Just started raining here, based on radar could have 3 back to back bouts of heavier rains. Going to take a lot for the atmosphere to recover I would think. Finally heard my first rumble of thunder about 2am as the obernight complex moved through.
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 66
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
1015 PM CDT Fri Mar 27 2020
The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of
West-central Illinois
East-central Missouri
* Effective this Friday night and Saturday morning from 1015 PM
until 400 AM CDT.
* Primary threats include...
Scattered large hail and isolated very large hail events to 2.5
inches in diameter possible
Isolated damaging wind gusts to 60 mph possible
SUMMARY...Initially elevated supercell across central Missouri
should progress near the I-70 corridor with additional development
possible to the east-northeast into the early morning. Large hail
will be the primary hazard.
The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 45
statute miles north and south of a line from 15 miles west southwest
of Columbia MO to 30 miles south of Decatur IL. For a complete
depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline update
(WOUS64 KWNS WOU6).
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
REMEMBER...A Severe Thunderstorm Watch means conditions are
favorable for severe thunderstorms in and close to the watch area.
Persons in these areas should be on the lookout for threatening
weather conditions and listen for later statements and possible
warnings. Severe thunderstorms can and occasionally do produce
tornadoes.
&&
AVIATION...A few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to
2.5 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 50 knots. A
few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 500. Mean storm motion vector
25050.
...Grams
Beat me to it, just got home and seen that. I know better than to get my hopes up, but 3 straight days in a Mrgl or Slight. Still haven't heard thunder this year.
CPC still with a rather large severe area in the 8+ day range. SPC and WPC have nothing delineated in the 7-8 day range, SPC with predictability too low.
New thing for CPC? Usually the delineate the SPC and WPC areas of notez but now they are going out on their own beyond warmer/colder than average.
Hit 68 degrees today, warmest day since Oct. 19th.
Be nice when these temps get here without the higher winds.
As sad as the winter had seemed, still ended up nearly 10" above normal on snowfall.
I'm ready to hear some thunder.