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What you need to know to prepare for a tornado
Whether you re safe in your home or stuck on the road, the National Weather Service wants to make sure you know what to do in the case of a tornado.
Posted: Mar 4, 2021 6:35 AM
Posted By: Anissa Claiborne
On August 10, 2020, 15 tornadoes were reported in Illinois. That s the most tornadoes the state has seen in a single day. Although they were considered Weak, the damage was extensive.
There are three categories experts use to measure the severity of a tornado:
A weak tornado is less than 110 mph.
A strong tornado is between 110-167 mph.
What you need to know to prepare for a severe thunderstorm
Many events can come from a severe thunderstorm: damaging winds, lightning, hail, heavy rain, and even tornadoes.That s why you should never be complacent when a thunderstorm is on the way.
Posted: Mar 3, 2021 7:23 AM
Posted By: Anissa Claiborne
Many events can come from a severe thunderstorm: damaging winds, lightning, hail, heavy rain, and even tornadoes.
That s why you should never be complacent when a thunderstorm is on the way.
On August 10th of 2020, a severe derecho swept through the midwest. A derecho is a wide-spread, long-lived line of severe thunderstorms with damaging winds. In Illinois, wind gusts neared 100 mph. Ten people were injured and there were hundreds of millions of dollars in damages.
PEORIA Has the local landscape looked overly white this winter?
Your eyes haven’t deceived you. This season’s snow cover has been more persistent than most, according to the National Weather Service in Lincoln.
Through Friday, Peoria had been covered with at least 2 inches of snow for 21 straight days. That ranked for 28th place all time (well, at least since 1900, when the NWS started to record these sorts of things).
“We’re definitely up there,” NWS meteorologist Ben Deubelbeiss said.
If you enjoy snow or dubious records this is a banner year. If the 2-inch snow cover were to continue into Tuesday, Peoria would reach its 20th-longest such duration.
The city of Springfield lifted its snow emergency in downtown effective Wednesday morning.
On-street parking resumed in downtown Springfield. The specific geographic area is Jackson Street to Jefferson Street and from Ninth Street to Second Street.
The Office of Public Works has been focusing on main roads and secondary streets, with additional attention on the downtown area. This will allow businesses to reopen safely.
Parking is still restricted on other snow emergency routes throughout the city until 9 a.m. Thursday. That has been updated from Monday when the original snow emergency went out.
Official snowfall totals in the city from Monday s storm measured 5.8 inches, according to National Weather Service spotters here.