This watch was issued as several severe thunderstorms have formed just southwest of Pontiac and North of Peoria. These storms have prompted Tornado Warnings due to these storms.
Here is a look at a Doppler Radar view as of 4:09 pm CDT
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Tornado Event of 6/7/08
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The National Weather Service has issued a Tornado watch effective for the entire metro Chicago area until 8pm.
This watch was issued as several severe thunderstorms have formed just southwest of Pontiac and North of Peoria. These storms have prompted Tornado Warnings due to these storms. Here is a look at a Doppler Radar view as of 4:09 pm CDT 
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL 521 PM CDT SAT JUN 7 2008 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHICAGO HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... SOUTHEASTERN COOK COUNTY IN NORTHEAST ILLINOIS... WILL COUNTY IN NORTHEAST ILLINOIS... * UNTIL 615 PM CDT... * AT 518 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED STRONG ROTATION IN A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NEAR BRAIDWOOD...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 41 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... ELWOOD BY 535 PM... MANHATTAN BY 545 PM... NEW LENOX BY 550 PM... MOKENA...AND FRANKFORT BY 555 PM... TINLEY PARK...ORLAND PARK...AND COUNTRY CLUB HILLS BY 605 PM... CRESTWOOD...AND OAK FOREST BY 610 PM... TAKE COVER NOW! IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. MOBILE HOMES AND VEHICLES SHOULD BE ABANDONED FOR MORE SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. AVOID WINDOWS! A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM SATURDAY EVENING FOR NORTHEASTERN ILLINOIS AND NORTHWEST INDIANA.
 LATEST: Doppler Radar images Tornado Warning for Southern Cook County Now
Ahh calm before the storm.
We just got the last of the clouds from the tail end of the first little blotch. Now it's sunny as hell and we're waiting for the cell with the tornado. ABC7 reported one on the ground southeast of Joliet. I'm keeping an eye out for anything I see out here. I'll report back in a lil bit. BACK TO YOU GALVAN! 
Right now:
Tornado Warning for southern Cook County til 715. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHICAGO HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... SOUTHEASTERN COOK COUNTY IN NORTHEAST ILLINOIS... CENTRAL AND EASTERN WILL COUNTY IN NORTHEAST ILLINOIS... * UNTIL 715 PM CDT... * AT 604 PM...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A LARGE TORNADO AND ON THE GROUND JUST SOUTHWEST OF MONEE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 26 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... MONEE...AND FRANKFORT BY 615 PM... UNIVERSITY PARK BY 620 PM... RICHTON PARK...AND MATTESON BY 625 PM... PARK FOREST...OLYMPIA FIELDS...STEGER...AND CRETE BY 630 PM... CHICAGO HEIGHTS BY 635 PM... THIS TORNADO WARNING REPLACES THE PREVIOUS TORNADO WARNINGS THAT WERE IN EFFECT FOR WILL AND COOK COUNTIES. TAKE COVER NOW! IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. MOBILE HOMES AND VEHICLES SHOULD BE ABANDONED FOR MORE SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. AVOID WINDOWS!
I've been on the phone back and forth with my friend from Frankfort Square.
They've been getting a TON of low laying clouds with rotation but they've been dicipating. Still nothing up here in Oak Forest really. Sirens every so often but nothing really up in the sky that I can see. They've been reporting a couple more tornado sightings on the new channels but I don't know how credible all of it is. I have yet to hear a definitive report of the one south of joliet from a little while ago.
Was at work when it happened. Many dangerous looking clouds passed over the store, but didn't see anything exciting.
People are stupid in Tornado Warnings, I had to tell at least 50 people walking out to their cars to come back inside and go to the lower level, all while the sirens were going off and the lady on the intercom was telling people to go downstairs.  Last edited by [jonrev] on June 8th, 2008, 12:36 am, edited 1 time in total.
I was at Route 66 Raceway when the warnings came out. It made for a very interesting time there since there is no place to hide. The tornado missed the track by about 20 miles though, so we were ok.
Ha I was in Chicago today... and freaked out when my mom called me and told me about everything that was going on. But I figured nothing would really happen. Where we were, the storms weren't very exciting, mostly rain. There was only a little bit of lightning and thunder. Although later on at night we kept seeing lightning over the lake/up north.
Some crazy weather lately...
Me and my friend from Frankfort headed south after everything passed by.
Almost every road was blocked off, and so was a huge chunk of 57. There was a TON of damage. We cut through a back road and got a quick glimpse of some of it. Looked awful.
http://www.crh.noaa.gov/Image/lot/amy.jpg
Photo of yesterday's tornado from the National Weather Service. More Severe Weather is possible Sunday.
I was in Downtown Joliet while the tornado was going on in Wilmington (which is about 25 miles south of Joliet). There were some ominous clouds, but nothing looking too severe. I was really close to going South and following the storm, but I was with other people and I didn't want to put them in danger. Were it only me, I probably would've filmed it.
We haven't got hit bad at all this weekend in Rosemont, but I think this line of storms heading our way now could be it. Especially since that cold front isn't far behind. We have a sever thunderstorm watch at the moment.
Frank
Man! There were tornado warning everywhere yesterday! I was in Hartford and I heard the sirens go off. My mom and I had kinda chased the storm there...but anyway, that rain and wind was flying like a bat out of hell so we parked in a park. It lasted forever. So then we went to see my grandma and apperently they had to put all the residents of her rehab center in the hallways cause of the tornado warnings. It just kept raining and stuff after that! So I washed my hair in the rain last night and it got really soft and smooth!!!!! But yeah, this kind of weather is so exciting, but scary at the same time.
Falling Like the Hail
Tornado in Belvidere was about 3 miles from where my dad works.
Top 3 Steel Coasters: 1. The Incredible Hulk 2. Maverick 3. Dragon Challenge (Fireball)
Top 3 Wood Coasters: 1. The Beast 2. American Eagle (Red) 3. Hades
I was at Cedar Point and we didn't get anything. However, on TV, there were tons of tornado watches and warnings. Luckily it just missed us, otherwise, Coastermania would have been finished...
the storm last night brought a big snapping turtle (about the size of a football) in the middle of our street. my sister got home at around 2 am and saw it in the middle of the street so she got my dad out of bed to get it out of the street. right now it is in my dog's old cage. we are going to take it back to the river a little bit later.
Hah, thats awesome.
My parents house got 9 inches of rain within 2 days this weekend, thats sick. Top 5 wood-5-Goliath 4-Ravine Flyer II 3-Phoenix 2-Voyage 1-El Toro
Top 5 Steel- 5-Velocicoaster 4- Maverick 3- Fury 325 2-Steel Vengeance 1-X2 Coaster Count: 444
I found this video on a site I browse, and thought you guys might like it.
http://www.tornadovideos.net/ Just scroll down a little. OR http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j2mRjGQZW3I&eurl=http://www.tornadovideos.net/ Coaster Count: 94
http://www.coastercounter.com/coasternut17 http://www.coasterwarriors.com/ Idiocy-"Never underestimate the power of stupid people in large groups"
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