Alert archive / Indiana / Tornado Warnings in 2000
Tornado Warning 18, NWS Chicago, IL
NWS Chicago, IL issued this tornado warning at May 18, 2000, 7:12 PM CDT for Porter County, Indiana. It was in force for 33 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- May 18, 2000, 7:12 PM CDT (00:12 UTC)
- Expired
- May 18, 2000, 7:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 33 min
- Issued by
- NWS Chicago, IL
- Area
- Whole counties
County Porter County, IN
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 18, 7:12 PM CDT | Tornado F0 | Hebron, IN |
NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 18, 6:00 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 198 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 1192 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -15 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1231 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 53 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 218 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 249 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.3
- Supercell composite
- 3.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
372 WFUS53 KLOT 190013 TORCHI INC127-190045- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL 712 PM CDT THU MAY 18 2000 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHICAGO HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... SOUTHERN PORTER COUNTY IN NORTHWEST INDIANA * UNTIL 745 PM CDT * AT 712 PM CDT...A TRAINED SPOTTER REPORTED A TORNADO 4 MILES EAST OF HEBRON. RADAR SHOWED THIS TORNADIC STORM MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR KOUTS AROUND 720 PM CDT THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. MOVE INTO YOUR TORNADO SHELTER NOW BROWNING NNNN
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this tornado warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Chicago, IL wrote its last area forecast discussion before this tornado warning went out at May 18, 2:50 PM CDT, 4 hours 22 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 18, 2:50 PM CDT, 4 hours 22 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL 250 PM CDT THU MAY 18 2000 UPPERR/SURFACE LOW OVER EASTERN IOWA AND SURFACE WARM FRONT EAST-SOUTHEAST THROUGH LASALLE COUNTY TO KANKAKEE COUNTY FORMING FOCUS OF POTENTIAL SEVERE WEATHER THIS EVENING. COLDER AIR IN NORTHERN ILLINOIS NORTH OF FRONT SHOULD PROTECT THE AREA FROM THE WORST. ELEVATED THUNDERSTORMS IN THIS AREA WITH A LOT OF HAIL HAVE BEEN THE PROBLEM THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND WILL PROBABLY CONTINUE AT LEAST INTO THE EARLY EVENING. SEVERE WEATHER HAS SLOWED THE PROCESS OF LOOKING AT MUCH PAST THIS EVENING. .CHI...NONE SOMREK
In the hours before
Local storm report, May 18, 6:05 PM CDT, 1 hour 7 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL
605 PM CDT THU MAY 18 2000
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1140 AM STREAMWOOD IL 1.75 INCH HAIL
05/18/00 COOK REPORTED BY PUBLIC.
1140 AM CAROL STREAM IL 1.75 INCH HAIL
05/18/00 DUPAGE REPORTED BY PUBLIC.
1145 AM WOOD DALE IL 1.5 INCH HAIL
05/18/00 DUPAGE REPORTED BY STORM
SPOTTER AT THORNDALE
AND WOOD DALE ROADS
1145 AM 1 N WOODSTOCK IL .75 INCH HAIL
05/18/00 MCHENRY REPORTED BY EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT.
1145 AM ITASCA IL 1.75 INCH HAIL
05/18/00 DUPAGE REPORTED BY PUBLIC.
1147 AM BLOOMINGDALE IL 1 INCH HAIL
05/18/00 DUPAGE REPORTED BY EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT.
1157 AM MORTON GROVE IL 1.5 INCH HAIL
05/18/00 COOK REPORTED BY STORM
SPOTTER.
1200 PM DE KALB IL .88 INCH HAIL
05/18/00 DEKALB REPORTED BY STORM
SPOTTER.
1200 PM NILES IL 2.75 INCH HAIL
05/18/00 COOK REPORTED BY STORM
SPOTTER.
1202 PM DE KALB IL 1 INCH HAIL
05/18/00 DEKALB REPORTED BY STORM
SPOTTER AT NIU
1205 PM DES PLAINES IL .75 INCH HAIL
05/18/00 COOK REPORTED BY PUBLIC.
1210 PM DIXON IL 1.75 INCH HAIL
05/18/00 LEE REPORTED BY PUBLIC.
1243 PM 1 E ALGONQUIN IL .75 INCH HAIL
05/18/00 MCHENRY REPORTED BY STORM
SPOTTER 1 MILE NORTH OF
ROUTES 25 AND 62.
1245 PM BARRINGTON HILLS IL 1.75 INCH HAIL
05/18/00 LAKE REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.
1252 PM IL 1.75 INCH HAIL
05/18/00 BOONE REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL IN
SOUTHERN PART OF COUNTY.
1257 PM 2 E LAKE ZURICH IL 1.75 INCH HAIL
05/18/00 LAKE VEHICLES DAMAGED
QUENTIN ROAD AND ROUTE
22 REPORTED BY
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.
1258 PM LAKE ZURICH IL 1.75 INCH HAIL
05/18/00 LAKE REPORTED BY STORM
SPOTTER.
0100 PM LIBERTYVILLE IL .75 INCH HAIL
05/18/00 LAKE REPORTED BY PUBLIC.
0105 PM 3 NE VERNON HILLS IL .75 INCH HAIL
05/18/00 LAKE REPORTED BY EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT AT ROUTES 21
AND 60.
0105 PM 5 E OREGON IL .75 INCH HAIL
05/18/00 OGLE REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.
0110 PM 3 E MARENGO IL .75 INCH HAIL
05/18/00 MCHENRY REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.
0114 PM 2 N LAKE FOREST IL 1 INCH HAIL
05/18/00 LAKE REPORTED BY EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT AT WELSEY
AND ROUTE 41.
0115 PM DAVIS JCT IL .75 INCH HAIL
05/18/00 OGLE REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.
0121 PM 2 SE WOODSTOCK IL 1 INCH HAIL
05/18/00 MCHENRY REPORTED BY EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT.
0126 PM POLO IL 2 INCH HAIL
05/18/00 OGLE REPORTED BY EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT.
0130 PM 1 S HOLIDAY HILLS IL 1 INCH HAIL
05/18/00 MCHENRY REPORTED BY EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT.
0130 PM MC HENRY IL 1 INCH HAIL
05/18/00 MCHENRY REPORTED BY EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT 1MILE EAST
OF ROUTE 31.
0133 PM IL 1.75 INCH HAIL
05/18/00 BOONE REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL IN
SOUTHERN PART OF COUNTY.
0133 PM MC HENRY IL .75 INCH HAIL
05/18/00 MCHENRY AT STRATTON LOCK AND DAM
0134 PM 9 NW KIRKLAND IL 1.75 INCH HAIL
05/18/00 DEKALB REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.
0143 PM PRAIRIE GROVE IL 1 INCH HAIL
05/18/00 MCHENRY REPORTED BY EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT.
0144 PM WOODSTOCK IL 1 INCH HAIL
05/18/00 MCHENRY REPORTED BY EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT AT ROUTES 14
AND 47.
0146 PM OREGON IL .75 INCH HAIL
05/18/00 OGLE REPORTED BY EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT.
0155 PM GRAYSLAKE IL .75 INCH HAIL
05/18/00 LAKE REPORTED BY EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT.
0200 PM LIBERTYVILLE IL 1 INCH HAIL
05/18/00 LAKE REPORTED BY EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT.
