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August 10th, 2020 | A long-lived, intense windstorm known as a derecho swept across the state of Iowa and Illinois producing 100-120 mph winds in eastern Iowa and 80-100 mph winds with embedded tornadoes across northern Illinois. Relive the experience with my latest vlog, THE BIG WIND.

Andrew Pritchard

Sep 5
4 min

Quieter moments at the lake

In between the heavy weather forecasting load of the growing season and storm observation opportunities I was able to spend a few quieter...

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Andrew Pritchard

Jul 19
1 min

July 15th 2020 | Significant Tornado near Divernon, Illinois

Documented a significant, but well-behaved tornado that tracked through the open farm fields between Farmersville and Divernon, Illinois....

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Andrew Pritchard

Jun 13
4 min

June 9th, 2020 | Tropical Depression Cristobal in Illinois

The remnants of Tropical Depression Cristobal made their way up the Mississippi River and into portions of the Midwest on Tuesday, June 9...

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Andrew Pritchard

May 23
1 min

May 23rd, 2020 | Pontiac to Loda, IL Supercells

May 23rd showed a lot of promise with a compact wave rotating into northern Illinois. A potentially volatile day was muted some when stor...

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Andrew Pritchard

May 17
1 min

May 17th 2020 | Tornado near Macon, Illinois

A rainy MCV produced several rotating storms across central Illinois this afternoon. I tracked one sustained mesocyclone toward the town ...

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Andrew Pritchard

May 9
1 min

April 28th 2020 | Brief, Weak Tornado at Dawson, Illinois

While storm mode across Illinois on Tuesday, April 28th was predominantly linear and outflow dominant, I followed one embedded supercell ...

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Andrew Pritchard

Apr 11
3 min

April 8th 2020 | High-based supercells in central Illinois

A weird setup presented itself across central Illinois on Wednesday, driven largely by steep lapse rates and an EML plume from the southw...

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Andrew Pritchard

Jan 27
4 min

January 14-16th 2020 | Vegas Desert Business Casual Hike

For my work as an agricultural meteorologist with Nutrien Ag Solutions, I get the luxury of spending much of the winter and early spring ...

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Andrew Pritchard

Sep 29, 2019
3 min

September 29th 2019 | Champaign County, IL Flying Saucer Supercell

I almost botched this day by flinching after an early supercell near Peoria, IL. The storm had prompted tornado warnings and was continui...

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Andrew Pritchard

Aug 20, 2019
1 min

August 20th 2019 | Champaign County Shelf Cloud

A morning cluster of thunderstorms in Iowa organized into a bow echo that swept across central Illinois during the late-morning hours of ...

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Andrew Pritchard

May 24, 2019
1 min

May 24th 2019 | Post, TX Supercell Timelapse

Early initiation of storms near the lunch hour ruined what was otherwise expected to be a classic panhandle day. Instead, storms erupted ...

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Andrew Pritchard

May 23, 2019
1 min

May 23rd 2019 | Lubbock, Texas Dusty Supercell

Colin Davis, Alex Hall, and myself followed a dusty supercell that produced golfball sized hail near Lubbock, Texas. The storm also came ...

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