Texan From New Zealand, joined Dec 2003, 4206 posts, RR: 53 Posted (6 years 9 months 1 day 6 hours ago) and read 5879 times:
According to WSI and the National Weather Service, a tornado was nearly right on top of ORD at 1715 today. Apparently the storm became tornadic near Schaumburg and moved to Elk Grove Village. ORD is currently in a ground stop. Any word from Chicago area a.netters about the status by the airport?
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OMA2FAI2SAV From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 1, posted (6 years 9 months 1 day 5 hours ago) and read 5847 times:
As of 18:38 EDT traffic is experiencing Gate Hold and Taxi delays between 16 minutes and 30 minutes in length and increasing. Also, arrival traffic is experiencing airborne delays of 15 minutes or less. Due to WEATHER/WIND and WEATHER/TSTMS, there is a TMP in effect for traffic arriving ORD. Some arriving flights are being delayed an average of 2 hours and 24 minutes.
Mkeflyer717 From United States of America, joined Jul 2004, 431 posts, RR: 13 Reply 2, posted (6 years 9 months 1 day 5 hours ago) and read 5814 times:
lots of diversions to MKE!!! SAS 943 heading for ILS 25L now as well as UA 8120 from SFO, AA 2268 from Calgary, AA 1486 from SFO, and AA 1829 from BOS. we already picked up american eagle 111 BDL,and AA 360 from AUS.
WOW im so happy this is amazing...already 2 heavies!
RoseFlyer From United States of America, joined Feb 2004, 8787 posts, RR: 52 Reply 4, posted (6 years 9 months 1 day 5 hours ago) and read 5774 times:
I am 80 miles away from ORD in Rockford and it is perfectly sunny here, so I'd expect diversions normally, but there is an airshow and the airport is shutdown because of the Air Force Thunderbirds are practicing. So diversions won't come here.
There are some really nasty storms though. Chicagoland is getting smashed. Tornado watches are active for pretty much the rest of the day.
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RoseFlyer From United States of America, joined Feb 2004, 8787 posts, RR: 52 Reply 6, posted (6 years 9 months 1 day 5 hours ago) and read 5720 times:
TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL 552 PM CDT FRI SEP 22 2006
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AT Macedonian Airlines (Greece)">IN ROMEOVILLE HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTH COOK COUNTY AT Macedonian Airlines (Greece)">IN NORTHEAST ILLINOIS
* UNTIL 645 PM CDT
* AT 549 PM...A TRAINED SPOTTER REPORTED A TORNADO AND RADAR INDICATED ROTATION NEAR PARK RIDGE... MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH.
* THE TORNADO IS WILL BE NEAR... MORTON GROVE BY 600 PM NORTHFIELD BY 610 PM SKOKIE BY 615 PM WILMETTE HARBOR...WILMETTE AND WINNETKA BY 620 PM EVANSTON AND KENILWORTH BY 625 PM ROGERS PARK BY 630 PM
DO NOT WAIT UNTIL YOU HEAR OR SEE THE TORNADO. TAKE SHELTER NOW.
GO TO THE BASEMENT AND SEEK SHELTER UNDER THE STAIRS OR UNDER A HEAVY PIECE OF FURNITURE.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS AT Macedonian Airlines (Greece)">IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM FRIDAY EVENING FOR NORTHEASTERN ILLINOIS.
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Pilottim747 From United States of America, joined Jul 2001, 1607 posts, RR: 5 Reply 7, posted (6 years 9 months 1 day 5 hours ago) and read 5703 times:
UAL 828 HKG-ORD (B744) diverted to MSP. It just landed a few minutes ago.
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YVRtoYYZ From Canada, joined Mar 2004, 633 posts, RR: 0 Reply 8, posted (6 years 9 months 1 day 5 hours ago) and read 5689 times:
From NWS
AT 555 PM CDT...A TORNADO WAS REPORTED BY THE PUBLIC NEAR PARK
RIDGE. ALSO...STATE POLICE REPORTED TRAFFIC STOPPED ON I-294 NEAR
OHARE AIRPORT DUE TO ZERO VISIBILITY...HAIL AND HIGH WINDS.
FriendlySkies From United States of America, joined Aug 2004, 4015 posts, RR: 5 Reply 10, posted (6 years 9 months 1 day 4 hours ago) and read 5596 times:
Wow...I lived in Palatine for 19 years (at college in georgia now), and that's the closest I've ever heard a tornado get. Hope everything is ok!
