04-19-1996: Illinois Tornado Outbreak

[mikegeukes]

April 19, 1996 tornado outbreak in Illinois.

Chased that day, saw the F3 south of Urbana and
somehow manage to barely see the F3 in Ogden
from a distance.

Savoy-Urbana tornado:
http://www4.ncdc.noaa.gov/cgi-win/wwcgi.dll?wwevent~ShowEvent~254604 (http://www4.ncdc.noaa.gov/cgi-win/wwcgi.dll?wwevent%7EShowEvent%7E254607)

Ogden tornado:
http://www4.ncdc.noaa.gov/cgi-win/wwcgi.dll?wwevent~ShowEvent~254607 (http://www4.ncdc.noaa.gov/cgi-win/wwcgi.dll?wwevent%7EShowEvent%7E254607)

Somewhere I have a video on this tornado buried
somewhere in my storage shed. Been poor most of
my life, only own a couple camcorders for a brief time.
Have not own a camcorder in many years.

More information on this outbreak:
http://redrock.ncsa.illinois.edu/~jewett/Apr19/ (http://redrock.ncsa.illinois.edu/%7Ejewett/Apr19/)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/April_1996_tornado_outbreak_sequence

Who else remember that day and chased that day.

Mike

[APritchard]

This was a fun day. I watched the lightning illuminated Urbana F3 pass just by my house from my back porch. You don't forget a sight like that!

Level 2 radar grab during the Urbana F3:

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3423/3924392347_043184203a_b.jpg

Another supercell produced some prolific wedges just north of the well known Interstate 72 supercell. This guy produced a wedge near Havana early in the evening:

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2644/3925179056_050cf55aea.jpg

Bill Gargan caught this one from the above supercell near Easton, IL.

http://www.silverliningtours.com/chase1996/april19/easton5t.jpg