Photos courtesy of Paul Hadfield
Prolific lightning generated by the thunderstorms which swept across the area
overnight was also photographed by Paul Hadfield. The storms lambasted a corridor
from Texas north to Minnesota, Wisconsin and Michigan, producing the largest
single-day outbreak of severe weather across the U.S. of the 2008 season. Tragically,
the outbreak turned deadly to Chicago's west. It's reported that seven perished in the
Iowa storms and one in Minnesota. The Storm Prediction Center logged an eye-catching
527 severe weather reports Sunday, among them 46 preliminary reports of tornado
touchdowns. Our thanks to Paul Hadfield for these shots!
--Tom Skilling, Chief Meteorologist, WGN-TV/Chicago Tribune
