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The Spectacular ‘Not Quite a Tornado’ Storm, in Pictures

(Paul Zoetemeijer / Unsplash)(Paul Zoetemeijer / Unsplash)

A supercell system walloped much of northeast Illinois and northwest Indiana on Monday night, putting on an impressive display of nature's power. One EF-0 tornado, damaging trees along a 2-mile swath through unincorporated Schaumburg into Roselle, has been confirmed by the National Weather Service.

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A wind gust of 84 miles per hour was recorded at O'Hare Airport, thunder boomed like cannonballs, and a gauge in Schaumburg measured 1.26 inches of rain in just 16 minutes. As of early Wednesday morning, more than 3,000 people were still without power in the Chicago area, according to ComEd.

Here are some of the sights folks might have missed while sheltering in their basements or bathtubs.

Tornado sirens blaring in downtown Chicago, dispelling the myth that tornadoes can't hit the city.


Here's what the storm looked like via satellite.


And here's what it looked like on the ground.


So much lightning.


And then the calm after the storm. Mammatus clouds, pouches of sinking air, form on the underside of a thunderstorm's anvil. 


This article was originally published on June 14, 2022. It has been updated.

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