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Still hope for everyone back west.

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FXUS63 KDVN 292009

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AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL

309 PM CDT FRI JUN 29 2012

.SYNOPSIS...

12Z UA ANALYSIS HAD AN IMPLIED 850MB WARM FRONT RUNNING FROM

NORTHERN NEBRASKA INTO NORTHEAST MISSOURI. MOISTURE WAS POOLING

NORTH OF THIS BOUNDARY ACROSS IOWA AND ILLINOIS WITH DEW POINTS IN

THE MID TEENS TO LOWER 20S. SATELLITE IMAGERY THROUGH EARLY

AFTERNOON HAS THE MORNING CONVECTION WELL EAST OF THE AREA WITH

NEW CONVECTION DEVELOPING AS A RESULT OF AN MCV IN WESTERN IOWA.

TRENDS IN SATELLITE/RADAR THE PAST FEW HOURS SHOWS CONVECTION

SLOWLY GETTING STRONGER.

18Z SFC ANALYSIS IS EXTREMELY NOISY WITH NUMEROUS MESOSCALE

FEATURES. A WAKE LOW WAS NEAR KRFD WITH A MESO LOW OVER THE

NORTHWEST PARTS OF THE KDSM METRO AREA. OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES WERE

ACROSS THE SOUTHERN CWFA WITH ANOTHER WEAK BOUNDARY MOVING SOUTH

FROM THE KDSM LOW TO NEAR KTVK. DEW POINTS WERE GENERALLY IN THE

60S WITH POCKETS OF 70 DEW POINTS IN WESTERN IOWA AND ALONG THE

OUTFLOW BOUNDARY IN THE SOUTHERN CWFA.

&&

.SHORT TERM...TONIGHT AND SATURDAY

NONLINEAR PROCESSES ARE DOMINATING THE SENSIBLE WX. AS SUCH

ANALYSIS OF TRENDS AND CONCEPTUAL MODELS WERE USED HEAVILY FOR THE

IMMEDIATE TERM. INPUT FROM RAP MODEL TRENDS USING THE MCS AND

LIFT TOOLS HELPED A LITTLE TOO.

TRENDS FROM THE RAP MODEL SUGGEST CONVECTION WILL CONTINUE TO

DEVELOP AND STRENGTHEN ACROSS SOUTHERN IOWA THE NEXT SEVERAL

HOURS. MCS TOOL SUGGESTS THE COLLISION OF THE OUTFLOW BOUNDARY WITH

THE APPROACHING BOUNDARY FROM THE MESO LOW WILL INITIATE

CONVECTION THAT MOVES INTO THE CWFA LATE THIS AFTERNOON. SAID

CONVECTION SHOULD EVOLVE INTO A LINEAR MCS THAT MOVES EAST AND

SOUTH DURING THE EVENING HOURS.

THE POTENTIAL ENERGY BUILT UP IN THE CLEAR AREAS ACROSS SOUTHERN

IOWA SHOULD ALLOW THE STORMS TO BECOME QUITE STRONG. SEVERE STORMS

MAY BE POSSIBLE LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING WITH THE NEW

CONVECTION. TRENDS OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS WILL BE THE KEY TO WHAT

HAPPENS.

LATER TONIGHT...THE MCS AND LIFT TOOLS ARE SUGGESTING YET ANOTHER

MCS WILL DEVELOP OUT WEST AND MOVE INTO THE AREA. EFFECTIVE

BOUNDARIES LEFT OVER FROM THE EARLIER CONVECTION SHOULD DICTATE

WHERE THIS CONVECTION GOES. REGARDLESS...THIS CONVECTION SHOULD

BE ANOTHER LINEAR MCS. IF THIS MCS CAN BECOME SURFACE BASED...THE

DIFFERENTIAL THETA E SUGGESTED IN THE MODELS WOULD SUPPORT SEVERE

STORMS WITH WIND...POSSIBLY EXTREME...BEING THE PRIMARY THREAT.

