Tornado with large hail

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GP44

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A tornado tore through Kankakee County Tuesday night around 7:00 PM accompanied by large hail. Although there was a lot of destruction in its path only 20-25 miles south of us no one was injured or killed until it crossed the state line into Indiana.
An elderly couple he was 89 and his wife 84 were killed when their home was destroyed in Lake Village In.
Several people were injured in Indiana but not too seriously.
Looking at how so many homes were just obliterated and nothing left but debris in the 40 mile long path you realize what a miracle it was that more people were not caught up and battered to death like that old couple.
We sometimes forget to thank God for our blessings but when you see this kind of destruction you have to believe that a merciful God must have spared so many of us. And we can thank God that we weren’t in that path of destruction that suddenly changed the lives of so many people causing them to lose their shelter and belongings.
 
We were in what we call our safe area in the basement one time when a tornado came so close that it did damage to neighbors houses. Tore the electric service off on one side and knocked windows out on the other.
The sound was deafening and it somehow blew dust and dirt from under the back porch area either through or over the foundation and for a minute the air was just black with dirt in our safe area.
I had forgotten about that until I just read where a guy who got in his closet and said that the air was full of dust as it tore his house apart and he had a hard time breathing for about twenty seconds.
My wife wants to get some kind of head protection - helmets or hard hats and I will make sure we have dust masks.
The area we use as a safe area in the basement was once a cistern and has concrete walls, there happens to be a huge beam that goes right across above it.
I had to light a portable propane heater the other night when we were down there because it is always cold down there and Mary makes sure we take Tweety down with us.
We could lose the whole house but she would be happy as long as we are safe and Tweety is okay!
 
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@GP44 i saw that on the Weather Channel and also on the local news😢😢

The long existing “Tornado alley” now has a wicked sister named “Dixie Alley” whose path. “—-refers to areas in the southern United States that are particularly susceptible to powerful tornadoes. It is believed to be distinct from the more well-known “Tornado Alley” due to its high occurrence of strong, long-track tornadoes that move at faster speeds.—-“

“It typically runs from eastern Texas and Arkansas, through Louisiana, Mississippi, Tennessee, Alabama, Georgia, and into parts of Kentucky, upstate South Carolina, and western North Carolina”.

Tennessee holds the record for nighttime tornadoes. 47% of Tennessee’s tornados happen at night, making them even more dangerous.

Thankfully all my little corner of Tennessee saw yesterday was a lot of rain and wind gusts high enough to sheet the pouring rain sideways.

Temps were 73 yesterday. This morning we have b dropped to 40 with a feels like of 21. A cool down always follows a storm, but this is ridiculous.

@GP44 I don’t have a basement, my safe area is a central closet and I do have a helmet. Tell your wife to get the helmets🤠🤠. Anything from a motorcycle helmet to a helmet for riding horses works. When I lived on the OH/PA border Imdid have a basement and had the dogs trained to go down there PDQ on their own. I went thru the May ‘85 tornado that took out most of the town of Farrell, PA. That Big system made the Reader’s Digest.

Prayers to all those affected by yesterday’s weather - tornado season is just getting started 🙁🙁

@Paco Dennis hope you made it thru the storms ok.
 
Imogene said:
@GP44 i saw that on the Weather Channel and also on the local news😢😢

The long existing “Tornado alley” now has a wicked sister named “Dixie Alley” whose path. “—-refers to areas in the southern United States that are particularly susceptible to powerful tornadoes. It is believed to be distinct from the more well-known “Tornado Alley” due to its high occurrence of strong, long-track tornadoes that move at faster speeds.—-“

“It typically runs from eastern Texas and Arkansas, through Louisiana, Mississippi, Tennessee, Alabama, Georgia, and into parts of Kentucky, upstate South Carolina, and western North Carolina”.

Tennessee holds the record for nighttime tornadoes. 47% of Tennessee’s tornados happen at night, making them even more dangerous.

Thankfully all my little corner of Tennessee saw yesterday was a lot of rain and wind gusts high enough to sheet the pouring rain sideways.

Temps were 73 yesterday. This morning we have b dropped to 40 with a feels like of 21. A cool down always follows a storm, but this is ridiculous.

