My colleague Eric Sorenson, chief meteorologist at WREX-TV in Rockford, forwards this
photo taken on that city's east side in the wake of this morning's powerful winds.
Belinda Sullivan was the photographer, and we thank both Belinda and Eric for sharing
this with us.
WeatherBug sensors clocked wind gusts to 56 m.p.h. at northwest suburban Island
Lake, Ill., while gusts of 61 m.p.h. were reported to the National Weather Service at
Gurnee and 58 m.p.h. gusts swept an area 6 miles south/southeast of Beach Park. The
winds were spawned as thunderstorms collapsed while racing across the area.
--Tom Skilling, Chief Meteorologist, WGN-TV/Chicago Tribune
Photo courtesy of Belinda Sullivan, Rockford, Illinois