THIS SECOND MCS SHOULD BE IN A DECAYING MODE OR EXITING THE CWFA

SATURDAY MORNING. COLD POOLS LEFT OVER FROM THIS MCS ALONG WITH

OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES WOULD THEN PROVIDE THE FOCUS FOR NEW CONVECTION

SATURDAY AFTERNOON.

AS FOR THE HEAT HEADLINES...THE OUTFLOW BOUNDARY FROM CONVECTION

THIS MORNING HAS HELPED HOLD DOWN TEMPERATURES SOMEWHAT ACROSS THE

SOUTH. FOR NOW WILL CONTINUE WITH THE CURRENT HEADLINES BUT

CONVECTION LATE THIS AFTERNOON/EVENING MAY RESULT IN THE HEAT

ADVISORY BEING CANCELLED FOR MOST IF NOT ALL OF THE AREA. ..08..

.LONG TERM...SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH NEXT FRIDAY...

ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES TO CONTINUE AND HUMID WITH A CHANCE OF

THUNDERSTORMS INTO MONDAY.

OVERVIEW...CONCERNS OF NON-LINEAR CONVECTION AND OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES

AS HAVE OCCURRED TODAY AND DISCUSSED YESTERDAY TO REMAIN A MAJOR

CHALLENGE INTO MONDAY.

INITIALIZATION ADEQUATE WITH VERIFICATION SUGGESTING AN OVERWEIGHT OF

GFS AND NAM-WRF. CONVECTION THIS PM AND TONIGHT WILL IMPACT NEXT

ROUND OF CONVECTION TOMORROW NIGHT INTO SUNDAY AS WELL AS

TEMPERATURES...JUST LIKE TODAY. AGAIN...TIMING AND LOCATION OF

PRECIPITATION WILL BE HARD TO CLARIFY BEYOND 6-12 HOURS AHEAD DUE TO

NON-LINEAR NATURE AND OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES IMPACTING SUBSEQUENT

CONVECTION EVENTS. HIGH TO EXTREME STABILITY IS STILL INDICATED INTO

MONDAY WITH MUCAPES OF 2500 TO 4000+ J/KG...MAX DIFFERENTIAL THETA_E

OF 30C...POSSIBLY MORE AND WBZ 12-14K AGL SUPPORTIVE OF RISK OF

DAMAGING TO VERY DAMAGING STRAIGHT LINE WINDS. THE NEXT COUPLE OF

DAYS MAY SEE REPORTS OF 80+ MPH WINDS NEAR OR IN OUR FORECAST AREA

DUE TO THIS HIGH TO EXTREME INSTABILITY. THIS HAS NOW OCCURRED TODAY

WITH OUR CONVECTION THIS MORNING NOW MOVING EAST INTO NORTHERN

INDIANA AS A BOWING SYSTEM AND IS BECOMING A DERECHO WITH FORT WAYNE

AIRPORT REPORTING MEASURED WIND GUSTS OF 79 KTS...OR 91 MPH.

TEMPERATURES TO STAY ABOVE NORMAL BY 5 TO 10 DEGREES THROUGH NEXT

WEEK.

SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY...UPPED POPS WITH ANOTHER ROUND OF

CONVECTION SUGGESTED...MAINLY FOR SOUTH 1/2 OF AREA. KEY WILL BE

STRENGTH OF OUTFLOW FROM MCS TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY. NORTH SECTIONS

SHOULD STAY NORTH OF OF COOL POOL OUTFLOW AND SUPPORTIVE OF HIGHS 90

DEGREES AND POSSIBLY ONLY MID 80S FOR LATER SHIFTS ON SUNDAY.

