The circus was in town and the big top was packed when the show ended at 5:30 pm.. By 6:00 pm the crowd leaving the circus grounds had converged on the streets of , a small town of 1500 people. The sky was dark and some hail was falling.

The tornado began as a waterspout 15 miles away on . A few minutes after 6:00 pm, It slammed into the gathered crowd in the center of town. A constant, rolling lightning illuminated the tornado against pitch black clouds.
There was no safe haven.Many were speared by flying timbers. Nails exploded out like shrapnel from the sides of buildings. Bricks rained down in every direction. People were picked up and thrown into the sides of collapsing buildings. Strong winds that followed the tornado fueled fires that spread in every direction. Many who had survived the twister were burned alive.117 people were killed, another125 were injured. The town was almost completely leveled. - the worst tornado disaster in Wisconsin history.

After a windy and seasonal late November day we will see temperatures cool off some for tomorrow but with winds slackening off to less than 10 mph, the wind chill factor will be non-existent for Wednesday.

Tonight: Clouds will decrease during the evening hours and skies should be mostly clear tonight. Low temperatures will drop into the 20’s surrounding Philadelphia but will drop into the mid 30’s in Center City.
Wednesday: Skies should be mostly sunny to start the day but with high clouds may move in during the later afternoon hours as warm air moves in aloft ahead of a cold front that will cross on Thursday. Temperatures will bounce up into the mid 40’s for nearly everyone but should not drop off as much tomorrow night as high clouds help to limit cooling overnight.

Climate Corner: November continues its cool march and will finish below normal in both temperatures and precipitation for the first time in seven years.
Hurricane Season To End Above Normal, But Less Active Than Though: The 2007 Atlantic Hurricane season ends on Friday with 14 named storms but was less active than Dr. William Gray forecasted it to be. It is possible that at least one tropical depression will be upgraded to tropical storm during reanalysis this winter, with Tropical Depression 10 being a possible candidate to be upgraded.

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