The Versatileer Blog has been shut down all week due to having no power, after a major derecho storm spawning 15 different tornadoes came through on Monday about 4:00 pm. The local storm was identified as an EF-1 tornado in Oak Forest, Illinois by the National Weather Service:
We confirmed an EF-1 tornado with peak winds of 100 mph started in Oak Forest, IL and moved through Midlothian during the 8/10/2020 derecho event. The tornado transitioned into 90 mph straight line winds through Harvey. #ilwx pic.twitter.com/jdKaIiG5mU
— NWS Chicago (@NWSChicago) August 13, 2020
(1/2) Here’s a final map of all 15 (!) tornadoes that touched down during the 8/10/2020 derecho event. We also shaded areas where widespread straight line winds >75 mph likely occurred. Other pockets of enhanced straight-line wind damage likely happened outside the shading. pic.twitter.com/yp34Xs7It5
— NWS Chicago (@NWSChicago) August 13, 2020
151st Street & Lacrosse Avenue © 2020 Versatileer
151st Street & Lacrosse Avenue © 2020 Versatileer
151st Street & Lacrosse Avenue © 2020 Versatileer
East of Cicero Avenue near 151st Street © 2020 Versatileer
151st Street & Lavergne Avenue © 2020 Versatileer
151st Street & Lavergne Avenue © 2020 Versatileer
Photos taken with a Samsung Galaxy A20 with the factory Dual Pixel 12MP OIS F1.7 lens and 1.4µm pixels with vDIS=ON.
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OMG, this is scary stuff! I only remember a couple of (minor) tornadoes here, I never want to see another!
Wow!