A few posts ago, I was talking about how weird this particular November has been. Well, just about a week after that post, November decided to keep up the craziness. When I think of the month of November, I'm thinking overcast skies, drizzle, and colder temperatures. This past week in the state of Illinois, that normal expectation has been thrown out the door. Illinois has had thunderstorms, tornadoes, flooding, and freezing rain all in a short time span.
If you are anything like me, the first word on that list that jumped out was "tornadoes." This was especially true for those of you in northern Illinois. I was stunned when I heard about a November tornado, but the National Weather Service in Romeoville, IL has a great article on the event, as well as a nice picture of the tornado. They also provide a nice recap of the event, so I'll pass those on for you to read. The following hyperlinks will take you to those stories:
The first article (with the picture of the tornado)
Updated version (no tornado picture, sadly)
Confirmation story (with damage photos and storm reports)
Late season tornado climatology (interesting read)
SPC Storm Reports
Now for the rest of the November mayhem. While all of that fun was occurring up north, the weather had other plans for the greater St. Louis area. There were some tornado warnings issued with a long line of thunderstorms, but no tornadoes were reported in southern Illinois (there were a few in central Missouri.) The Wednesday before Thanksgiving was a wet day, as rain fell almost all day. This rain continued into Thanksgiving day, where it later switched into a nice wintry mix of snow and sleet. Here is a link to the rain totals as collected by the St. Louis, MO National Weather Service.
In short, it has been a highly eventful November. I hope you all enjoyed these stories, and I hope you all had a Happy Thanksgiving.
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