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June 2022 Chicago Supercell
On June 13, 2022, an exceptionally high-topped and powerful supercell impacted the Chicago metropolitan area, with a height of as measured by multiple NEXRAD sites. The system, spawned from an extremely unstable environment, brought widespread severe downburst winds exceeding across Cook County, Illinois, Cook and DuPage County, Illinois, DuPage counties, leading to numerous flight delays and cancellations at O'Hare International Airport. The supercell was part of the same complex of storms that produced a June 2022 Great Lakes derecho, powerful derecho across Indiana and Ohio, where wind gusts reached at Fort Wayne International Airport. The entire storm event caused a total of 3.4 billion dollars of damage. Meteorological synopsis The Storm Prediction Center had outlined an Enhanced (3/5) risk for severe activity in the Great Lakes region and Ohio Valley, with forecasters predicting the formation of storms producing large hail, Downburst, severe wind, and an infrequent torn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bellwood, Illinois
Bellwood is a village in Proviso Township, Cook County, Illinois, United States. Located west of Chicago's downtown Loop, the Village of Bellwood is bounded by the Eisenhower Expressway (south), the Proviso yards of the former Chicago & Northwestern, now Union Pacific Railroad (north), and the suburbs of Maywood (east) and Hillside and Berkeley (west). The population was 18,789 at the 2020 census. History Bellwood was incorporated on May 21, 1900. The municipality took its name from one of the village's early subdivisions, "Bellewood". However, in later years, the final "e" was dropped. The region, which was mostly flat grassland, was initially mostly farmland. A few businesses, including a few taverns, were drawn to the initial subdivision. In reaction to dry Maywood's effort to annex the area, businesses that served alcohol petitioned for incorporation. Between 1900 and 1930, Bellwood's population numbers increased steadily. By 1920, the village's population of 943 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
