As Illinoisans swap out flip-flops for sweaters this fall season, Chris Miller with the National Weather Service in Lincoln reminds us that the arrival of cooler temperatures doesn't necessarily mean the end of severe weather.
Miller says severe weather outbreaks occur even between the months of October and February-citing a devastating outbreak of tornadoes that leveled the Illinois towns of Washington and Gifford in November of 2013.
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Miller explains the fuel behind these odd weather phenomenon’s.
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Central Illinois may have lucked out most during the peak of severe weather-Miller says there have been just 11 confirmed tornadoes on the ground across the region this year.
