Severe Thunderstorm in Chicago - August 4, 2008

This is the second round of severe thunderstorms that hit the Chicago area on Monday, August 4, 2008. The first round, which occurred 3 hours earlier around 8pm, triggered a tornado siren in the city of Chicago and produced 5 confirmed tornadoes in the Chicagoland & NW Indiana region.

The following are preliminary reports that I grabbed during the time of the storm. To get the latest reports (which include confirmation of tornadoes after NWS went out to survey storm damage), go to:
http://www.spc.noaa.gov/climo/reports/080804_rpts.html


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Local Storm Report from the National Weather Service:

08/05/2008 1203 AM
Cicero, Cook County.
Hail e0.75 inch, reported by trained spotter.
Penny sized hail reported.


08/04/2008 1139 PM
Itasca, DuPage County.
Water covering roads. Standing water 1 foot deep in yards.


08/04/2008 1110 PM
Evanston, Cook County.
Flood, reported by trained spotter.
Rainfall 2 inches. Heavy rain ongoing with yards flooded.


08/04/2008 1055 PM
Morton Grove, Cook County.
Hail e0.75 inch, reported by trained spotter.
Penny sized hail.


08/04/2008 1025 PM
Palatine, Cook County.
Hail m0.88 inch, reported by trained spotter.
Near Route 83 and Dundee.


08/04/2008 1014 PM
Tinley Park, Cook County.
Flood, reported by trained spotter.
Report of 3.5 feet of standing water at 171st St. and Harlem Ave.


08/04/2008 0828 PM
Griffith, Indiana.
Wide spread damage across town. Tornado.


08/04/2008 0825 PM
Bolingbrook, Will County.
Half dozen homes received significant damage near Boughton Road and King.


08/04/2008 0807 PM
Midlothian, Cook County.
Thunderstorm wind damage, reported by trained spotter.
Half dozen 18-24 inch trees snapped near 147th and Cicero.


08/04/2008 0805 PM
Franklin Park, Cook County.
Funnel cloud, reported by law enforcement.


08/04/2008 0801 PM
Elmhurst, DuPage County.
Tornado on ground.


08/04/2008 0800 PM
Franklin Park, Cook County.
Thunderstorm wind damage, reported by trained spotter.
Numerous trees down on Mannheim Road between Belmont and Addison roads.


08/04/2008 0750 PM
Glen Ellyn, DuPage County.
Apartments damaged along a 2 mile stretch from Gary Ave. to Glen Ellyn Road. Fire Department declared them non-habitable.

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[RainNight]

as you said " watch the sears tower getting hit by the lightening," I saw; it was a pretty bad strike. Were there any casualties inside the building because of that lightening?

[undergroundhousecom]

I think a few tourists at the Sears Tower Skydeck crapped their pants.

[animalcrueltyhater1]

1. where did u film this from?

2. were u outside?

[undergroundhousecom]

This was filmed from inside my house.

[ThreedaysGracelova]

i love thunderstorms!! there just sooo relaxing, idk to me atleast!

[iluvtaylorswift121]

I remember this!!!

[elainebmack]

I flew into Chicago the day after this storm. It was very chilly and grey that next day.

[elainebmack]

@vinnynumbnuts . I lOVE thunderstorms. I was born and raised in Chicago, and there were some real doozies I remember.

[BoBsPfhorever77]

Cool!

[13alot]

wen you stop at 1:19 mins you can see atornado

[gocountry1391]

i like that kind of video

[vinnynumbnuts]

wow. knockout storm. love the moment when you can hear the train going by......and all of the other background sounds--the hail is incredible. i love storms like this. use to live in niagara falls. in summer, they have standout thunder storms. they use to have a junior A hockey team--niagara thunder. my brother now works in chicago. good for him. ha ha.

[808stewart]

0:36 i thought it was a face!!!!!

[jbillz95]

t-storms scare me so much. I live near chicago and we lost power like 5 storms in a row. last time lightning hit the transformer outside our house and the powerlines caught on fire and fell right next to a jeep parked right in front of our house. luckily it didnt blow up. but it took like 20minutes for them to turn the power off for the power lines

[MegaEmoGirl100]

i used to live in chicago and i still remember the storm a tree fell over at muh uncle's house lucky it didn't hit da house