Thunderstorm Wind, Cook
- When
- August 6, 4:30 PM CST
- Where
- Cook County, 1 mi W of O Hare Intl Arpt
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 41.983, -87.917
Damaging Winds in Illinois, August 6, 2000
As a line of severe thunderstorms moved across the western Chicago metropolitan area, a strong gust front developed and rolled across both Chicago's O'hare International and Midway Airports within five minutes. Several transformers were torn from telephone poles just west of O'hare.
Where it happened
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- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 3
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
What happened
The episode as NWS LOT wrote it up.
As a line of severe thunderstorms moved across the western Chicago metropolitan area, a strong gust front developed and rolled across both Chicago's O'hare International and Midway Airports within five minutes. Several transformers were torn from telephone poles just west of O'hare.
The radar
The Chicago radar (KLOT), 44 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:31 UTC.
Event by event
3 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Cook
- When
- August 6, 4:30 PM CST
- Where
- Cook County, Chicago Midway Arpt
- Measured
- 53 kt (61 mph)
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 41.783, -87.750
Thunderstorm Wind, Cook
- When
- August 6, 4:35 PM CST
- Where
- Cook County, O Hare Intl Arpt
- Measured
- 51 kt (59 mph)
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 41.983, -87.900
What these are
- Thunderstorm Wind
- Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.
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The same day elsewhere
- Tornado and Hail in Ohio, August 6, 2000
- Flash Flooding in Pennsylvania, August 6 to 7, 2000
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Indiana, August 6 to 7, 2000
- Flash Flood in Pennsylvania, August 6, 2000
- Damaging Winds in Michigan, August 6, 2000
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Ohio, August 6, 2000
- Flash Flood in Maryland, August 6, 2000
- Damaging Winds and Lightning Strikes in Virginia, August 6, 2000
- Hail in South Dakota, August 6, 2000
- Flash Flood and Damaging Winds in Ohio, August 6, 2000
- Damaging Wind in Florida, August 6, 2000
- Flood in Pennsylvania, August 6 to 7, 2000
More
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Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5155080, 5155081, 5155082.