Tornadic Cell Rotating over my grandparents house.

This cell spawned at least one confirmed F1 tornado. Its hard to see the full thing with the camera but it looked like it was trying to spawn a wedge tornado (F4 or F5). Its very dark here but its only 5 o clock and the sun doesnt set until almost 8.

This system has caused major flooding and is being blamed for 17 deaths.
shot August 23rd, 2007 over Plainfield, Illinois.

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[LEGOACDC123]

wow only an F1 tornado thats weak it can only do little damage because its so sknny

[Polar1zed]

@LEGOACDC123 go stand in front of one.

[RayRoark2009]

Did the tornado hit

[Polar1zed]

@RayRoark2009 it hit a field caused no damage to life. Destroyed some crops though.

[linkfan69]

i live in joliet very close to plainfiled.

why do most tornados most form in plainfield not in joliet if the distance is not far??

[Polar1zed]

i dont know. more farm land maybe. IF they really do form mostly over plainfield rather than joliet than its probally a atter of how the land is laid out.

[AXEL4522]

those always scare me.

[Stickymajorwow]

I would have shit in my pants if I saw that

[MissSlipknotJordison]

@LEGOACDC123 Actually, looks are deceiving! An F1 tornado could be a half mile wide & still be an F1. An F5 tornado could be as skinny as a rope & do maximal damage. & I live in Connecticut where we get F1 tornadoes. One hit in Bridgeport in June & it was supposedly an F1 or F2 & it did a lot of damage to that town & it's still being repaired, so don't say those do "little damage". Like that Polar1zed person said, go stand in front of one. See if your opinion changes about F1 tornadoes.

[RayRoark2009]

@Polar1zed omg thats still something though. Did you hear about the one we had hear in Kentucky on April 24, 2010 and that i had to go to corbin wal-mart to take shelter, it was wild

[Polar1zed]

@stormtracker05 well i aint about to do no trigonometry but judging by the angle and the altitude i don't say it's very far off at all. Certainly within a dangerous proximity if the whole thing touched down at once.

[triton115]

@adulby It seems the exact same way with Chicago's west suburb of Cicero. Almost as if there were some sort of invisible shield or "prow" that causes all severe storms to miss Cicero and most of central Cook County.

[adulby]

@linkfan69 ya for some reason down in Champaign tornadic conditions always hit south they never hit near champaign. it always like 20 miles south. It seems like a cell will be headed right for us..then somehow molds around champaign to hit South or just reform after passing overhead. I like storms so i hate it. Now i do not want a tornado to hit my house but at least getting a warning every once in awhile would be cool. You know maybe see a funnel...lol