Tornadoes in Northern Illinois on Feb 28

[ProfessorGAC]

Nothing to see here
Who needs NOAA or the EPA?
Climate change is a hoax
I heard it on CSPAN. It must be true
We have tornadoes all the time in February
Oh wait, I meant never in my 60 years!

[Dem2]

1. 1st one ever before March first in Mass this week

Crazy winter for sure

[Kimchijeon]

2. Yeah that's just nuts.

[Motown_Johnny]

3. Tomorrow's forecast in Detroit Dropping from 60 to 30 in less than a day.

Freaking crazy. Severe thunderstorms overnight with lows below freezing tomorrow night.

[Siwsan]

4. Right now it looks like that temperature drop will hit, right about rush hour tomorrow pm

It might be a scary commute home, for some. I'll be doing any of my errands early, tomorrow.

[Cadfael]

5. Tom Skilling just said it's a record

For as long as they've kept records in Chicago we've never - until now - gone January AND February without 1 inch of snow. And tonight we've had reportedly at least one fatality in Ottawa in 8 (so far) reported area tornadoes tonight.

[NotThisTime]

6. Western Mass just had one Friday or Saturday... 140 years, never in the states history...

[B2G]

7. Yeah, there are tornados in February

Even more in March, which starts tomorrow.

[lunasun]

8. Least snowy Feb in area tie for the record . I have read the lack of snow cover is aiding the warm

air coming in at times and causing instability that can lead to tornados . I am really not sure how that works but
Look at the normal high vs recorded for the area 2017 February and check out the snow pack
I mentioned last weekend I planned to trim some trees before tornado season Pfffft

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[mvd]

9. There were a couple in northeastern and central PA just recently

One was an EF-2. Last Feb also had one in eastern PA. Not a good trend.

[WhiteTara]

10. We have a tornado alert here in NW Arkansas

Tornadoes are very rare here. We are the top of a hill so it should be an interesting night.

[hatrack]

11. Tornado Watch across most of Missouri

Bad stuff went east, for the most part, but they're saying hail possible later.

[Maru Kitteh]

12. Holy crap. :-(

[demtenjeep]

13. Kansas is having severe storms and tornado watches

right now

[ProfessorGAC]

14. Weird For Wife And I

Everything went around us. A small town about 3 miles west and 12 miles south got hit lightly and that piece hit a town about 12 miles east and 3 miles south later.

Then a place a few miles north but 30+ miles west got pounded (Ottawa, IL) and that piece hit ares north and east of that.

We had maybe(!) an inch of rain but stuff south, west, north and east of us got hit by actual tornadoes.

Got lucky.