RoseFlyer From United States of America, joined Feb 2004, 8787 posts, RR: 52 Reply 11, posted (6 years 9 months 1 day 4 hours ago) and read 5538 times:
Fortunately the storms have passed ORD for the most part. It should just clear up, but United's operations for the rest of the day are going to be horrible. Average departure delays are just 45 minutes, but arrival delays are 4hrs 40min.
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Jsnww81 From United States of America, joined Jan 2002, 1867 posts, RR: 16 Reply 12, posted (6 years 9 months 1 day 4 hours ago) and read 5455 times:
A report from here on the ground... we had some really fierce storms, especially for September. Some parts of the city got more than 10 inches of rain, and there was tornadic activity in several areas, including the downtown Loop.
It's cleared up, but I don't even want to think what ORD and MDW must be like right now.
Csturdiv From United States of America, joined Aug 2005, 1354 posts, RR: 3 Reply 15, posted (6 years 9 months 1 day 2 hours ago) and read 5278 times:
The weather was not fun tonight. I was in heavy traffic in the Buffalo Grove area on Rt 83 and I heard the tornado warning sirens going off, at first I thought it was a sound effect from a radio commercial. Looking around, I had no where to go if there was a tornado in the area. I've worked in the area for 4 years and that was the first time I heard them go off.
CcrlR From United States of America, joined Aug 2001, 2204 posts, RR: 1 Reply 17, posted (6 years 9 months 1 day 2 hours ago) and read 5201 times:
Quoting RoseFlyer (Reply 6): TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL 552 PM CDT FRI SEP 22 2006
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AT Macedonian Airlines (Greece)">IN ROMEOVILLE HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTH COOK COUNTY AT Macedonian Airlines (Greece)">IN NORTHEAST ILLINOIS
* UNTIL 645 PM CDT
* AT 549 PM...A TRAINED SPOTTER REPORTED A TORNADO AND RADAR INDICATED ROTATION NEAR PARK RIDGE... MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH.
* THE TORNADO IS WILL BE NEAR... MORTON GROVE BY 600 PM NORTHFIELD BY 610 PM SKOKIE BY 615 PM WILMETTE HARBOR...WILMETTE AND WINNETKA BY 620 PM EVANSTON AND KENILWORTH BY 625 PM ROGERS PARK BY 630 PM
DO NOT WAIT UNTIL YOU HEAR OR SEE THE TORNADO. TAKE SHELTER NOW.
GO TO THE BASEMENT AND SEEK SHELTER UNDER THE STAIRS OR UNDER A HEAVY PIECE OF FURNITURE.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS AT Macedonian Airlines (Greece)">IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM FRIDAY EVENING FOR NORTHEASTERN ILLINOIS.
The sirens were going off in Chicago too!!!!!!
I was comming from the movie theater and on the expressway when I heard them. I decided to drive fast home just in case. it looked real bad and lucky for us it was not as bad as I thought it would be.
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Jacobin777 From United States of America, joined Sep 2004, 14968 posts, RR: 61 Reply 18, posted (6 years 9 months 1 day 2 hours ago) and read 5153 times:
Quoting FriendlySkies (Reply 10): Wow...I lived in Palatine for 19 years (at college in georgia now), and that's the closest I've ever heard a tornado get. Hope everything is ok!
One of my dad's medical practices is in Palatine...
Csturdiv From United States of America, joined Aug 2005, 1354 posts, RR: 3 Reply 20, posted (6 years 9 months 1 day 1 hour ago) and read 5083 times:
Quoting Cadet57 (Reply 16): Any word on the Carbondale area? A.netter Atrude777 lives there. Jus wanna make sure he is ok.
Carbondale is nowhere near the Chicago area, that is more near the St. Louis area. However, my dad lives near EVV, and he said that they also got some strong storms down there, so maybe Carbondale got some as well?
Atrude777 From United States of America, joined Aug 2003, 5623 posts, RR: 54 Reply 21, posted (6 years 9 months 1 day 1 hour ago) and read 5063 times:
Quoting Csturdiv (Reply 20): Carbondale is nowhere near the Chicago area, that is more near the St. Louis area. However, my dad lives near EVV, and he said that they also got some strong storms down there, so maybe Carbondale got some as well?
We got hit pretty bad, I had to take shelter but we are fine had 3 funnel clouds reported but im good.
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Tsaord From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 22, posted (6 years 9 months 1 day 1 hour ago) and read 5038 times:
The automatic doors of T3 in front of Delta was being blown open with windy rain coming in. I have never seen anything like that before. It became so dark out there. I'm sure glad Iberia got out in time because you know weather and ORD. AA's board just started turing yellow with delays and cancellations.
