Public Information Statement issued by the NWS November 18, 2013

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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL
757 AM CST MON NOV 18 2013 /857 AM EST MON NOV 18 2013/

...INTERESTING NOVEMBER TORNADO TRIVIA FOR ILLINOIS...

A RARE NOVEMBER OUTBREAK OF TORNADOES OCCURRED IN ILLINOIS ON
SUNDAY NOVEMBER 17TH. SURVEY TEAMS FROM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICES ACROSS THE STATE WILL BE OUT SURVEYING THE DAMAGE TODAY WITH SOME RESULTS OF THESE SURVEYS AVAILABLE LATER TODAY. COLLEGE OF DUPAGE METEOROLOGY PROFESSOR VICTOR GENSINI FOUND THE FOLLOWING INTERESTING STATISTICS.

INCLUDING YESTERDAY...THERE HAVE BEEN 194 TORNADO WARNINGS ISSUED IN THE MONTH OF NOVEMBER IN ILLINOIS DATING BACK TO 1986. OF THOSE 194...101 OR 52 PERCENT WERE ISSUED DURING SUNDAYS TORNADO OUTBREAK.

PRIOR TO YESTERDAY...LOOKING BACK TO 1950 THE STRONGEST NOVEMBER TORNADO IN ILLINOIS WAS AN F-3. THAT OCCURRED EAST OF ST LOUIS BACK ON NOVEMBER 15 1988. PRELIMINARY FINDINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST. LOUIS INDICATE THAT ONE OF THE TORNADOES DOWNSTATE YESTERDAY WAS AN EF-4. IF THIS RATING BECOMES FINAL THEN YESTERDAY'S TORNADO OUTBREAK WILL HAVE PRODUCED THE STRONGEST ILLINOIS TORNADO IN NOVEMBER DATING BACK TO 1950.


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