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Severe Weather Risk For Thursday


Jim Martin

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Well looking at some of the models, a small enhanced risk of tornadoes could exist over W IN, E IL near the low and also in NE OH and W PA along a warm front, and on Friday in E OH and W PA/NY area near a deepening low pressure system

I would be skeptical of a tornado risk right now, the shear isn't really that spectacular and Friday the instability is lacking at least right now. .

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Well looking at some of the models, a small enhanced risk of tornadoes could exist over W IN, E IL near the low and also in NE OH and W PA along a warm front, and on Friday in E OH and W PA/NY area near a deepening low pressure system

Doubt it.

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Doubt it.

Well the SPC is biting a little more on Thursday. They now have a 30% risk area. They are even mentioning the potential for a few supercells before MCS development. Could end up being a semi-interesting day!

...MID MS AND OH VALLEYS THROUGH THE NERN STATES...

UPPER 50S-MID 60S BOUNDARY LAYER DEWPOINTS SHOULD CHARACTERIZE MUCH

OF THE WARM SECTOR ACROSS THE OH VALLEY INTO THE NERN STATES. MID

LEVEL LAPSE RATES ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN MODEST...BUT DIABATIC

WARMING SHOULD BOOST MLCAPE TO 1500-2000 J/KG DURING THE AFTERNOON.

STORMS WILL LIKELY INCREASE IN COVERAGE ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE COLD

FRONT AS THE BOUNDARY LAYER DESTABILIZES. STRONGEST WINDS ALOFT WILL

REMAIN POST FRONTAL...BUT MID-UPPER FLOW AND VERTICAL SHEAR WILL

GRADUALLY INCREASE OVER NRN PORTIONS OF WARM SECTOR AS UPPER TROUGH

AMPLIFIES.

PRIMARY STORM MODE WILL BE MULTICELLULAR FROM ERN HALF OF THE OH

VALLEY INTO THE NERN STATES WITH A THREAT OF ISOLATED DAMAGING WIND.

STRONGER VERTICAL SHEAR WILL SPREAD SEWD THROUGH THE MID MS VALLEY

AND WRN OH VALLEY IN ASSOCIATION WITH SEWD MOVING SHORTWAVE TROUGH.

POTENTIAL WILL EXIST FOR ORGANIZED STORMS IN THIS REGION INCLUDING A

FEW SUPERCELLS...BUT STORMS SHOULD EVENTUALLY EVOLVE INTO AN MCS

DURING THE EVENING INTO THE OVERNIGHT. DAMAGING WIND AND ISOLATED

LARGE HAIL WILL BE THE MAIN THREATS.

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Well looking at some of the models, a small enhanced risk of tornadoes could exist over W IN, E IL near the low and also in NE OH and W PA along a warm front, and on Friday in E OH and W PA/NY area near a deepening low pressure system

I would be skeptical of a tornado risk right now, the shear isn't really that spectacular and Friday the instability is lacking at least right now. .

Ironically, my local paper (the State Journal-Register) had a feature article pointing out the dearth of tornadoes in central Illinois so far this year due to the drought. Per the article, only 5 tornadoes have been reported in the ILX counties (and 18 in the rest of IL) so far this year. All of the ILX tornadoes have been in east-central IL (Monticello-Champaign-Danville areas) to this point.

http://www.sj-r.com/top-stories/x417564796/Dry-weather-has-a-positive-side-fewer-tornadoes

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The New day 2 is interesting and the 12z NAM/GFS came in stronger/West with the surface low. A much more pronounced warm front setting up along the IN/MI-OH/MI border on the 12z NAM also, which has been trending in that direction with the last 3 subsequent runs. Certainly something to monitor going forward but I could actually see a decent severe chance for N IN/NW OH and Extreme Southern OH.

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Part of the day 2 from SPC...

...SRN GREAT LAKES/OH VLY SWWD INTO THE OZARKS PLATEAU...