0205 PM STILLMAN VLY IL .75 INCH HAIL
05/18/00 OGLE REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL ON
ROUTE 72.
0211 PM MUNDELEIN IL .75 INCH HAIL
05/18/00 LAKE REPORTED BY COOPERATIVE
OBSERVER.
0215 PM NORTH CHICAGO IL 1 INCH HAIL
05/18/00 LAKE REPORTED BY EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT.
0240 PM FAIRDALE IL .75 INCH HAIL
05/18/00 DEKALB REPORTED BY EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT.
0310 PM HAMPSHIRE IL WIND DAMAGE
05/18/00 KANE POWER LINES AND TREES
DOWN. REPORTED BY
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.
0315 PM CARY IL 1.25 INCH HAIL
05/18/00 MCHENRY REPORTED BY PUBLIC.
0315 PM PINGREE GROVE IL WIND DAMAGE
05/18/00 KANE BARN COLLAPSED.
REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.
0315 PM 6 SE MARENGO IL .75 INCH HAIL
05/18/00 MCHENRY LEAVES STRIPPED FROM
TREES. REPORTED BY
PUBLIC.
0319 PM CARPENTERSVILLE IL 73 MPH TSTM GUST
05/18/00 KANE REPORTED BY STORM
SPOTTER.
0319 PM 5 W CARPENTERSVILLE IL .75 INCH HAIL
05/18/00 KANE REPORTED BY EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT ON HUNTLEY
ROAD.
0320 PM ELGIN IL WIND DAMAGE
05/18/00 KANE TREES AND POWER LINES
DOWN. REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.
0320 PM SLEEPY HOLLOW IL WIND DAMAGE
05/18/00 KANE TREES AND POWER LINES
DOWN. REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.
0328 PM MENDOTA IL .88 INCH HAIL
05/18/00 LASALLE REPORTED BY STORM
SPOTTER.
0328 PM CRYSTAL LAKE IL 1 INCH HAIL
05/18/00 MCHENRY REPORTED BY EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT.
0330 PM BUFFALO GROVE IL WIND DAMAGE
05/18/00 LAKE TREES DOWN. REPORTED BY
COOPERATIVE OBSERVER.
0330 PM NORTHBROOK IL WIND DAMAGE
05/18/00 COOK NUMEROUS TREES AND
LIMBS DOWN. REPORTED BY
PUBLIC.
0338 PM ARLINGTON HGTS IL 75 MPH TSTM GUST
05/18/00 COOK REPORTED BY RETIRED NWS
EMPLOYEE. ALSO REPORTED
EXTENSIVE TREE DAMAGE.
0340 PM HALFDAY IL 1.25 INCH HAIL
05/18/00 LAKE HAIL 3 INCHES DEEP ON
GROUND. REPORTED BY
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.
0342 PM WHEELING IL 84 MPH TSTM GUST
05/18/00 COOK MEASURED AT PAULWAUKEE
AIRPORT (PWK).
0342 PM WHEELING IL 70 MPH TSTM GUST
05/18/00 COOK REPORTED BY STORM
SPOTTER.
0343 PM LAKE ZURICH IL 1.75 INCH HAIL
05/18/00 LAKE REPORTED BY EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT AT ROUTES 22
AND 12.
0345 PM NORTHBROOK IL 71 MPH TSTM GUST
05/18/00 COOK MEASURED WIND GUST.
TREES DOWN BLOCKING
ROADS. REPORTED BY
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.
0345 PM NORTHBROOK IL WIND DAMAGE
05/18/00 COOK TREES DOWN...WINDOWS
BLOWN OUT...TOWER BLOWN
OVER AT ALLSTATE
CAMPUS. REPORTED BY
EX-NWS EMPLOYEE.
0345 PM VERNON HILLS IL .75 INCH HAIL
05/18/00 LAKE LEAVES STRIPPED FROM
TREES. REPORTED BY
PUBLIC.
0347 PM ARLINGTON HGTS IL 66 MPH TSTM GUST
05/18/00 COOK MEASURED BY STORM
SPOTTER.
0349 PM 2 WSW DEERFIELD IL WIND DAMAGE
05/18/00 LAKE CANOPY AT DEERFIELD
TOLL PLAZA (I-294/I-94
JUNCTION) BLOWN OFF.
REPORTED BY ILLINOIS
STATE POLICE.
0350 PM PALATINE IL TORNADO
05/18/00 COOK REPORTED BY PUBLIC.
0400 PM DIXON IL WIND DAMAGE
05/18/00 LEE TREE BLOWN DOWN.
REPORTED BY COUNTY
SHERIFF.
0430 PM PERU IL TORNADO
05/18/00 LASALLE BRIEF TOUCHDOWN NORTH
OF PERU. REPORTED BY
PUBLIC.
0505 PM LOSTANT IL TORNADO
05/18/00 LASALLE TORNADO IN TOWN.
REPORTED BY EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT.
0518 PM MILLINGTON IL .75 INCH HAIL
05/18/00 LASALLE REPORTED BY EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT.
0520 PM STREATOR IL .75 INCH HAIL
05/18/00 LASALLE REPORTED BY EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT.
0525 PM SANDWICH IL 60 MPH TSTM GUST
05/18/00 KENDALL AT SANDWICH AIRPORT.
REPORTED BY EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT.
0529 PM 3 SW YORKVILLE IL .75 INCH HAIL
05/18/00 KENDALL REPORTED BY EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT.
0535 PM BLACKSTONE I L TORNADO
05/18/00 LIVINGSTON REPORTED BY EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT.
0550 PM ODELL IL TORNADO
05/18/00 LIVINGSTONLocal storm report, May 18, 6:23 PM CDT, 49 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL
623 PM CDT THU MAY 18 2000
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1140 AM STREAMWOOD IL 1.75 INCH HAIL
05/18/00 COOK REPORTED BY PUBLIC.
1140 AM CAROL STREAM IL 1.75 INCH HAIL
05/18/00 DUPAGE REPORTED BY PUBLIC.
1145 AM WOOD DALE IL 1.5 INCH HAIL
05/18/00 DUPAGE REPORTED BY STORM
SPOTTER AT THORNDALE
AND WOOD DALE ROADS
1145 AM 1 N WOODSTOCK IL .75 INCH HAIL
05/18/00 MCHENRY REPORTED BY EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT.
1145 AM ITASCA IL 1.75 INCH HAIL
05/18/00 DUPAGE REPORTED BY PUBLIC.
1147 AM BLOOMINGDALE IL 1 INCH HAIL
05/18/00 DUPAGE REPORTED BY EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT.
1157 AM MORTON GROVE IL 1.5 INCH HAIL
05/18/00 COOK REPORTED BY STORM
SPOTTER.
1200 PM DE KALB IL .88 INCH HAIL
05/18/00 DEKALB REPORTED BY STORM
SPOTTER.
1200 PM NILES IL 2.75 INCH HAIL
05/18/00 COOK REPORTED BY STORM
SPOTTER.
1202 PM DE KALB IL 1 INCH HAIL
05/18/00 DEKALB REPORTED BY STORM
SPOTTER AT NIU
1205 PM DES PLAINES IL .75 INCH HAIL
05/18/00 COOK REPORTED BY PUBLIC.
