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May 30 2009
Southeast Illinois

Managed another decent tornado-less chase. A supercell exploded near Clinton, IL around 5 PM, and would be an easy intercept near Arcola, IL. Getting ahead of it I could see it was pretty elevated. It stayed this way much of it's lifetime. Best shot it had was actually directly over the town of Arcola where I'd prefer it did not drop a tornado. A wall cloud rapidly condensed and exhibited decent rotation. It continued to cycle back and forth for another 15 miles, before returning to it's elevated state. It dropped copious amounts of severe hail all the way to the Indiana border, where I let it go.


Grungy wall cloud, rotating decently at this point.

Hail covering the ground in Ashmore, IL.