Rainstorm (with some hail) in Chicago - October 18, 2007

No lightning, no thunder. Just wind, rain, and pea to penny sized hail. Rainbow (not shown in video) appeared afterwards.

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Local Storm Report from National Weather Service:


10/18/2007 0612 PM

Oak Forest, Cook County.

Hail e0.88 inch, reported by trained spotter. 167th and Cicero




10/18/2007 0647 PM

Chicago Ridge, Cook County.

Hail e0.75 inch, reported by law enforcement.




10/18/2007 0620 PM

Blue Island, Cook County.

Hail e0.88 inch, reported by trained spotter. Nickle size hail being reported.




10/18/2007 0614 PM

Midlothian, Cook County.

Thunderstorm wind gust m72 mph, reported by trained spotter. 147th and Cicero.




10/18/2007 0614 PM

Midlothian, Cook County.

Hail e1.00 inch, reported by trained spotter. 147th and Cicero.




10/18/2007 0545 PM

Chicago Ridge, Cook County.

Hail e0.75 inch, reported by law enforcement.




10/18/2007 0536 PM

Chicago, Cook County.

Hail e0.75 inch, reported by trained spotter. Michigan Ave and Chicago river.




10/18/2007 0533 PM

Chicago, Cook County.

Hail e0.88 inch, reported by trained spotter. 115th and kedzie in marionette park.




10/18/2007 0533 PM

1 miles ENE of Chicago, Cook County.

Thunderstorm wind gust m60 mph, reported by mesonet. Measured at the LaSalle bank building by AWS station.




10/18/2007 0530 PM

1 miles NE of Chicago, Cook County.

Thunderstorm wind damage, reported by trained spotter. *** 1 inj *** numerous windows destroyed in lobby of river Plaza Condominiums in downtown Chicago. A resident was injured by flying glass and was taken via ambulance to a hospital.



10/18/2007 0532 PM

Chicago, Cook County.

Hail e0.75 inch, reported by trained spotter. In The Loop




10/18/2007 0517 PM

Chicago Ridge, Cook County.

Thunderstorm wind damage, reported by trained spotter. Large tree limbs at corn Moody and Birmingham




10/18/2007 0517 PM

Chicago Ridge, Cook County.

Avalanche, reported by trained spotter. Large tree limbs at corn Moody and Birmingham




10/18/2007 0522 PM

Alsip, Cook County.

Hail e1.00 inch, reported by trained spotter. On I-294 north of Alsip.


... Strong winds over Illinois and Indiana...

A Wind Advisory was issued this morning for strong wind gusts to
around 45 mph. Many locations reached or even exceeded this heavy
gust value with several more hours to continue. Winds should start
subsiding to lower values at sunset but should remain quite strong
overnight and even continue through Friday.

Damage was reported in Montgomery Illinois... southwest of Aurora...
this afternoon where a 12 by 12 gazebo was toppled.

Some peak winds reports include...

Romeoville... ... ... .53 mph
Aurora... ... ... ... ..51 mph
Waukegan... ... ... ... 48 mph
ohare... ... ... ... ... 47 mph
Rockford... ... ... ... 47 mph
dupage... ... ... ... ..47 mph
palwaukee... ... ... ..46 mph
midway... ... ... ... ..46 mph
Morris... ... ... ... ..45 mph
Pontiac... ... ... ... .44 mph
Valparaiso... ... ... .39 mph

Off land in the nearshore waters...
Chicago crib... ... ..54 mph
Waukegan Harbor... ..51 mph

Winds are still gusting and these values may still be exceeded.

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[sibod1977]

that was intense, especially the second. Nice vid.

[undergroundhousecom]

It was more intense a minute earlier, but that wasn't captured on film because I didn't have my camera ready.

[donnie350]

I see you into the krazi city weather......hummm

smok'n on my porch, actually.....lol

[undergroundhousecom]

Yup

[ncuxap12444]

we had one such storm in sofia bulgaria, november 2007. it started with heavy rain and wind and thunder, then it turned into snow and in 4 hours there were about 20cm. too bad i didnt have camera, it was spectacular..

[MrMoo7999]

funny... I remember watching this all form JUST east of me... I have great pictures, I posted a video response. You must have gotten hit by at least two cells... because they were training... Did you?

MrMoo

Oh yeah,. and good catch

[Nezzomic]

I remember this storm, I live at the edge on Oak Forest moving into Tinley, it hailed and the sky got dark gray.

[kinzproduction]

I remember that...ohhh bad memories. We got flooded in our backyard SOOO badly.

[turquoise48]

i live in cook county! i dont remember that and i was 10!