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lees1975

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11. It made for an exciting afternoon.

Wed Jul 12, 2023, 09:15 PM

Jul 2023

We had five different warnings going for a while in and around Chicago. I'm a couple of miles east of O'Hare, and went to the basement garage in our building when the siren went off. We got an intense amount of rain, the drain that is suppose to keep it from running into the garage couldn't keep up, but it missed us. It's unusual for tornadoes to make it all the way to the lake, but these did.

Damage reports are coming in, so far, no deaths or serious injuries confirmed, but there has been some severe damage in several places. There was one that just about followed the Stevenson freeway right into the city that did a lot of damage around Stickney and Archer Heights.

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'Confirmed large and extremely dangerous tornado' on ground in Cook County [View all] brooklynite Jul 2023 OP

Wow! ananda Jul 2023 #1

Mid-west is more fall tornados. Tornado alley in the south starting Tx panhandle east LizBeth Jul 2023 #7

OK, thanks. ananda Jul 2023 #12

Right Lithos Jul 2023 #16

KnR Hekate Jul 2023 #2

another one near Elgin... bahboo Jul 2023 #3

Looks like it is in bamagal62 Jul 2023 #4

UPdate: Tornado touches down near Chicago's O'Hare airport amid severe weather warnings brooklynite Jul 2023 #5

Update: fans at Soldier Field taking shelter (last line of storms south of the loop) brooklynite Jul 2023 #6

My view of Soldier Field just after the weather passed: Lucky Luciano Jul 2023 #10

Great photos! Just spoke with my girl. She's in Evanston. She said it was cloudy. littlemissmartypants Jul 2023 #14

Update James48 Jul 2023 #8

Tornado touchdown at Elgin, IL brooklynite Jul 2023 #9

It made for an exciting afternoon. lees1975 Jul 2023 #11

We had one land near north cate94 Jul 2023 #13

Stay safe all Illinois residents. LoisB Jul 2023 #15

i was in a western burb and tornado sirens going off orleans Jul 2023 #17

That green sky...I have seen it before, too. sybylla Jul 2023 #20

My IL area had one in January raising2moredems Jul 2023 #18

wgn reports 8 tornados hitting the area nt orleans Jul 2023 #19

My mothers family lived in Chicago when I was a kid kimbutgar Jul 2023 #21