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A twister cut through the city in the afternoon, and within minutes five residents were dead. Submitted by Vyv Dunlap I was 11 years old. Tornadoes and their paths on April 11-12, 1965 Double tornado that hit the Midway Trailer park killing 33. ( ) © 1998 - 2020 Nexstar Broadcasting, Inc. | All Rights Reserved. ( 5 As the afternoon progressed, the tornadoes left Iowa behind in order to terrorize northern Illinois and southern Wisconsin. )
67 F City Hall Station | Report. 3 ) Thunderstorm development requires warmth, moisture, instability and lift and bow echoes can form when the winds aloft are strong with little change of direction with height.
2 That tornado was airborne and came from the Crystal Lake, IL area, then hopped over Grayslake (damaging winds), then touched down over the Picket Fence Farm barns (completely stripped all the wood decking and shingles) on Washington Street east of Grayslake (today Rollins Savannah forest preserve main entrance), then hopped over Third Lake picnic park on Linden Lane, then dropped into …
) They have been submitted to us by our readers. Five people were killed.
The tornado snatched the cars from the roadway and flung them through the air, to have them land as crumpled masses of metal, crushing the three people inside. ( 1 21 13 Crystal Lake, IL Severe Weather Alert star_ratehome. 3 As rain-cooled thunderstorm downdrafts strike the surface, they spread out in the direction of the storm movement forming a gust front, generating wind gusts in excess of 60 mph and sometimes in excess of 100 mph. ( ( ( ( Hardest hit was this community of 8,000 about 45 miles northwest of Chicago.
1 For the first half of its life it chewed through the farmland and forests of Jefferson County. Below are personal recounts of the event. We will review the data in question. ( (
3 ( It then came upon Wisconsin Route 16, where two cars were heading west towards Watertown. ) See reviews, photos, directions, phone numbers and more for Tornado locations in Crystal Lake, IL. ( Submitted by Nancy Bishop From the publication, A Portrait of Disaster by Campus Studios. Interactive weather map allows you to pan and zoom to get unmatched weather details in your local neighbourhood or half a world away from The Weather Channel and Weather.com 145 homes were damaged -- 45 beyond repair as well as a shopping centre. Please feel free toYou can submit your stories with credit or anonymously. Thank You!Wisconsin and Illinois - Tornadoes and their paths April 11-12 1965You can submit your stories with credit or anonymously. 4 ) Crystal Lake, Ill., April 12 (AP) -- The cleanup began today after a vicious series of tornadoes and wind storms lashed northern Illinois, causing seven deaths and almost $6 million damage Sunday. 1
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) ) 2 ) 9 ) If you would like to submit your story or photos please click the link in the upper right side of this blog. ( ( ) ) At 3:20pm a tornado dropped to the ground west of Jefferson, Wisconsin, and charged northeast.
) Submitted by Robert Hartig The Truth about “The Twins” © 2011 by Robert Hartig Photo by Paul Huffman - Source Click To Enlar... 2 Woodstock and Lakewood around 650 PM CDT.
) While most derecho damage is from straight-line winds, small tornadoes are often embedded in the storms. It grazed a junior high school then destroyed several homes in a community called Colby's Home Estates. ( ) 1 Thank you for reporting this station.
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) ) ) ) See a list of all of the Official Weather Advisories, Warnings, and Severe Weather Alerts for Crystal Lake, IL. )
(Thomas Marcum via AP)Dear Tom,What are the atmospheric conditions that produce derechos?John Podulka, Wolverine, MIDear John,A derecho develops from an organized cluster of thunderstorms that evolves into a bow echo.