Thunderstorm Wind — Boone, Illinois

2023-07-28 · near Poplar Grove Airport, Boone, Illinois

Event narrative

This gust was measured at the Poplar Grove Airport.

Wider weather episode

July 28th saw two rounds of severe storms move across the Chicago metro, one during the predawn hours of the morning and another during the evening. The first round brought isolated instances of damaging wind to the area and the second featured damaging winds, severe hail, and 13 tornadoes across the WFO Chicago CWA: 11 in Illinois and 2 in Indiana. Additionally, temperatures in the 90s and high humidity resulted in oppressively hot conditions with afternoon heat indices as high as 105-115F.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1122547. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.