Mammoth storm Thursday; possibly one of most expansive here
Tom Skilling
August 24, 2007
The Chicago area is no stranger to powerful thunderstorms. But the expanse and breadth of Thursday afternoon and evening's outbreak was enough to make even veteran meteorologists, like my colleague Steve Kahn, who for more than 40 years worked for the National Weather Service here, sit up and take notice. Rare is the storm outbreak that produces damage and flooding from one corner of the metro area to the other. Yet, that's just what happened yesterday. Steve compares the scope of the damage produced by Thursday's storms to an Aug. 26-27, 1965 squall line which, unlike the latest surge, hit in the middle of the night.The area's strongest wind gusts reached 80 m.p.h. at Manhattan and 75 m.p.h. at Elgin. But 60+ m.p.h. wind gusts swept virtually every corner of the region. The storms roared across the area at nearly 60 m.p.h. and towered at one point to 64,000 ft.--more than 12 miles into the atmosphere.----------
Tom Skilling is chief meteorologist at WGN-TV. His forecasts can be seen Monday through Friday on WGN-TV News at noon and 9 p.m.
WGN-TV meteorologists Steve Kahn, Richard Koeneman and Paul Dailey plus weather producer Bill Snyder contribute to this page.
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Suckers. Might be spreading though - overcast here this morning.
gfy
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