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                   Tuesday, July 12, 2011 - 8:21PM CDT

Illinois pulse severe storms - July 12

By DAN ROBINSON
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A bit of a letdown today, as downstream convection fouled the environment for a would-be bow echo complex moving southeastward out of northeast Missouri. My chase was short, going only as far as Hillsboro, IL (east of I-55) to position for the bow echo that wasn't. As is typical for midsummer high-cape, weak-upper-flow days in the Midwest, there was lots of lightning, heavy rain and a few interesting cloud features, but not much in the way of photo-capturable material. I did get hit by a small but intense downburst south of Hillsboro that shredded trees along the road, but it happened too fast to get cameras on it.

July 12, 2011 Illinois storms

July 12, 2011 Illinois storms

July 12, 2011 Illinois storms

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