Small hail accompanies Tuesday evening thunderstorms across northern Illinois
Mike Toohill of Bloomington, who keeps us well informed on downstate crop
development during the growing season, shares this photo of the small hail which hit
the Bloomington area late Tuesday. Hail wasn’t limited to the Bloomington area. Nickel
to quarter sized hail was reported in a number of Tuesday evening’s thunderstorms
across northwest and north central which towered to 43,000 ft. high at times and
produced more than cloud to ground lightning strokes within approximately a 200
miles radius of Chicago in the 10 minute period 6 and 8 p.m. The storms unleashed
wind 50+ m.p.h. wind gusts at Carpenterville, Hoffman Estates and South Elgin as they
swept through between 6 and 8 pm Tuesday evening.
-Tom Skilling
Photos courtesy of Mike Toohill, Bloomington, Illinois