Andrew Pritchard

Colin Davis and I were in perfect position as an intense EF-1 tornado with an incredibly loud roar developed just to our south, crossing the road less than a mile away. Funny enough, in a day where we probably spent 5 hours chasing tornado-warned supercells across Illinois and Wisconsin, these 10 minutes with this tornado on the ground were probably the most in-control and locked in we felt all day long. Long day with a lot more content to come, including my full Storm Observation VLOG from...

Colin Davis and I observed a large (preliminary) EF-2 tornado that formed south of the community of Lena, IL before moving into town. We'd stopped for gas at the Casey's downtown and noticed the area spinning up to our south. Going northeast out of Lena we observed a large wedge tornado before it wrapped itself in rain. We were able to view the tornado a couple additional times further northeast of Lena in a rain-wrapped cone form. I'm working on a full Storm Observation VLOG from the April...

Just observed a damaging tornado near Highway 75 and Harrison, Illinois very near the city of Rockford. This supercell continues to move northeast near the IL/WI borders and may pose a risk for additional tornadoes over the next 1-2 hours.