1210 PM DIXON IL 1.75 INCH HAIL
05/18/00 LEE REPORTED BY PUBLIC.
1243 PM 1 E ALGONQUIN IL .75 INCH HAIL
05/18/00 MCHENRY REPORTED BY STORM
SPOTTER 1 MILE NORTH OF
ROUTES 25 AND 62.
1245 PM BARRINGTON HILLS IL 1.75 INCH HAIL
05/18/00 LAKE REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.
1252 PM IL 1.75 INCH HAIL
05/18/00 BOONE REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL IN
SOUTHERN PART OF COUNTY.
1257 PM 2 E LAKE ZURICH IL 1.75 INCH HAIL
05/18/00 LAKE VEHICLES DAMAGED
QUENTIN ROAD AND ROUTE
22 REPORTED BY
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.
1258 PM LAKE ZURICH IL 1.75 INCH HAIL
05/18/00 LAKE REPORTED BY STORM
SPOTTER.
0100 PM LIBERTYVILLE IL .75 INCH HAIL
05/18/00 LAKE REPORTED BY PUBLIC.
0105 PM 3 NE VERNON HILLS IL .75 INCH HAIL
05/18/00 LAKE REPORTED BY EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT AT ROUTES 21
AND 60.
0105 PM 5 E OREGON IL .75 INCH HAIL
05/18/00 OGLE REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.
0110 PM 3 E MARENGO IL .75 INCH HAIL
05/18/00 MCHENRY REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.
0114 PM 2 N LAKE FOREST IL 1 INCH HAIL
05/18/00 LAKE REPORTED BY EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT AT WELSEY
AND ROUTE 41.
0115 PM DAVIS JCT IL .75 INCH HAIL
05/18/00 OGLE REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.
0121 PM 2 SE WOODSTOCK IL 1 INCH HAIL
05/18/00 MCHENRY REPORTED BY EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT.
0126 PM POLO IL 2 INCH HAIL
05/18/00 OGLE REPORTED BY EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT.
0130 PM 1 S HOLIDAY HILLS IL 1 INCH HAIL
05/18/00 MCHENRY REPORTED BY EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT.
0130 PM MC HENRY IL 1 INCH HAIL
05/18/00 MCHENRY REPORTED BY EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT 1MILE EAST
OF ROUTE 31.
0133 PM IL 1.75 INCH HAIL
05/18/00 BOONE REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL IN
SOUTHERN PART OF COUNTY.
0133 PM MC HENRY IL .75 INCH HAIL
05/18/00 MCHENRY AT STRATTON LOCK AND DAM
0134 PM 9 NW KIRKLAND IL 1.75 INCH HAIL
05/18/00 DEKALB REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.
0143 PM PRAIRIE GROVE IL 1 INCH HAIL
05/18/00 MCHENRY REPORTED BY EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT.
0144 PM WOODSTOCK IL 1 INCH HAIL
05/18/00 MCHENRY REPORTED BY EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT AT ROUTES 14
AND 47.
0146 PM OREGON IL .75 INCH HAIL
05/18/00 OGLE REPORTED BY EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT.
0155 PM GRAYSLAKE IL .75 INCH HAIL
05/18/00 LAKE REPORTED BY EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT.
0200 PM LIBERTYVILLE IL 1 INCH HAIL
05/18/00 LAKE REPORTED BY EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT.
0205 PM STILLMAN VLY IL .75 INCH HAIL
05/18/00 OGLE REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL ON
ROUTE 72.
0211 PM MUNDELEIN IL .75 INCH HAIL
05/18/00 LAKE REPORTED BY COOPERATIVE
OBSERVER.
0215 PM NORTH CHICAGO IL 1 INCH HAIL
05/18/00 LAKE REPORTED BY EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT.
0240 PM FAIRDALE IL .75 INCH HAIL
05/18/00 DEKALB REPORTED BY EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT.
0310 PM HAMPSHIRE IL WIND DAMAGE
05/18/00 KANE POWER LINES AND TREES
DOWN. REPORTED BY
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.
0315 PM CARY IL 1.25 INCH HAIL
05/18/00 MCHENRY REPORTED BY PUBLIC.
0315 PM PINGREE GROVE IL WIND DAMAGE
05/18/00 KANE BARN COLLAPSED.
REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.
0315 PM 6 SE MARENGO IL .75 INCH HAIL
05/18/00 MCHENRY LEAVES STRIPPED FROM
TREES. REPORTED BY
PUBLIC.
0319 PM CARPENTERSVILLE IL 73 MPH TSTM GUST
05/18/00 KANE REPORTED BY STORM
SPOTTER.
0319 PM 5 W CARPENTERSVILLE IL .75 INCH HAIL
05/18/00 KANE REPORTED BY EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT ON HUNTLEY
ROAD.
0320 PM ELGIN IL WIND DAMAGE
05/18/00 KANE TREES AND POWER LINES
DOWN. REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.
0320 PM SLEEPY HOLLOW IL WIND DAMAGE
05/18/00 KANE TREES AND POWER LINES
DOWN. REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.
0328 PM MENDOTA IL .88 INCH HAIL
05/18/00 LASALLE REPORTED BY STORM
SPOTTER.
0328 PM CRYSTAL LAKE IL 1 INCH HAIL
05/18/00 MCHENRY REPORTED BY EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT.
0330 PM BUFFALO GROVE IL WIND DAMAGE
05/18/00 LAKE TREES DOWN. REPORTED BY
COOPERATIVE OBSERVER.
0330 PM NORTHBROOK IL WIND DAMAGE
05/18/00 COOK NUMEROUS TREES AND
LIMBS DOWN. REPORTED BY
PUBLIC.
0338 PM ARLINGTON HGTS IL 75 MPH TSTM GUST
05/18/00 COOK REPORTED BY RETIRED NWS
EMPLOYEE. ALSO REPORTED
EXTENSIVE TREE DAMAGE.
0340 PM HALFDAY IL 1.25 INCH HAIL
05/18/00 LAKE HAIL 3 INCHES DEEP ON
GROUND. REPORTED BY
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.
0342 PM WHEELING IL 84 MPH TSTM GUST
05/18/00 COOK MEASURED AT PAULWAUKEE
AIRPORT (PWK).
0342 PM WHEELING IL 70 MPH TSTM GUST
05/18/00 COOK REPORTED BY STORM
SPOTTER.
0343 PM LAKE ZURICH IL 1.75 INCH HAIL
05/18/00 LAKE REPORTED BY EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT AT ROUTES 22
AND 12.
0345 PM NORTHBROOK IL 71 MPH TSTM GUST
05/18/00 COOK MEASURED WIND GUST.
TREES DOWN BLOCKING
ROADS. REPORTED BY
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.
0345 PM NORTHBROOK IL WIND DAMAGE
05/18/00 COOK TREES DOWN...WINDOWS
BLOWN OUT...TOWER BLOWN
OVER AT ALLSTATE
CAMPUS. REPORTED BY
EX-NWS EMPLOYEE.
0345 PM VERNON HILLS IL .75 INCH HAIL
05/18/00 LAKE LEAVES STRIPPED FROM
TREES. REPORTED BY
PUBLIC.
0347 PM ARLINGTON HGTS IL 66 MPH TSTM GUST
05/18/00 COOK MEASURED BY STORM
SPOTTER.