MINS SATURDAY NIGHT MOSTLY 70 TO 75 DEGREES WITH UPPER 60S POSSIBLE

IN HEAVIEST RAINFALL AREAS. HIGH PW/S OF OVER 1.5 UP TO 2 INCHES AND

WEAKER STEERING CONTINUE TO SUPPORT LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL OF 2 PLUS

INCHES FOR LATER SHIFTS TO MONITOR AND POSSIBLY 3+ INCHES WITH

TRAINING OF STORMS AND POSSIBLE T-BONE OF WARM ADVECTION WING OF

STORMS AHEAD OF A MAIN BOWING LINE. IF WE GET GOOD LATE PM HEATING

THEN CONCERN REMAINS OF A DECENT AREA OF STRONG WINDS WITH A BOWING

SEGMENT AS MENTIONED ABOVE EARLIER DUE TO HIGH/EXTREME INSTABILITY.

HEAT INDICES IN SOUTHERN SECTIONS MAY PUSH UPPER 90S TO AROUND 100

DEGREES SUNDAY AFTERNOON.

SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY...HAVE LOW CHANCE POPS ATTM...POOR CONFIDENCE

HERE DUE TO EVIDENCE OF WARM FRONT TO PUSH NORTH AND ENOUGH UPPER

SUPPORT FOR ANOTHER MCS THAT SOLUTIONS OFTEN POORLY CAPTURE. LATER

SHIFTS MAY NEED TO AGAIN UP POPS AND ADJUST HI TEMPERATURES DOWN AS

THE CASE THE PREVIOUS 3 DAYS.

MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY...AREA TO REMAIN ON THE EDGE OF OUR

NORMAL MID SUMMER "RING OF FIRE" WITH STRONG UPPER LEVEL RIDING. KEPT

MOSTLY DRY BUT A LOW RISK OF CONVECTION REMAINS THAT MAY PROPAGATE

OR FIRE FOR LATER SHIFTS TO RECONSIDER. MODERATE TO HIGH INSTABILITY

CONTINUE TO SUPPORT A SEVERE STORM POTENTIAL WITH ANY STORMS WITH

AGAIN STRONG STRAIGHT LINE WINDS DUE TO HIGH INSTABILITY. HI

TEMPERATURES MOSTLY 90 TO 95 DEGREES WITH SOME UPPER 90S POSSIBLE IN

SOUTH AND LOWS MOSTLY 70 TO 75 DEGREES AND AFTERNOON HEAT INDICES 95

TO 100 DEGREES SUGGESTED FOR A FEW TO SEVERAL HOURS. EVIDENCE OF A

BREAK IN THE HEAT TO DEVELOP BY THE FOLLOWING WEEKEND.

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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 437

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

350 PM CDT FRI JUN 29 2012

THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST IOWA

NORTHWEST ILLINOIS

EFFECTIVE THIS FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 350 PM UNTIL 900

PM CDT.

HAIL TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 70

MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 45

STATUTE MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 45 MILES NORTHWEST

OF OTTUMWA IOWA TO 45 MILES NORTHEAST OF BURLINGTON IOWA. FOR A

COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE

UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU7).

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.

OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 435...WW 436...

DISCUSSION...A CLUSTER OF STORMS NEAR DSM IS EXPECTED TO SLOWLY

INTENSIFY THIS AFTERNOON IN ADVANCE OF A REMNANT MCV. STRONG

INSTABILITY IS PRESENT IN ADVANCE OF THE STORMS WHERE SURFACE

HEATING IN CLOUD BREAKS WILL ALLOW ADDITIONAL DESTABILIZATION THIS

AFTERNOON. MEANWHILE...THE CONVECTION WILL HAVE A CORRIDOR TO

SPREAD EWD/ESEWD ALONG AND IMMEDIATELY N OF AN OUTFLOW BOUNDARY

ACROSS WRN IL AND SE IA. A FEW DAMAGING GUSTS AND LARGE HAIL WILL

BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS CONVECTION FOR THE NEXT FEW HOURS.

AVIATION...A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT

TO 2 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 60

KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 550. MEAN STORM

MOTION VECTOR 27030.

