOWN.
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[LaurenGarrett]

Tornado

Nothing but a confirmation has been posted on one of our local news websites, but I am sure they will have more information at 5, 6, or 10 on the newscasts. Their website is www.wrex.com

Other local news agencies:
www.rrstar.com
www.wtvo.com
www.wifr.com

I live about 20 minutes west of Poplar Grove in Loves Park. It was pretty windy about an hour ago. My husband said his employer made them go in the tornado shelters and there were 70+ mph winds.

ADDITION: http://www.rrstar.com/homepage/x469069748 Small story about the tornado. It touched down at the apple orchard, which is in a pretty remote area.

ADDITION 2: WREX just reported that 1 or 2 people may be trapped under a collapsed house in Poplar Grove. Unfortunately, significant damage has been reported.

ADDITION 3: Six homes damaged in Poplar Grove http://www.rrstar.com/homepage/x469069748

 

[rhalld38]

That tornado warning also effected a portion of Winnebago county where I'm located. Reports were also coming in of a tornado spotted north of where I work in the town of Machesney Park, IL. which is about 5 miles where I work.

 

[n9mxq]

Helluva a day in Boone County... I was working 3 radios and Echolink to the NWS... Busy busy busy...And it's not even tornado season yet...

Yee Hawwwww Guess I better polish up my Net Control voice if this is the kind of year we're going to have...

 

[rhalld38]

Strange unusual weather for January. Temps in the 50's and tornadoes.

 

[Netopalis]

So I have a question for those who were monitoring the Hazmat incident just north of Harvard off of 14 and Oak Grove Rd....

I was able to monitor the IFERN frequency, which seemed to be the Net Control frequency for the incident...but as I monitored, units were contacting Net Control on both that frequency, and others. I thought it may be the MABAS frequencies, but when I monitored them, I wasn't able to copy anyone. Can anyone point me in the right direction for this? I'd really appreciate it.

Thanks!
-Jason

 

[n9mxq]

For those who might be interested this tornado has been officially branded an EF3 (Enhanced Fujita)

A young boy and his Grandmother are still in hospital recovering. He should be home soon, she's in the ICU.

The last time this area had a tornado in January was in 1950.

 

[k9swx]

Here's more info on the tornado:

http://www.crh.noaa.gov/lot/?n=20080107tor