0349 PM 2 WSW DEERFIELD IL WIND DAMAGE
05/18/00 LAKE CANOPY AT DEERFIELD
TOLL PLAZA (I-294/I-94
JUNCTION) BLOWN OFF.
REPORTED BY ILLINOIS
STATE POLICE.
0350 PM PALATINE IL TORNADO
05/18/00 COOK REPORTED BY PUBLIC.
0400 PM DIXON IL WIND DAMAGE
05/18/00 LEE TREE BLOWN DOWN.
REPORTED BY COUNTY
SHERIFF.
0430 PM PERU IL TORNADO
05/18/00 LASALLE BRIEF TOUCHDOWN NORTH
OF PERU. REPORTED BY
PUBLIC.
0505 PM LOSTANT IL TORNADO
05/18/00 LASALLE TORNADO IN TOWN.
REPORTED BY EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT.
0518 PM MILLINGTON IL .75 INCH HAIL
05/18/00 LASALLE REPORTED BY EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT.
0520 PM STREATOR IL .75 INCH HAIL
05/18/00 LASALLE REPORTED BY EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT.
0525 PM SANDWICH IL 60 MPH TSTM GUST
05/18/00 KENDALL AT SANDWICH AIRPORT.
REPORTED BY EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT.
0529 PM 3 SW YORKVILLE IL .75 INCH HAIL
05/18/00 KENDALL REPORTED BY EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT.
0535 PM BLACKSTONE IL TORNADO
05/18/00 LIVINGSTON REPORTED BY EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT.
0550 PM ODELL IL TORNADO
05/18/00 LIVINGSTON TORNADO AT I-55.
REPORTED BY STATE POLICE.
0550 PM SHOREWOOD IL 1.75 INCH HAIL
05/18/00 WILL I-55 AND I-80. REPORTED
BY STATE POLICE.
0552 PM JOLIET IL 1.75 INCH HAIL
05/18/00 WILL WEST SIDE OF JOLIET
ROUTE 59 AND CATON FARM
ROAD. REPORTED BY
OFF-DUTY NWS EMPLOYEE.
0600 PM FAIRBURY IL TORNADO
05/18/00 LIVINGSTON REPORTED BY STATE POLICE.
0602 PM ROMEOVILLE IL .75 INCH HAIL
05/18/00 WILL OBSERVED AT NWS (LOT).
0610 PM UNION HILL IL TORNADO
05/18/00 KANKAKEE REPORTED BY COUNTY
SHERIFF.
0611 PM UNION HILL IL TORNADO
05/18/00 KANKAKEE ON GROUND 1400 WEST
ROUTE 17. REPORTED BY
STATE TROOPER.Local storm report, May 18, 6:24 PM CDT, 48 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL
623 PM CDT THU MAY 18 2000
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1140 AM STREAMWOOD IL 1.75 INCH HAIL
05/18/00 COOK REPORTED BY PUBLIC.
1140 AM CAROL STREAM IL 1.75 INCH HAIL
05/18/00 DUPAGE REPORTED BY PUBLIC.
1145 AM WOOD DALE IL 1.5 INCH HAIL
05/18/00 DUPAGE REPORTED BY STORM
SPOTTER AT THORNDALE
AND WOOD DALE ROADS
1145 AM 1 N WOODSTOCK IL .75 INCH HAIL
05/18/00 MCHENRY REPORTED BY EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT.
1145 AM ITASCA IL 1.75 INCH HAIL
05/18/00 DUPAGE REPORTED BY PUBLIC.
1147 AM BLOOMINGDALE IL 1 INCH HAIL
05/18/00 DUPAGE REPORTED BY EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT.
1157 AM MORTON GROVE IL 1.5 INCH HAIL
05/18/00 COOK REPORTED BY STORM
SPOTTER.
1200 PM DE KALB IL .88 INCH HAIL
05/18/00 DEKALB REPORTED BY STORM
SPOTTER.
1200 PM NILES IL 2.75 INCH HAIL
05/18/00 COOK REPORTED BY STORM
SPOTTER.
1202 PM DE KALB IL 1 INCH HAIL
05/18/00 DEKALB REPORTED BY STORM
SPOTTER AT NIU
1205 PM DES PLAINES IL .75 INCH HAIL
05/18/00 COOK REPORTED BY PUBLIC.
1210 PM DIXON IL 1.75 INCH HAIL
05/18/00 LEE REPORTED BY PUBLIC.
1243 PM 1 E ALGONQUIN IL .75 INCH HAIL
05/18/00 MCHENRY REPORTED BY STORM
SPOTTER 1 MILE NORTH OF
ROUTES 25 AND 62.
1245 PM BARRINGTON HILLS IL 1.75 INCH HAIL
05/18/00 LAKE REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.
1252 PM IL 1.75 INCH HAIL
05/18/00 BOONE REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL IN
SOUTHERN PART OF COUNTY.
1257 PM 2 E LAKE ZURICH IL 1.75 INCH HAIL
05/18/00 LAKE VEHICLES DAMAGED
QUENTIN ROAD AND ROUTE
22 REPORTED BY
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.
1258 PM LAKE ZURICH IL 1.75 INCH HAIL
05/18/00 LAKE REPORTED BY STORM
SPOTTER.
0100 PM LIBERTYVILLE IL .75 INCH HAIL
05/18/00 LAKE REPORTED BY PUBLIC.
0105 PM 3 NE VERNON HILLS IL .75 INCH HAIL
05/18/00 LAKE REPORTED BY EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT AT ROUTES 21
AND 60.
0105 PM 5 E OREGON IL .75 INCH HAIL
05/18/00 OGLE REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.
0110 PM 3 E MARENGO IL .75 INCH HAIL
05/18/00 MCHENRY REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.
0114 PM 2 N LAKE FOREST IL 1 INCH HAIL
05/18/00 LAKE REPORTED BY EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT AT WELSEY
AND ROUTE 41.
0115 PM DAVIS JCT IL .75 INCH HAIL
05/18/00 OGLE REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.
0121 PM 2 SE WOODSTOCK IL 1 INCH HAIL
05/18/00 MCHENRY REPORTED BY EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT.
0126 PM POLO IL 2 INCH HAIL
05/18/00 OGLE REPORTED BY EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT.
0130 PM 1 S HOLIDAY HILLS IL 1 INCH HAIL
05/18/00 MCHENRY REPORTED BY EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT.
0130 PM MC HENRY IL 1 INCH HAIL
05/18/00 MCHENRY REPORTED BY EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT 1MILE EAST
OF ROUTE 31.
0133 PM IL 1.75 INCH HAIL
05/18/00 BOONE REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL IN
SOUTHERN PART OF COUNTY.
0133 PM MC HENRY IL .75 INCH HAIL
05/18/00 MCHENRY AT STRATTON LOCK AND DAM
0134 PM 9 NW KIRKLAND IL 1.75 INCH HAIL
05/18/00 DEKALB REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.
0143 PM PRAIRIE GROVE IL 1 INCH HAIL
05/18/00 MCHENRY REPORTED BY EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT.
0144 PM WOODSTOCK IL 1 INCH HAIL
05/18/00 MCHENRY REPORTED BY EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT AT ROUTES 14
AND 47.
0146 PM OREGON IL .75 INCH HAIL
05/18/00 OGLE REPORTED BY EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT.