MODERATE NORTHERLY MID-LEVEL FLOW IS EXPECTED TO PERSIST THURSDAY ON

THE EASTERN PERIPHERY OF THE SUBTROPICAL HIGH...ACROSS THE LOWER

CENTRAL INTO SOUTHERN PLAINS AND PORTIONS OF THE MIDDLE MISSISSIPPI

VALLEY AND OZARK PLATEAU. STRENGTHENING OF WESTERLY MID-LEVEL FLOW

IN A CYCLONIC BELT ACROSS THE SOUTHERN GREAT LAKES REGION PROBABLY

WILL ALSO OCCUR...BUT THIS COULD CONTINUE TO REMAIN NORTH OF THE

WARM SECTOR ENVIRONMENT ACROSS MUCH OF THE LOWER OHIO VALLEY.

CONVECTIVE CLOUD COVER AND PRECIPITATION ACROSS THE WARM

SECTOR...ASSOCIATED WITH AT LEAST A COUPLE OF WEAK PERTURBATIONS

PRECEDING THE MAIN SHORT WAVE IMPULSE DIGGING SOUTHEAST OF THE UPPER

MISSISSIPPI VALLEY BY EARLY THURSDAY...MAY ALSO LIMIT SURFACE

HEATING AND BOUNDARY LAYER DESTABILIZATION.

WITH THESE UNCERTAINTIES IN MIND...THE NOSE OF VERY WARM LOW-

LEVEL...BUT STILL ELEVATED /AROUND 850 MB/...MIXED LAYER AIR

EMERGING FROM THE SOUTHERN PLAINS MAY BECOME THE PRIMARY FOCUS FOR

VIGOROUS CONVECTIVE DEVELOPMENT. THIS CURRENTLY SEEMS LIKELY TO

EXTEND ACROSS SOUTHERN ILLINOIS INTO CENTRAL INDIANA BY LATE

AFTERNOON...WHERE VERTICAL SHEAR MAY BE STRONG ENOUGH TO SUPPORT

ORGANIZED CONVECTIVE DEVELOPMENT IN THE PRESENCE OF FORCING

ASSOCIATED WITH THE DEVELOPING SURFACE LOW. WITH FORECAST SOUNDINGS

INDICATING THERMODYNAMIC PROFILES CHARACTERIZED BY SIZABLE SUB-CLOUD

TEMPERATURE-DEW POINTS SPREADS ...POTENTIALLY DAMAGING WIND GUSTS

MAY BE THE MOST PROMINENT SEVERE THREAT...PARTICULARLY AS WESTERLY

DEEP LAYER MEAN FLOW STRENGTHENS TO 30-40 KT ACROSS THE MID/UPPER

OHIO VALLEY/LOWER GREAT LAKES REGION THURSDAY EVENING.

AN ADDITIONAL PRE-FRONTAL STORM CLUSTER OR TWO MAY NOT BE OUT OF THE

QUESTION...BENEATH NORTHERLY MID-LEVEL FLOW...ON THE EASTERN FRINGE

OF MORE STRONGLY CAPPING ELEVATED MIXED LAYER AIR...ACROSS PARTS OF

THE OZARK PLATEAU LATE THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

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Well the SPC is biting a little more on Thursday. They now have a 30% risk area. They are even mentioning the potential for a few supercells before MCS development. Could end up being a semi-interesting day!

Lack of stronger flow in the low levels and substantial temp/dewpoint depressions (especially earlier in the day) will probably limit the tornado threat substantially. Mid level flow isn't great either since the trough is so strongly positively tilted that it holds much of the mid level energy back within the post frontal regime. As the outlook suggests, could see some decent MCS clusters given the adequately unstable environment, and forcing from the sfc low as it tracks ENE across the region.

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Do you guys think this will be a big severe weather risk for the Ohio Valley? Yesterday's models barely showed much in the way of severe weather parameters. Today, the SPC SREF is much more agressive with the chance for severe weather in parts of Ohio.

