Tornado outbreak

Technically, KikLove is correct... in your link:

Tornadoes have been recorded in temperatures even inf the 50's.
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There has been tornadoes in winter time in anyplace, anywhere. It could happen in Chicago, it could happen in IL... you just never know what the nature can do to anybody here.

Winds toss SUVs as if they were matchbox cars. Trees and limbs become deadly projectiles hurtling toward homes. Families huddle in basements, storm shelters and interior bathrooms.

Those are just a few of the scenes played out every year when tornado season hits. It's a weather myth that tornadoes are solely features of spring or summer. Tornadoes can happen during winter as well.

All you have to do is look at January 2012. On January 9, tornadoes hit the Houston metro area. Only two days later, western North Carolina was hit by three tornadoes, injuring around 18 people. This past Tuesday, we saw around a dozen twisters strike portions of Kentucky, Indiana, Tennessee and Mississippi.

"April through July is the most active period for tornadoes with May being the most active month," says Tornado Expert Dr. Greg Forbes (find him on Facebook). "However, tornado outbreaks can happen in any month of the year when instability and wind conditions become favorable."

That means the cold winter months of January and February can be favorable for twisters.
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Tornadoes Do Occur in Winter

KikLove said:
False. Temperatures can be lower. There can be tornadoes any month of the year. Rare but not unheard of having one in winter months. The changes from hot to cold can make it worse sometimes.
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ChicagoBlue2 said:
Not where I live, it's not. Tornadoes never form here below 70 degrees, and that's because of Lake Michigan, which does play a factor.

How warm does it have to be for a tornado to form
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Calvin said:
Technically, KikLove is correct... in your link:



There has been tornadoes in winter time in anyplace, anywhere. It could happen in Chicago, it could happen in IL... you just never know what the nature can do to anybody here



Tornadoes Do Occur in Winter
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Yeah, I know. Illinois has had February tornadoes the last three years (2012-14), so we're starting to get used to seeing them around here then. Only problem is that wintertime and fall time tornadoes are generally not quite as strong as those as Spring and Summer, but there's a problem with that-- the three EF4 Tornadoes that IL has had since 2012 have struck in fall and winter.
 
sonocativo said:
we normally have 30-40mph gusts and can get upwards to 60-75, yeah its nothing. Ive lived with my uncle in Il, in the middle of farmlands... been there, done that...its nothing. My guess is longer arms have better balance here.
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On very rare occasions, we will get gusts 85 MPH or stronger, but that rarely happens. Last time it did the wind speeds were clocked at 100 MPH, I believe.
 
A Nihilist said:
ChicagoBlue2 got pwned by a girl
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Like that bothers me. I keep an eye on news around my state, and if you don't already know-- FEMA refused to help Harrisburg and Washington after devastating tornadoes ripped through those towns.
 
ChicagoBlue2 said:
On very rare occasions, we will get gusts 85 MPH or stronger, but that rarely happens. Last time it did the wind speeds were clocked at 100 MPH, I believe.
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Do you know anything about the storm, think it was between 05-07... I lived in South County, no tornado here but strong line drive winds came through and we were without power for a month, had to stay with a friend during that time, lost a lot of food and had to try and cook everything we could daily to use it all, so, its everywhere, not just there or just you...
wind was blowing so hard once, I opened the window and my hair blew back... now I have a receding hairline.
 
ChicagoBlue2 said:
Like that bothers me. I keep an eye on news around my state, and if you don't already know-- FEMA refused to help Harrisburg and Washington after devastating tornadoes ripped through those towns.
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Yes it does, admit it....
lets see how soon the unevitable happens to this thread now.
 
sonocativo said:
Do you know anything about the storm, think it was between 05-07... I lived in South County, no tornado here but strong line drive winds came through and we were without power for a month, had to stay with a friend during that time, lost a lot of food and had to try and cook everything we could daily to use it all, so, its everywhere, not just there or just you...
wind was blowing so hard once, I opened the window and my hair blew back... now I have a receding hairline.
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2007, I believe. Yeah, those winds were strong. Nearly knocked me out of my shoes when I stepped outside. Some communities around Chicago lost power for several weeks because of that, and those straight line winds can travel a LONG way.
 
bad habit again.... trying to top over someone's story with farfetched/exaggerated stories...
 
ChicagoBlue2 said:
2007, I believe. Yeah, those winds were strong. Nearly knocked me out of my shoes when I stepped outside. Some communities around Chicago lost power for several weeks because of that, and those straight line winds can travel a LONG way.
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Lead shoes I suppose?
 
sonocativo said:
Storms NEVER just settle in one city or County, whats new with that?
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Actually not true. IL actually had a tornado system that spent several days in the state a few years back. Only time that ever happened.
 
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