0155 PM GRAYSLAKE IL .75 INCH HAIL
05/18/00 LAKE REPORTED BY EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT.
0200 PM LIBERTYVILLE IL 1 INCH HAIL
05/18/00 LAKE REPORTED BY EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT.
0205 PM STILLMAN VLY IL .75 INCH HAIL
05/18/00 OGLE REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL ON
ROUTE 72.
0211 PM MUNDELEIN IL .75 INCH HAIL
05/18/00 LAKE REPORTED BY COOPERATIVE
OBSERVER.
0215 PM NORTH CHICAGO IL 1 INCH HAIL
05/18/00 LAKE REPORTED BY EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT.
0240 PM FAIRDALE IL .75 INCH HAIL
05/18/00 DEKALB REPORTED BY EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT.
0310 PM HAMPSHIRE IL WIND DAMAGE
05/18/00 KANE POWER LINES AND TREES
DOWN. REPORTED BY
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.
0315 PM CARY IL 1.25 INCH HAIL
05/18/00 MCHENRY REPORTED BY PUBLIC.
0315 PM PINGREE GROVE IL WIND DAMAGE
05/18/00 KANE BARN COLLAPSED.
REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.
0315 PM 6 SE MARENGO IL .75 INCH HAIL
05/18/00 MCHENRY LEAVES STRIPPED FROM
TREES. REPORTED BY
PUBLIC.
0319 PM CARPENTERSVILLE IL 73 MPH TSTM GUST
05/18/00 KANE REPORTED BY STORM
SPOTTER.
0319 PM 5 W CARPENTERSVILLE IL .75 INCH HAIL
05/18/00 KANE REPORTED BY EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT ON HUNTLEY
ROAD.
0320 PM ELGIN IL WIND DAMAGE
05/18/00 KANE TREES AND POWER LINES
DOWN. REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.
0320 PM SLEEPY HOLLOW IL WIND DAMAGE
05/18/00 KANE TREES AND POWER LINES
DOWN. REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.
0328 PM MENDOTA IL .88 INCH HAIL
05/18/00 LASALLE REPORTED BY STORM
SPOTTER.
0328 PM CRYSTAL LAKE IL 1 INCH HAIL
05/18/00 MCHENRY REPORTED BY EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT.
0330 PM BUFFALO GROVE IL WIND DAMAGE
05/18/00 LAKE TREES DOWN. REPORTED BY
COOPERATIVE OBSERVER.
0330 PM NORTHBROOK IL WIND DAMAGE
05/18/00 COOK NUMEROUS TREES AND
LIMBS DOWN. REPORTED BY
PUBLIC.
0338 PM ARLINGTON HGTS IL 75 MPH TSTM GUST
05/18/00 COOK REPORTED BY RETIRED NWS
EMPLOYEE. ALSO REPORTED
EXTENSIVE TREE DAMAGE.
0340 PM HALFDAY IL 1.25 INCH HAIL
05/18/00 LAKE HAIL 3 INCHES DEEP ON
GROUND. REPORTED BY
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.
0342 PM WHEELING IL 84 MPH TSTM GUST
05/18/00 COOK MEASURED AT PAULWAUKEE
AIRPORT (PWK).
0342 PM WHEELING IL 70 MPH TSTM GUST
05/18/00 COOK REPORTED BY STORM
SPOTTER.
0343 PM LAKE ZURICH IL 1.75 INCH HAIL
05/18/00 LAKE REPORTED BY EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT AT ROUTES 22
AND 12.
0345 PM NORTHBROOK IL 71 MPH TSTM GUST
05/18/00 COOK MEASURED WIND GUST.
TREES DOWN BLOCKING
ROADS. REPORTED BY
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.
0345 PM NORTHBROOK IL WIND DAMAGE
05/18/00 COOK TREES DOWN...WINDOWS
BLOWN OUT...TOWER BLOWN
OVER AT ALLSTATE
CAMPUS. REPORTED BY
EX-NWS EMPLOYEE.
0345 PM VERNON HILLS IL .75 INCH HAIL
05/18/00 LAKE LEAVES STRIPPED FROM
TREES. REPORTED BY
PUBLIC.
0347 PM ARLINGTON HGTS IL 66 MPH TSTM GUST
05/18/00 COOK MEASURED BY STORM
SPOTTER.
0349 PM 2 WSW DEERFIELD IL WIND DAMAGE
05/18/00 LAKE CANOPY AT DEERFIELD
TOLL PLAZA (I-294/I-94
JUNCTION) BLOWN OFF.
REPORTED BY ILLINOIS
STATE POLICE.
0350 PM PALATINE IL TORNADO
05/18/00 COOK REPORTED BY PUBLIC.
0400 PM DIXON IL WIND DAMAGE
05/18/00 LEE TREE BLOWN DOWN.
REPORTED BY COUNTY
SHERIFF.
0430 PM PERU IL TORNADO
05/18/00 LASALLE BRIEF TOUCHDOWN NORTH
OF PERU. REPORTED BY
PUBLIC.
0505 PM LOSTANT IL TORNADO
05/18/00 LASALLE TORNADO IN TOWN.
REPORTED BY EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT.
0518 PM MILLINGTON IL .75 INCH HAIL
05/18/00 LASALLE REPORTED BY EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT.
0520 PM STREATOR IL .75 INCH HAIL
05/18/00 LASALLE REPORTED BY EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT.
0525 PM SANDWICH IL 60 MPH TSTM GUST
05/18/00 KENDALL AT SANDWICH AIRPORT.
REPORTED BY EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT.
0529 PM 3 SW YORKVILLE IL .75 INCH HAIL
05/18/00 KENDALL REPORTED BY EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT.
0535 PM BLACKSTONE IL TORNADO
05/18/00 LIVINGSTON REPORTED BY EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT.
0550 PM ODELL IL TORNADO
05/18/00 LIVINGSTONLocal storm report, May 18, 6:49 PM CDT, 23 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL
649 PM CDT THU MAY 18 2000
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1140 AM STREAMWOOD IL 1.75 INCH HAIL
05/18/00 COOK REPORTED BY PUBLIC.
1140 AM CAROL STREAM IL 1.75 INCH HAIL
05/18/00 DUPAGE REPORTED BY PUBLIC.
1145 AM WOOD DALE IL 1.5 INCH HAIL
05/18/00 DUPAGE REPORTED BY STORM
SPOTTER AT THORNDALE
AND WOOD DALE ROADS
1145 AM 1 N WOODSTOCK IL .75 INCH HAIL
05/18/00 MCHENRY REPORTED BY EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT.
1145 AM ITASCA IL 1.75 INCH HAIL
05/18/00 DUPAGE REPORTED BY PUBLIC.
1147 AM BLOOMINGDALE IL 1 INCH HAIL
05/18/00 DUPAGE REPORTED BY EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT.
1157 AM MORTON GROVE IL 1.5 INCH HAIL
05/18/00 COOK REPORTED BY STORM
SPOTTER.
1200 PM DE KALB IL .88 INCH HAIL
05/18/00 DEKALB REPORTED BY STORM
SPOTTER.
1200 PM NILES IL 2.75 INCH HAIL
05/18/00 COOK REPORTED BY STORM
SPOTTER.