Then I get home and there wasn't so much as a stain on the road!
Tsaord From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 24, posted (6 years 9 months 1 day 1 hour ago) and read 5003 times:
I have never heard the sirens go off lol. I spoke with my high school band director while I was on the Kennedy heading home and thats when I found out about the sirens going off. That was pretty odd for September in Chicago in my young memory. I hope the doors in T3 didnt break since the winds were just blowing them open like nothing. I wonder what ORD looked like from up above then? Very dark with storm clouds and all the lights from the runways, Terminals, and Aircraft still on the Tarmac!
25 ORDPIA: Thats the first time I've heard the sirens in the city, I didn't even know we had them, luckily all passed with what seems to be minor damage, up here
26 NASCARAirforce: Any inbounds from Europe divert to DTW? Isn't DTW an airport where planes inbound from Europe would divert to if there were storms at ORD?
27 RoseFlyer: Here's an interpretation. If you go to the Noaa aviation weather site, it will show you the weather printouts in this format, but also will give you
29 Jacobin777: Wow...glad all was ok..I was talking to my family and they told me it got almost "pitch black".. Glad I didn't get stuck in ORD as I flew out a couple
30 FriendlySkies: My dad was at ORD during the worst of it...said you couldn't see the airplane 3 ft from the gate it was raining so hard...and that the rain was "pulli
31 N908AW: Runway 14R's Runway Visual Restriction varying between 1400 and 6000 feet. And I suppose if you wanna be picky SQ actually refers to a squall.[Edited
32 United787: I am still waiting for my best friend to arrive from MIA, he is on final. I was amazed that AA waited so long to let them take off, one look at the ra
33 Tsaord: Yea im on the south side of the City and my folks said it really didn't do anything. I'm glad it was over by the time I got back to my car. Before the
34 Lfutia: I'm on the north side of the city, it got very very very dark and then it started pouring. I heard the sirens go off but didnt think much of it. Appar
35 Jeremy: I saw a few diversions in IND. AA 757, UA(TED) A-320. Later on in the evening, SDF went down and we had a UPS A-300, 767, and MD-11 at the Internation
36 Jetdeltamsy: holy mackerel...what a storm that was. and i was at ORD from 4pm to 9pm trying to get to Atlanta. ORD is built on one gigantic slab of concrete..ther
37 Jacobin777: Living in the north suburbs of chicago for 30 years...it sometimes gets really bad up there....by boss lived in Winnetka...across the street from New
38 BigGSFO: A squall? So the storm could have moved out to Lake Michigan? WOW. I was at ORD around the same time Thursday and all was calm and clear.
39 Charlienorth: I live about a mile north of ORD,it was black as night at 17:30 and rained in buckets,sirens in Des Plainea and Park Ridge were going off,not much win
40 CVG2LGA: Yersterday evening at 1720 I was driving around the ramp at CVG and noticed a UAL 733 waiting by the fire house across the field. I figured it was due
41 AEroc: Well ORD got it bad yesterday and work was not fun at all, However DFW is getting it right now and there are some impressive holding stacks forming. N
42 RP TPA: Well, this explains why the UAX YUL-ORD flight cancelled last night. I was waiting for the AC flight to LGA and heard the announcement. I figured it w
43 Fdxgirl: Seeing all the diversions to MKE was awesome. I lost count but I know there was a scandinavian A340, United 777, American 757, America West 757, A300.
44 Worldsurfer: I was at ORD from about 230 pm until 10 pm at the CO presidents club, I was sitting on the floor on my computer and at one point i looked up and you c
45 B777fan: Good job RoseFlyer, Just a minor correction, Ord is Zulu-6 - but since daylight savings time is in effect it is currently -5. So that METAR was at 22:
46 IADLHR: I flew DCA-ORD on UA yesterday morning. We were due to arrive at 7:50AM. However, at that time there were already weather problems. We were in a holdi
47 Xjramper: Just to weigh in....especially being like a day late, I was there the entire time. The rain was coming down so hard that I could not see the planes th
48 Lfutia: I graduated from there in June of 06! Leo
49 Jacobin777: Damn dude! How time flies..I remember going to NiWeHi (or however it was spelled)....we were called "Indians" back then.... Dr. DeCoster (if its the
50 Tsaord: I honestly think after the mess we saw come flying into T3 all the passengers just had to understand that on that day it was way out of the Airlines
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