@GP44 I don’t have a basement, my safe area is a central closet and I do have a helmet. Tell your wife to get the helmets🤠🤠. Anything from a motorcycle helmet to a helmet for riding horses works. When I lived on the OH/PA border Imdid have a basement and had the dogs trained to go down there PDQ on their own. I went thru the May ‘85 tornado that took out most of the town of Farrell, PA. That Big system made the Reader’s Digest.

Prayers to all those affected by yesterday’s weather - tornado season is just getting started 🙁🙁

@Paco Dennis hope you made it thru the storms ok.
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Yes! All we had was wind and heavy rain and pea sized hail. The storm came through in waves as it shows on the tv.
One would come through with the red, yellows and orange colors and that would pass and an hour or two later another.
We spent all evening from about dark until after midnight watching and worrying and although we were warned twice we only went down to the basement once, the time when the siren went off.
She was too tired and continued watching the warnings while I yelled that we were warned of one headed our way.
For all of the warnings that one must not have touched down and we were already seeing reports of areas that had been hit.
 
GP44 said:
Yes! All we had was wind and heavy rain and pea sized hail. The storm came through in waves as it shows on the tv.
One would come through with the red, yellows and orange colors and that would pass and an hour or two later another.
We spent all evening from about dark until after midnight watching and worrying and although we were warned twice we only went down to the basement once, the time when the siren went off.
She was too tired and continued watching the warnings while I yelled that we were warned of one headed our way.
For all of the warnings that one must not have touched down and we were already seeing reports of areas that had been hit.
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Dummy forgot to take her phone into the bedroom last night. I found almost a whole fun front with a paragraph about how I should take cover after I got up this morning. I was covered alright. With my blankets.
 
The storm warnings were all over the country last night ..seems like this is the time of the year for major breakouts.

I can’t help but think of all the livestock that gets trapped outside with no cover protection when hail and winds hit.
 
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@GP44, I'm glad you, your wife & Tweety are okay. Not fun watching to see where the storms are headed to at all.

They added a few more sirens in our area after a tornado went through the south end of the town just south of us a few years ago. One new siren was put in at the Township Office about 1/2 mile from us.

For years we had a weather radio which was programmed specifically for our area. When it broke, we bought a new one by Alert Works & have had for about give years now. I have it sitting in the middle of the house so when it goes off in the middle of the night, everyone will wake up. I like this one because you can program it for specific types of alerts along for the specific county you want to go off for. Very easy to program.

I have ours programmed not only for our county, but for the counties just west & the two north of us. If a storm comes through one of those three counties, it's definitely headed our way & that gives us a little more of a warning.

After we had ours & used it for a while, the following Christmas we gave them as gifts to a few family members.
 
Lilac said:
@GP44, I'm glad you, your wife & Tweety are okay. Not fun watching to see where the storms are headed to at all.

They added a few more sirens in our area after a tornado went through the south end of the town just south of us a few years ago. One new siren was put in at the Township Office about 1/2 mile from us.

For years we had a weather radio which was programmed specifically for our area. When it broke, we bought a new one by Alert Works & have had for about give years now. I have it sitting in the middle of the house so when it goes off in the middle of the night, everyone will wake up. I like this one because you can program it for specific types of alerts along for the specific county you want to go off for. Very easy to program.

I have ours programmed not only for our county, but for the counties just west & the two north of us. If a storm comes through one of those three counties, it's definitely headed our way & that gives us a little more of a warning.

After we had ours & used it for a while, the following Christmas we gave them as gifts to a few family members.
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I stopped trusting my radio when a tornado came through and the warning never happened.
 
GP44 said:
A tornado tore through Kankakee County Tuesday night around 7:00 PM accompanied by large hail. Although there was a lot of destruction in its path only 20-25 miles south of us no one was injured or killed until it crossed the state line into Indiana.
An elderly couple he was 89 and his wife 84 were killed when their home was destroyed in Lake Village In.
Several people were injured in Indiana but not too seriously.
Looking at how so many homes were just obliterated and nothing left but debris in the 40 mile long path you realize what a miracle it was that more people were not caught up and battered to death like that old couple.
We sometimes forget to thank God for our blessings but when you see this kind of destruction you have to believe that a merciful God must have spared so many of us. And we can thank God that we weren’t in that path of destruction that suddenly changed the lives of so many people causing them to lose their shelter and belongings.
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Is this unusual for your area?
 
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