1202 PM DE KALB IL 1 INCH HAIL
05/18/00 DEKALB REPORTED BY STORM
SPOTTER AT NIU
1205 PM DES PLAINES IL .75 INCH HAIL
05/18/00 COOK REPORTED BY PUBLIC.
1210 PM DIXON IL 1.75 INCH HAIL
05/18/00 LEE REPORTED BY PUBLIC.
1243 PM 1 E ALGONQUIN IL .75 INCH HAIL
05/18/00 MCHENRY REPORTED BY STORM
SPOTTER 1 MILE NORTH OF
ROUTES 25 AND 62.
1245 PM BARRINGTON HILLS IL 1.75 INCH HAIL
05/18/00 LAKE REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.
1252 PM IL 1.75 INCH HAIL
05/18/00 BOONE REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL IN
SOUTHERN PART OF COUNTY.
1257 PM 2 E LAKE ZURICH IL 1.75 INCH HAIL
05/18/00 LAKE VEHICLES DAMAGED
QUENTIN ROAD AND ROUTE
22 REPORTED BY
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.
1258 PM LAKE ZURICH IL 1.75 INCH HAIL
05/18/00 LAKE REPORTED BY STORM
SPOTTER.
0100 PM LIBERTYVILLE IL .75 INCH HAIL
05/18/00 LAKE REPORTED BY PUBLIC.
0105 PM 3 NE VERNON HILLS IL .75 INCH HAIL
05/18/00 LAKE REPORTED BY EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT AT ROUTES 21
AND 60.
0105 PM 5 E OREGON IL .75 INCH HAIL
05/18/00 OGLE REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.
0110 PM 3 E MARENGO IL .75 INCH HAIL
05/18/00 MCHENRY REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.
0114 PM 2 N LAKE FOREST IL 1 INCH HAIL
05/18/00 LAKE REPORTED BY EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT AT WELSEY
AND ROUTE 41.
0115 PM DAVIS JCT IL .75 INCH HAIL
05/18/00 OGLE REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.
0121 PM 2 SE WOODSTOCK IL 1 INCH HAIL
05/18/00 MCHENRY REPORTED BY EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT.
0126 PM POLO IL 2 INCH HAIL
05/18/00 OGLE REPORTED BY EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT.
0130 PM 1 S HOLIDAY HILLS IL 1 INCH HAIL
05/18/00 MCHENRY REPORTED BY EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT.
0130 PM MC HENRY IL 1 INCH HAIL
05/18/00 MCHENRY REPORTED BY EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT 1MILE EAST
OF ROUTE 31.
0133 PM IL 1.75 INCH HAIL
05/18/00 BOONE REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL IN
SOUTHERN PART OF COUNTY.
0133 PM MC HENRY IL .75 INCH HAIL
05/18/00 MCHENRY AT STRATTON LOCK AND DAM
0134 PM 9 NW KIRKLAND IL 1.75 INCH HAIL
05/18/00 DEKALB REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.
0143 PM PRAIRIE GROVE IL 1 INCH HAIL
05/18/00 MCHENRY REPORTED BY EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT.
0144 PM WOODSTOCK IL 1 INCH HAIL
05/18/00 MCHENRY REPORTED BY EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT AT ROUTES 14
AND 47.
0146 PM OREGON IL .75 INCH HAIL
05/18/00 OGLE REPORTED BY EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT.
0155 PM GRAYSLAKE IL .75 INCH HAIL
05/18/00 LAKE REPORTED BY EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT.
0200 PM LIBERTYVILLE IL 1 INCH HAIL
05/18/00 LAKE REPORTED BY EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT.
0205 PM STILLMAN VLY IL .75 INCH HAIL
05/18/00 OGLE REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL ON
ROUTE 72.
0211 PM MUNDELEIN IL .75 INCH HAIL
05/18/00 LAKE REPORTED BY COOPERATIVE
OBSERVER.
0215 PM NORTH CHICAGO IL 1 INCH HAIL
05/18/00 LAKE REPORTED BY EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT.
0240 PM FAIRDALE IL .75 INCH HAIL
05/18/00 DEKALB REPORTED BY EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT.
0310 PM HAMPSHIRE IL WIND DAMAGE
05/18/00 KANE POWER LINES AND TREES
DOWN. REPORTED BY
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.
0315 PM CARY IL 1.25 INCH HAIL
05/18/00 MCHENRY REPORTED BY PUBLIC.
0315 PM PINGREE GROVE IL WIND DAMAGE
05/18/00 KANE BARN COLLAPSED.
REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.
0315 PM 6 SE MARENGO IL .75 INCH HAIL
05/18/00 MCHENRY LEAVES STRIPPED FROM
TREES. REPORTED BY
PUBLIC.
0319 PM CARPENTERSVILLE IL 73 MPH TSTM GUST
05/18/00 KANE REPORTED BY STORM
SPOTTER.
0319 PM 5 W CARPENTERSVILLE IL .75 INCH HAIL
05/18/00 KANE REPORTED BY EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT ON HUNTLEY
ROAD.
0320 PM ELGIN IL WIND DAMAGE
05/18/00 KANE TREES AND POWER LINES
DOWN. REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.
0320 PM SLEEPY HOLLOW IL WIND DAMAGE
05/18/00 KANE TREES AND POWER LINES
DOWN. REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.
0328 PM MENDOTA IL .88 INCH HAIL
05/18/00 LASALLE REPORTED BY STORM
SPOTTER.
0328 PM CRYSTAL LAKE IL 1 INCH HAIL
05/18/00 MCHENRY REPORTED BY EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT.
0330 PM BUFFALO GROVE IL WIND DAMAGE
05/18/00 LAKE TREES DOWN. REPORTED BY
COOPERATIVE OBSERVER.
0330 PM NORTHBROOK IL WIND DAMAGE
05/18/00 COOK NUMEROUS TREES AND
LIMBS DOWN. REPORTED BY
PUBLIC.
0338 PM ARLINGTON HGTS IL 75 MPH TSTM GUST
05/18/00 COOK REPORTED BY RETIRED NWS
EMPLOYEE. ALSO REPORTED
EXTENSIVE TREE DAMAGE.
0340 PM HALFDAY IL 1.25 INCH HAIL
05/18/00 LAKE HAIL 3 INCHES DEEP ON
GROUND. REPORTED BY
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.
0342 PM WHEELING IL 84 MPH TSTM GUST
05/18/00 COOK MEASURED AT PAULWAUKEE
AIRPORT (PWK).
0342 PM WHEELING IL 70 MPH TSTM GUST
05/18/00 COOK REPORTED BY STORM
SPOTTER.
0343 PM LAKE ZURICH IL 1.75 INCH HAIL
05/18/00 LAKE REPORTED BY EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT AT ROUTES 22
AND 12.
0345 PM NORTHBROOK IL 71 MPH TSTM GUST
05/18/00 COOK MEASURED WIND GUST.
TREES DOWN BLOCKING
ROADS. REPORTED BY
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.
0345 PM NORTHBROOK IL WIND DAMAGE
05/18/00 COOK TREES DOWN...WINDOWS
BLOWN OUT...TOWER BLOWN
OVER AT ALLSTATE
CAMPUS. REPORTED BY
EX-NWS EMPLOYEE.
0345 PM VERNON HILLS IL .75 INCH HAIL
05/18/00 LAKE LEAVES STRIPPED FROM
TREES. REPORTED BY
PUBLIC.
