May 26, 2015: Brief EF-0 Tornado In Summit, IL

Fresh Snow and Temperature Outlook Ahead of Christmas Day

If you are looking for fresh snow by Christmas morning or are curious about potential travel disruptions, the best chances for at least 1" of new snowfall early this week exist across the mountainous West, Great Lakes, and Northeast. Otherwise, temperatures this last full week of December will average above normal for much of the lower 48 states. Read More >

...BRIEF EF-0 TORNADO CONFIRMED IN SUMMIT TUESDAY 05/26/2015... RATING: EF-0 ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 75 MPH PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 0.4 MILES PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 50 YARDS FATALITIES: NONE INJURIES: NONE START DATE: 05/26/2015 START TIME: 1:08 PM CDT START LOCATION: 0.5 SE SUMMIT START LAT/LON: 41.7773 / -87.8038 END DATE: 05/26/2015 END TIME: 1:09 PM CDT END LOCATION: 0.5 E SUMMIT END_LAT/LON: 41.7829 / -87.8016 BASED ON A GROUND SURVEY OF THE DAMAGE AND RADAR DATA FROM THE O`HARE TERMINAL DOPPLER RADAR THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS CONCLUDED THAT THE DAMAGE THAT OCCURRED EARLY TUESDAY AFTERNOON IN SUMMIT WAS LIKELY THE RESULT OF A VERY BRIEF EF-0 TORNADO. THE MAJORITY OF THE DAMAGE WAS TO TREES...WITH SEVERAL LARGE BRANCHES DOWN AND A COUPLE OF WEAKER HARD WOOD TREES SNAPPED. THERE WAS ALSO SOME MINOR ROOF DAMAGE AND A WOODEN FENCE PARTIALLY DOWNED. EF SCALE: THE ENHANCED FUJITA SCALE CLASSIFIES TORNADOES INTO THE FOLLOWING CATEGORIES. EF0...WEAK......65 TO 85 MPH EF1...WEAK......86 TO 110 MPH EF2...STRONG....111 TO 135 MPH EF3...STRONG....136 TO 165 MPH EF4...VIOLENT...166 TO 200 MPH EF5...VIOLENT...>200 MPH NOTE: THE INFORMATION IN THIS STATEMENT IS PRELIMINARY AND SUBJECT TO CHANGE PENDING FINAL REVIEW OF THE EVENT AND PUBLICATION IN NWS STORM DATA.

Fresh Snow and Temperature Outlook Ahead of Christmas Day

May 26, 2015: Brief EF-0 Tornado In Summit, IL

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