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The New day 2 is interesting and the 12z NAM/GFS came in stronger/West with the surface low. A much more pronounced warm front setting up along the IN/MI-OH/MI border on the 12z NAM also, which has been trending in that direction with the last 3 subsequent runs. Certainly something to monitor going forward but I could actually see a decent severe chance for N IN/NW OH and Extreme Southern OH.

Problem could be instability though. I'm not completely sold on tomorrow with limited amount of sun we'll have it seems

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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

TORNADO WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI

455 PM CDT THU AUG 9 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...

NORTHEASTERN FAYETTE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST IOWA...

CENTRAL WINNESHIEK COUNTY IN NORTHEAST IOWA...

* UNTIL 600 PM CDT

* AT 450 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A TORNADO NEAR STATE ROAD 9 AND 245TH STREET...OR 6 MILES WEST OF DECORAH...MOVING SOUTH AT 30 MPH. THIS TORNADO WARNING UPGRADES THE PREVIOUS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR FAYETTE AND WINNESHIEK COUNTIES.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...

CONOVER AROUND 500 PM...

CALMAR AND FORT ATKINSON AROUND 505 PM...

OSSIAN AROUND 510 PM...

FESTINA AROUND 515 PM...

ST. LUCAS AROUND 520 PM...

ELDORADO AND COUNTY ROADS W 42 AND B 40 AROUND 525 PM...

DOUGLAS AROUND 530 PM...

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MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 1729

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

0511 PM CDT THU AUG 09 2012

AREAS AFFECTED...ERN IA

CONCERNING...SEVERE POTENTIAL...WATCH POSSIBLE

VALID 092211Z - 092345Z

PROBABILITY OF WATCH ISSUANCE...60 PERCENT

SUMMARY...A FEW SEVERE STORMS WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS ARE LIKELY...AND A WATCH MAY BE NEEDED SOON.

DISCUSSION...A SHORTWAVE TROUGH WITH MIDLEVEL TEMPS NEAR -15 OR SO WILL CONTINUE TO DIVE SEWD ACROSS THE UPPER MS VALLEY. AT THE SURFACE...A BOUNDARY EXTENDED FROM NEAR THE TWIN CITIES SEWD INTO NRN IL...WITH A SUFFICIENTLY WARM AIR MASS TO THE W TO SUPPORT SEVERE STORMS. INCREASING SPEED SHEAR WITH HEIGHT IS RESULTING IN LONG STRAIGHT HODOGRAPHS FAVORABLE FOR SUPERCELLS...WITH COOL AIR ALOFT FAVORING LARGE HAIL. WITH COLD DOWNDRAFTS...SEVERE WIND GUSTS MAY OCCUR AS WELL. ANY TORNADO THREAT SHOULD BE BRIEF AND WEAK DUE TO LACK OF ANY APPRECIABLE LOW LEVEL SHEAR AND SUBSTANTIAL OUTFLOW. STORMS WILL MOVE RAPIDLY SEWD AND MAY AFFECT THE QUAD CITIES AREA IN 2-3 HOURS.

..JEWELL/CORFIDI.. 08/09/2012

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Some decent looking cells in central Illinois and western Indiana right now. Looks like the Bloomington area had some interesting storms, saw a report of a 65mph gust and another with 1.5" hail.

Looks like the action will stay well to the south of here though.

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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

TORNADO WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN

702 PM EDT THU AUG 9 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...

SOUTHEASTERN FOUNTAIN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA...

SOUTHWESTERN MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA...

NORTHEASTERN PARKE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA...

NORTHWESTERN PUTNAM COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA...

* UNTIL 730 PM EDT

* AT 659 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS

STORM WAS LOCATED 9 MILES SOUTHEAST OF VEEDERSBURG...OR 15 MILES

WEST OF CRAWFORDSVILLE...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...

WALLACE...

ALAMO...

SHADES STATE PARK...

WAVELAND...

RUSSELLVILLE...

NEW MARKET...

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