0347 PM ARLINGTON HGTS IL 66 MPH TSTM GUST
05/18/00 COOK MEASURED BY STORM
SPOTTER.
0349 PM 2 WSW DEERFIELD IL WIND DAMAGE
05/18/00 LAKE CANOPY AT DEERFIELD
TOLL PLAZA (I-294/I-94
JUNCTION) BLOWN OFF.
REPORTED BY ILLINOIS
STATE POLICE.
0350 PM PALATINE IL TORNADO
05/18/00 COOK REPORTED BY PUBLIC.
0400 PM DIXON IL WIND DAMAGE
05/18/00 LEE TREE BLOWN DOWN.
REPORTED BY COUNTY
SHERIFF.
0430 PM PERU IL TORNADO
05/18/00 LASALLE BRIEF TOUCHDOWN NORTH
OF PERU. REPORTED BY
PUBLIC.
0505 PM LOSTANT IL TORNADO
05/18/00 LASALLE TORNADO IN TOWN.
REPORTED BY EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT.
0518 PM MILLINGTON IL .75 INCH HAIL
05/18/00 LASALLE REPORTED BY EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT.
0520 PM STREATOR IL .75 INCH HAIL
05/18/00 LASALLE REPORTED BY EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT.
0525 PM SANDWICH IL 60 MPH TSTM GUST
05/18/00 KENDALL AT SANDWICH AIRPORT.
REPORTED BY EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT.
0529 PM 3 SW YORKVILLE IL .75 INCH HAIL
05/18/00 KENDALL REPORTED BY EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT.
0535 PM BLACKSTONE IL TORNADO
05/18/00 LIVINGSTON REPORTED BY EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT.
0550 PM ODELL IL TORNADO
05/18/00 LIVINGSTON TORNADO AT I-55.
REPORTED BY STATE POLICE.
0550 PM SHOREWOOD IL 1.75 INCH HAIL
05/18/00 WILL I-55 AND I-80. REPORTED
BY STATE POLICE.
0552 PM JOLIET IL 1.75 INCH HAIL
05/18/00 WILL WEST SIDE OF JOLIET
ROUTE 59 AND CATON FARM
ROAD. REPORTED BY
OFF-DUTY NWS EMPLOYEE.
0600 PM FAIRBURY IL TORNADO
05/18/00 LIVINGSTON REPORTED BY STATE POLICE.
0602 PM ROMEOVILLE IL .75 INCH HAIL
05/18/00 WILL OBSERVED AT NWS (LOT).
0610 PM UNION HILL IL TORNADO
05/18/00 KANKAKEE REPORTED BY COUNTY
SHERIFF.
0611 PM UNION HILL IL TORNADO
05/18/00 KANKAKEE ON GROUND 1400 WEST
ROUTE 17. REPORTED BY
STATE TROOPER.
0644 PM CALUMET CITY IL 1.75 INCH HAIL
05/18/00 COOK REPORTED BY STORM
SPOTTER.
0644 PM CALUMET CITY IL 65 MPH TSTM GUST
05/18/00 COOK REPORTED BY STORM
SPOTTER.
0645 PM CHATSWORTH IL TORNADO
05/18/00 LIVINGSTON BRIEF TOUCHDOWN.
REPORTED BY STORM
SPOTTER.Local storm report, May 18, 6:50 PM CDT, 22 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL
649 PM CDT THU MAY 18 2000
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1140 AM STREAMWOOD IL 1.75 INCH HAIL
05/18/00 COOK REPORTED BY PUBLIC.
1140 AM CAROL STREAM IL 1.75 INCH HAIL
05/18/00 DUPAGE REPORTED BY PUBLIC.
1145 AM WOOD DALE IL 1.5 INCH HAIL
05/18/00 DUPAGE REPORTED BY STORM
SPOTTER AT THORNDALE
AND WOOD DALE ROADS
1145 AM 1 N WOODSTOCK IL .75 INCH HAIL
05/18/00 MCHENRY REPORTED BY EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT.
1145 AM ITASCA IL 1.75 INCH HAIL
05/18/00 DUPAGE REPORTED BY PUBLIC.
1147 AM BLOOMINGDALE IL 1 INCH HAIL
05/18/00 DUPAGE REPORTED BY EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT.
1157 AM MORTON GROVE IL 1.5 INCH HAIL
05/18/00 COOK REPORTED BY STORM
SPOTTER.
1200 PM DE KALB IL .88 INCH HAIL
05/18/00 DEKALB REPORTED BY STORM
SPOTTER.
1200 PM NILES IL 2.75 INCH HAIL
05/18/00 COOK REPORTED BY STORM
SPOTTER.
1202 PM DE KALB IL 1 INCH HAIL
05/18/00 DEKALB REPORTED BY STORM
SPOTTER AT NIU
1205 PM DES PLAINES IL .75 INCH HAIL
05/18/00 COOK REPORTED BY PUBLIC.
1210 PM DIXON IL 1.75 INCH HAIL
05/18/00 LEE REPORTED BY PUBLIC.
1243 PM 1 E ALGONQUIN IL .75 INCH HAIL
05/18/00 MCHENRY REPORTED BY STORM
SPOTTER 1 MILE NORTH OF
ROUTES 25 AND 62.
1245 PM BARRINGTON HILLS IL 1.75 INCH HAIL
05/18/00 LAKE REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.
1252 PM IL 1.75 INCH HAIL
05/18/00 BOONE REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL IN
SOUTHERN PART OF COUNTY.
1257 PM 2 E LAKE ZURICH IL 1.75 INCH HAIL
05/18/00 LAKE VEHICLES DAMAGED
QUENTIN ROAD AND ROUTE
22 REPORTED BY
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.
1258 PM LAKE ZURICH IL 1.75 INCH HAIL
05/18/00 LAKE REPORTED BY STORM
SPOTTER.
0100 PM LIBERTYVILLE IL .75 INCH HAIL
05/18/00 LAKE REPORTED BY PUBLIC.
0105 PM 3 NE VERNON HILLS IL .75 INCH HAIL
05/18/00 LAKE REPORTED BY EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT AT ROUTES 21
AND 60.
0105 PM 5 E OREGON IL .75 INCH HAIL
05/18/00 OGLE REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.
0110 PM 3 E MARENGO IL .75 INCH HAIL
05/18/00 MCHENRY REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.
0114 PM 2 N LAKE FOREST IL 1 INCH HAIL
05/18/00 LAKE REPORTED BY EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT AT WELSEY
AND ROUTE 41.
0115 PM DAVIS JCT IL .75 INCH HAIL
05/18/00 OGLE REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.
0121 PM 2 SE WOODSTOCK IL 1 INCH HAIL
05/18/00 MCHENRY REPORTED BY EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT.
0126 PM POLO IL 2 INCH HAIL
05/18/00 OGLE REPORTED BY EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT.
0130 PM 1 S HOLIDAY HILLS IL 1 INCH HAIL
05/18/00 MCHENRY REPORTED BY EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT.
0130 PM MC HENRY IL 1 INCH HAIL
05/18/00 MCHENRY REPORTED BY EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT 1MILE EAST
OF ROUTE 31.
0133 PM IL 1.75 INCH HAIL
05/18/00 BOONE REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL IN
SOUTHERN PART OF COUNTY.
