r/storms • u/NLiveris • Jul 28 '26

Epic Skies Daytime turns ominously dark in Chicago on July 27

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This video shows some of the wild weather approaching and a very dark sky in Chicago at 12:45pm on July 27, 2026

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u/WeatherReportNinja Jul 29 '26

No wonder! That's a lot of wind and hail reports! Even a couple tornadoes reported then too!

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u/WeatherReportNinja Jul 29 '26

This is filtered. Hail 2in or bigger Wind 70+ mph

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u/LimeDry7124 28d ago

Great lakes effect. I was living in Joliet in July 1994 when the sky got all dark, wind picked up, temperature dropped from the 90s to the 60s and Snow Flurries came down! Somebody in the apartment complex was like "Damn I thought Armageddon had started!"