Meteorologist explains formation of tornado
Charles Stwertnik of the National Weather Service outlines how warm gulf air, dry southwest air, a cold front, and jet stream collide to form tornadoes. He shows wall clouds and rotation as key indicators and notes common timing, speeds, and seasonal patterns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Stwertnik
National Weather Service
O’hare
Rosemont
Stwertnik
Grundy County
Joe Temple
Gulf
Swertnik
Wertnik
Lemont
Weather Bureau
Illinois
Sheriff's Departments
Esdas
O'Hare
Herald
Street sweeping planned downtown Morris Friday night
Morris public works director Wilfred Dix announces a Friday night street cleaning in the downtown area weather permitting. Tickets will be issued to vehicles parked on the sweep route.
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City of
Morris
Wilfred Dix
Public Works Diretor
Weather Outlook and Temperature Notes at Dresden Lock and Morris
Mostly cloudy tonight with a chance of rain late. Highs in the mid to upper 40s and lows in the upper 30s to low 40s. Rain likely Wednesday. Dresden Lock and Dam Monday highs reached 62 with a 39 low and 39 at 7am, no precipitation. Downtown Morris reported 42 degrees at 10am.
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Dresden Lock and Dam
Morris
Webb
Dan Callahan
Kankakee
National Weather Service
Bell Rd
Aux Sable Township
U.S
Babysitter hired by childless man stabbed beaten
Sylvester Davis, 22, held in St. Clair County jail on murder charge for stabbing 16 year old Cheryle Denise Ramsey of East St. Louis and beating her with a baseball bat. Ramsey planned to babysit Davis' two children five days a week starting Friday, earning 75 dollars weekly. Davis has no children.
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Belleville
Ill
Illinois Employment Service
St. Clair County
Sylvester Davis
Cheryle Denise Ramsey
East St. Louis
Miss Ramsey
Davis
Washington Park
Kenneth Koski
Zoning petitions heard by Grundy County Board tonight
Four county zoning petitions go before the Grundy County Board of Appeals in a 7:30 p.m. public hearing at the Grundy County Courthouse. The docket includes a mobile home variance in Goodfarm Township and three rezoning requests to support a tearoom and boutique, a manufacturing district upgrade by a bank, and a 50 foot setback variance in Maine Township. Written or oral testimony is welcome.
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Grundy County
Grundy
Minooka
Celeste Kinsella
Morris
Dwight Rd
Illinois River
Frank Weber
Armstrong St
County Planning Commission
John Hanson
Weber
Hanson
Melvin Jackman
Rte. 1
Gardner
Maine
Judge orders Pioneer Oaks subdivision plat approval
In Grundy County Circuit Court Judge Thomas Clydesdale issued a writ of mandamus ordering the Grundy County Board to approve the preliminary plat for Pioneer Oaks Subdivision in Nettle Creek Township. The developers James McElwain and William Palmer argued the plan meets zoning and comprehensive plan guidelines, with no variance requested and adequate three acre lots.
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Grundy County
Grundy County Board
Pioneer Oaks
Nettle Creek
Thomas Clydesdale
James McElwain
William Palmer
Clydesdale
August Black
Black
County Board
Board of Health
Charles Zalar
Zalar
Jury Hears Evidence in Property Damage Suit Over 1606
A Morris jury hears testimony in a property damage case seeking 1606 33 for Glen Shelton of Joliet after a Aug 25 1976 collision on Griggs Dr involving Ronald Hinrichs of Davenport Iowa. Key witnesses include Morris officer Gerald Broderick and a defense witness whose testimony was ruled inadmissible.
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Morris
Glen Shelton
Joliet
John Hanson
George Black
Ronald Hinrichs
Davenport
Iowa
Hinrichs
Shelton
Griggs Dr
Sandra Crumb
Lorenzo
Calhoun St
Hanson
Gerald Broderick
Broderick
Morris Harbor Service
Marina
Liberty St
Stratton Park
Illinois Ave
Harbor Service
Manuel Valdez
James Avery
Griggs
Black
Mazon advises boiling drinking water after leak found
Mazon residents must boil drinking water after the Illinois EPA cited low water pressure from a suspected leak. Mayor Frank Sereno said water will be shut off in sections intermittently while the village tests for the leak, and residents should continue boiling water until notified otherwise.
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Mazon
Frank Sereno
Illinois Environmental Protection Agency
Sereno
Flooding Closes Parks and Damages Property Across County
Heavy rainfall and thawing temps pushed Illinois River higher, flooding low areas and washing out roads. By Monday morning the river neared 19.4 feet with more rain possible tonight. Gebhard Woods and Stratton state parks remained closed as girded sandbags faced floating ice.
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Herman Bellm
Tabler Rd
Aux Sable Creek
Gebhard Woods State Park
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Will County
Sangamon
Mississippi
ESDA
Temple
Jim Lutz
Zimmerman
Liberty
Morris Daily Herald
Ray Webb
Continental Grain
N. River Rd
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