0133 PM MC HENRY IL .75 INCH HAIL
05/18/00 MCHENRY AT STRATTON LOCK AND DAM
0134 PM 9 NW KIRKLAND IL 1.75 INCH HAIL
05/18/00 DEKALB REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.
0143 PM PRAIRIE GROVE IL 1 INCH HAIL
05/18/00 MCHENRY REPORTED BY EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT.
0144 PM WOODSTOCK IL 1 INCH HAIL
05/18/00 MCHENRY REPORTED BY EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT AT ROUTES 14
AND 47.
0146 PM OREGON IL .75 INCH HAIL
05/18/00 OGLE REPORTED BY EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT.
0155 PM GRAYSLAKE IL .75 INCH HAIL
05/18/00 LAKE REPORTED BY EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT.
0200 PM LIBERTYVILLE IL 1 INCH HAIL
05/18/00 LAKE REPORTED BY EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT.
0205 PM STILLMAN VLY IL .75 INCH HAIL
05/18/00 OGLE REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL ON
ROUTE 72.
0211 PM MUNDELEIN IL .75 INCH HAIL
05/18/00 LAKE REPORTED BY COOPERATIVE
OBSERVER.
0215 PM NORTH CHICAGO IL 1 INCH HAIL
05/18/00 LAKE REPORTED BY EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT.
0240 PM FAIRDALE IL .75 INCH HAIL
05/18/00 DEKALB REPORTED BY EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT.
0310 PM HAMPSHIRE IL WIND DAMAGE
05/18/00 KANE POWER LINES AND TREES
DOWN. REPORTED BY
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.
0315 PM CARY IL 1.25 INCH HAIL
05/18/00 MCHENRY REPORTED BY PUBLIC.
0315 PM PINGREE GROVE IL WIND DAMAGE
05/18/00 KANE BARN COLLAPSED.
REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.
0315 PM 6 SE MARENGO IL .75 INCH HAIL
05/18/00 MCHENRY LEAVES STRIPPED FROM
TREES. REPORTED BY
PUBLIC.
0319 PM CARPENTERSVILLE IL 73 MPH TSTM GUST
05/18/00 KANE REPORTED BY STORM
SPOTTER.
0319 PM 5 W CARPENTERSVILLE IL .75 INCH HAIL
05/18/00 KANE REPORTED BY EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT ON HUNTLEY
ROAD.
0320 PM ELGIN IL WIND DAMAGE
05/18/00 KANE TREES AND POWER LINES
DOWN. REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.
0320 PM SLEEPY HOLLOW IL WIND DAMAGE
05/18/00 KANE TREES AND POWER LINES
DOWN. REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.
0328 PM MENDOTA IL .88 INCH HAIL
05/18/00 LASALLE REPORTED BY STORM
SPOTTER.
0328 PM CRYSTAL LAKE IL 1 INCH HAIL
05/18/00 MCHENRY REPORTED BY EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT.
0330 PM BUFFALO GROVE IL WIND DAMAGE
05/18/00 LAKE TREES DOWN. REPORTED BY
COOPERATIVE OBSERVER.
0330 PM NORTHBROOK IL WIND DAMAGE
05/18/00 COOK NUMEROUS TREES AND
LIMBS DOWN. REPORTED BY
PUBLIC.
0338 PM ARLINGTON HGTS IL 75 MPH TSTM GUST
05/18/00 COOK REPORTED BY RETIRED NWS
EMPLOYEE. ALSO REPORTED
EXTENSIVE TREE DAMAGE.
0340 PM HALFDAY IL 1.25 INCH HAIL
05/18/00 LAKE HAIL 3 INCHES DEEP ON
GROUND. REPORTED BY
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.
0342 PM WHEELING IL 84 MPH TSTM GUST
05/18/00 COOK MEASURED AT PAULWAUKEE
AIRPORT (PWK).
0342 PM WHEELING IL 70 MPH TSTM GUST
05/18/00 COOK REPORTED BY STORM
SPOTTER.
0343 PM LAKE ZURICH IL 1.75 INCH HAIL
05/18/00 LAKE REPORTED BY EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT AT ROUTES 22
AND 12.
0345 PM NORTHBROOK IL 71 MPH TSTM GUST
05/18/00 COOK MEASURED WIND GUST.
TREES DOWN BLOCKING
ROADS. REPORTED BY
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.
0345 PM NORTHBROOK IL WIND DAMAGE
05/18/00 COOK TREES DOWN...WINDOWS
BLOWN OUT...TOWER BLOWN
OVER AT ALLSTATE
CAMPUS. REPORTED BY
EX-NWS EMPLOYEE.
0345 PM VERNON HILLS IL .75 INCH HAIL
05/18/00 LAKE LEAVES STRIPPED FROM
TREES. REPORTED BY
PUBLIC.
0347 PM ARLINGTON HGTS IL 66 MPH TSTM GUST
05/18/00 COOK MEASURED BY STORM
SPOTTER.
0349 PM 2 WSW DEERFIELD IL WIND DAMAGE
05/18/00 LAKE CANOPY AT DEERFIELD
TOLL PLAZA (I-294/I-94
JUNCTION) BLOWN OFF.
REPORTED BY ILLINOIS
STATE POLICE.
0350 PM PALATINE IL TORNADO
05/18/00 COOK REPORTED BY PUBLIC.
0400 PM DIXON IL WIND DAMAGE
05/18/00 LEE TREE BLOWN DOWN.
REPORTED BY COUNTY
SHERIFF.
0430 PM PERU IL TORNADO
05/18/00 LASALLE BRIEF TOUCHDOWN NORTH
OF PERU. REPORTED BY
PUBLIC.
0505 PM LOSTANT IL TORNADO
05/18/00 LASALLE TORNADO IN TOWN.
REPORTED BY EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT.
0518 PM MILLINGTON IL .75 INCH HAIL
05/18/00 LASALLE REPORTED BY EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT.
0520 PM STREATOR IL .75 INCH HAIL
05/18/00 LASALLE REPORTED BY EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT.
0525 PM SANDWICH IL 60 MPH TSTM GUST
05/18/00 KENDALL AT SANDWICH AIRPORT.
REPORTED BY EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT.
0529 PM 3 SW YORKVILLE IL .75 INCH HAIL
05/18/00 KENDALL REPORTED BY EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT.
0535 PM BLACKSTONE IyL TORNADO
05/18/00 LIVINGSTON REPORTED BY EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT.
0550 PM ODELL IL TORNADO
05/18/00 LIVINGSTONSpecial weather statement, May 18, 7:00 PM CDT, 12 minutes before
ILZ019>022-190100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL 700 PM CDT THU MAY 18 2000 ...TORNADO WATCH CANCELLED FOR LA SALLE...KENDALL...GRUNDY...AND WILL COUNTIES... THE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE MOVED OUT OF LA SALLE...KENDALL...GRUNDY ...AND WILL COUNTIES AND NO LONGER POSE A SEVERE OR TORNADIC THREAT TO THOSE COUNTIES. MORE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE IN FROM THE NORTHWEST OVERNIGHT...BUT SHOULD NOT BE SEVERE. RLB
The office that day
Everything else NWS Chicago, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 18, 7:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LOT | Benton, Jasper, Newton | 61 min |
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.