...THOMPSON

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reports rolling in from Ft Wayne area

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA

511 PM EDT FRI JUN 29 2012

.TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON

.DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE.

..REMARKS..

0300 PM TSTM WND GST 5 NE FORT WAYNE 41.13N 85.07W

06/29/2012 M88 MPH ALLEN IN TRAINED SPOTTER

SIDING BLOWN OFF HOUSES...LARGE OAK TREE LIMBS DOWN...PEA SIZED HAIL AS WELL

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this one sounds intense

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA

454 PM EDT FRI JUN 29 2012

.TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON

.DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE.

..REMARKS..

0305 PM TSTM WND DMG DECATUR 40.83N 84.93W

06/29/2012 ADAMS IN EMERGENCY MNGR

MASSIVE DAMAGE THROUGH THE ENTIRE NORTH PART OF ADAMS COUNTY WITH INTERMITTENT DAMAGE THROUGHOUT. SMALL FIRES...TRUCKS BLOWN OVER...TREES DOWN...AND ROOFS BLOWN OFF IN DECATUR.

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It was quite a ride here on the southwest side of Valpo when this storm initially formed. I was really surprised that this storm did not get warned. There was not much in the way of lightning and no hail, but the winds were extreme and the gusts kept coming for 10 minutes. Lot's of limbs down in the yard and the trampoline went airborne.

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Looks like MCS #2 is starting up in Iowa with extreme instability in front of it too. Looks like this one will follow right behind the one from earlier today too, though maybe a touch south of the path of the first one.

Real nice mid level structure on that visible from KDVN. Nice meso around 10 kft.

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I love the warning from DVN, 80 mph winds at issuance. Not pulling any punches. Too often I think there is a tendency to go with your "standard" 60 mph/1" warning and upgrade with a SVS. We're better than that at issuance for sure.

I think DMX will regret not extending that SVR to the DVN border though. They'll have to issue a tiny warning to cover that gap.

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Widespread but scattered tree damage across the Dayton area. I parked in an open area away from trees/poles and my car was being rocked like crazy. We were easily in the 60 mph range. No power at my house, neighbors lost their fence. That was fun, but now it sucks that I have no power. Ironically, it was the crappiest shelf cloud I've seen, but far and away the strongest straight line winds I've ever experienced...and I was in the RFD's of the two Henryville supercells in March.

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That was pretty scary. I live near a baseball diamond and I looked out my window and all I could see was horizontal dust and twigs flying around. Tree in my front yard has cracked vertically up the trunk but it is still standing. Apparently some got hurt during the Tattoo event at Wright-Patt when some tents came down.

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Yea, i may head a bit north, however i'm hoping it can begin to make a right turn and head e/se along the instability gradient towards dvn and pia

The atmosphere is recovering across nrn IL right now...we'll see where the gradient ends up but I have a feeling it's going to track N of PIA, especially given its current slightly N of due E motion.

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The atmosphere is recovering across nrn IL right now...we'll see where the gradient ends up but I have a feeling it's going to track N of PIA, especially given its current slightly N of due E motion.

I agree with you on that.

As an aside, check out the back shearing on that anvil, it's almost a perfect pancake.

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Lost power very briefly. Winds were insane but oddly not much in the way of thunder and lightning. Temp dropped from 99 to 66 in 30 minutes according to local mets. There was supposed to be an outdoor event at Wright Patt AFB this evening which has since been canceled. As the storms were closing in, the officials at the event told people not to leave their homes. There wre 4 injuries from people that were there already. there was to be around 80,000 people at this event. Luckily the organizers learned from the tradgedy in Indiana last year .

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That was pretty scary. I live near a baseball diamond and I looked out my window and all I could see was horizontal dust and twigs flying around. Tree in my front yard has cracked vertically up the trunk but it is still standing. Apparently some got hurt during the Tattoo event at Wright-Patt when some tents came down.

Looks like TCMH may have equipment problems.

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