Tornadic supercell also produced giant hail that was likely largest on record for Illinois, while very large hail also caused serious issues in Chicago, Oklahoma City and Kansas City metros
After your impressive analysis of the forecast and warning failure pertaining to the Michigan tornadoes Friday, there was another HUGE warning failure yesterday evening at Kankakee.
Thanks, Mike - yes, I was watching in real-time and saw your analysis which seems quite on target. May be talking more about that aspect at some point.
Following up on my first comment: NWS Chicago says the Kankakee Tornado began at 6:18pm. The tornado warning was issued at 6:16, so there was -- at best -- two minutes of lead-time in the tornado warning. https://x.com/NickKrasz_Wx/status/2031906171645227029/photo/1
The NWS's published lead-time goal is 13 minutes -- which 15 years ago was routinely attained -- but is rarely attained now. The 13 minutes was attainable in this case. Why it was not is unexplained.
After your impressive analysis of the forecast and warning failure pertaining to the Michigan tornadoes Friday, there was another HUGE warning failure yesterday evening at Kankakee.
https://www.mikesmithenterprisesblog.com/2026/03/inadequate-warning-of-kankakee-tornado.html
Within the last hour, storm chasers may have surfaced a hailstone larger than six inches.
Thanks, Mike - yes, I was watching in real-time and saw your analysis which seems quite on target. May be talking more about that aspect at some point.
Following up on my first comment: NWS Chicago says the Kankakee Tornado began at 6:18pm. The tornado warning was issued at 6:16, so there was -- at best -- two minutes of lead-time in the tornado warning. https://x.com/NickKrasz_Wx/status/2031906171645227029/photo/1
The NWS's published lead-time goal is 13 minutes -- which 15 years ago was routinely attained -- but is rarely attained now. The 13 minutes was attainable in this case. Why it was not is unexplained.