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April 1st-4th Severe Weather Thread


andyhb

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Considering the supercell in Wise and Denton counties of the DFW Metroplex is on the dryline, I'm not surprised it is already rotating.  I'm looking at NBC5's regional radar and see the hook echo. There maybe need for a Tornado Warning soon...

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new development sw of that cell? wxground cell ID K0

 

Yes there's linear development forming to the SW of the original cell.   TDFW shows very nicely the outflow boundary from the first cell, as the whole line slowly translates east if we were to see something pop out in front I could see it rotating.

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gust frontal feature very apparent southeast of the warned thunderstorms in the northwest end of the metroplex. that gust front looks to move thru denton while the hail threat moves to the northeast of  Sanger towards Collinsville, Tioga, and Pilot Point.

 

As for the trailing storms, it looks like they'll be almost training over the same track as the initally warned storms. So I have to wonder if flash flooding may become an issue eventually.

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Yes there's linear development forming to the SW of the original cell.   TDFW shows very nicely the outflow boundary from the first cell, as the whole line slowly translates east if we were to see something pop out in front I could see it rotating.

The low-level wind minimum over the area and VBV profiles may complicate tornadogenesis, despite the excellent thermodynamic environment. We'll see...

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Big time wording in the new D1.

 

DAY 1 CONVECTIVE OUTLOOK  
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK  
0300 PM CDT THU APR 03 2014  
 
VALID 032000Z - 041200Z  

   
..THERE IS A MDT RISK OF SVR TSTMS ACROSS PARTS OF MO...AR
 
SRN  
IL...WRN KY...WRN TN...NW MS AND NRN LA...  
 
...THERE IS A SLGT RISK OF SVR TSTMS ACROSS PARTS OF THE MS  
VALLEY...OZARKS...SRN PLAINS...OH AND TN VALLEYS...  
 
...POTENTIAL FOR OUTBREAK OF SEVERE STORMS AND TORNADOES EXISTS LATE  
THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING ACROSS PARTS OF THE OZARKS AND MID MS  
VALLEY...  
 
A POTENT UPPER-LEVEL TROUGH IS MOVING OUT INTO THE SRN HIGH PLAINS  
AT THIS TIME WITH A 80 TO 100 KT MID-LEVEL JET CURRENTLY OVER THE TX  
PANHANDLE. AS THIS MID-LEVEL JET MOVES ENEWD ACROSS A MOIST AND  
UNSTABLE WARM SECTOR LATE THIS AFTERNOON...SEVERAL CLUSTERS OF  
TORNADIC SUPERCELLS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP IN THE OZARKS AND MID MS  
VALLEY. NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS ARE CURRENTLY DEVELOPING ALONG A WARM  
FRONT EXTENDING EWD ACROSS CNTRL MO INTO SRN IL AND SSWWD ALONG A  
COLD FRONT IN SE KS AND NERN OK WITH MORE ISOLATED DEVELOPMENT SOUTH  
OF THE RED RIVER. IN ADDITION TO THE STORMS DEVELOPING ALONG  
BOUNDARIES...MODEL FORECASTS SUGGEST THAT SEVERAL CLUSTERS OF  
DISCRETE STORMS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE WARM SECTOR FROM FAR ERN OK  
EWD ACROSS SCNTRL MO AND AR.  
 
OBJECTIVE ANALYSIS CURRENTLY SHOWS A 50-60 KT LOW-LEVEL JET ACROSS  
THE MODERATE RISK AREA. WSR-88D VWPS AT SPRINGFIELD MO...LITTLE ROCK  
AR AND FORTH SMITH AR SHOW STRONG LOW-LEVEL SHEAR PROFILES WITH 0-3  
KM STORM RELATIVE HELICITIES IN THE 250 TO 300 M2/S2 RANGE. THE  
LOW-LEVEL SHEAR SHOULD INCREASE AS THE MID-LEVEL JET IN THE SRN  
PLAINS APPROACHES FROM THE WEST. AS THIS FEATURE MERGES WITH THE  
LOW-LEVEL JET LATE THIS AFTERNOON...LOW-LEVEL AND DEEP-LAYER SHEAR  
PROFILES WILL BECOME VERY FAVORABLE FOR SUPERCELLS AND TORNADOES.  
THE CURRENT THINKING IS THAT SEVERAL CLUSTERS OF SUPERCELLS WILL  
DEVELOP ACROSS THE MODERATE RISK AREA AND THAT MULTIPLE SIGNIFICANT  
TORNADOES WILL BE LIKELY. SEVERAL LONG-TRACK TORNADOES WILL BE  
POSSIBLE AS WELL.
AT THIS POINT...THE MOST FAVORED CORRIDOR APPEARS  
TO BE FROM SPRINGFIELD MO SWD TO NEAR LITTLE ROCK AND EWD TO NEAR  
POPLAR BLUFF MO AND MEMPHIS TN.  
 
FOR AN OUTBREAK OF TORNADOES...SEVERAL FACTORS MUST COME TOGETHER.  
THE FIRST IS THAT MANY DISCRETE CELLS WOULD NEED TO INITIATE ACROSS  
THE WARM SECTOR AS THE LOW TO MID-LEVEL JET COUPLET PASSES BY. A  
COUPLE MODEL SOLUTIONS KEEP MOST OF THE CONVECTIVE DEVELOPMENT ALONG  
THE COLD FRONT WHICH RAISES THE QUESTION ABOUT HOW MANY DISCRETE  
STORMS THERE WILL BE. ANOTHER FACTOR THAT COULD IMPACT THE EVENT IS  
THE LARGE NUMBER OF STORMS THAT DEVELOPED ACROSS THE WARM SECTOR  
THIS MORNING. ALSO...THERE IS STILL CONSIDERABLE SPREAD AMONG MODEL  
SOLUTIONS. FOR THESE REASONS...WILL KEEP THE OUTLOOK AT UPPER-END  
MODERATE RISK MAINTAINING THE POTENTIAL FOR A OUTBREAK OF SEVERE  
STORMS FROM THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT PERIOD.  

 
IN ADDITION...A COUPLE CHANGES HAVE BEEN MADE TO THE OUTLOOK. THE 15  
PERCENT TORNADO PROBABILITY HAS BEEN EXTENDING INTO PARTS OF NW AR.  
THE SLIGHT RISK AREA HAS BEEN EXPANDED SOUTHWESTWARD ACROSS PARTS OF  
CNTRL TX WHERE TORNADO WATCH 52 IS LOCATED. ALSO EXPANDED THE  
THUNDER AREA WWD INTO PARTS OF WEST TX WHERE HIGH-BASED STORMS HAVE  
INITIATED.  
 
..BROYLES.. 04/03/2014
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The low-level wind minimum over the area and VBV profiles may complicate tornadogenesis, despite the excellent thermodynamic environment. We'll see...

 

Yeah, winds in OK have really veered and will continue so per the RAP... storms seem to have struggled to become discrete. The surging front has also not helped matters although this issue may become less prevalent as the front slows down.

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Environement directly ahead for the batch of cells in SW MO doesn't bode to well for discreteness. Deep layer shear is lacking a bit, but then again, the environment will do what it wants.oXySFtc.png

 

Environement directly ahead for the batch of cells in SW MO doesn't bode to well for discreteness. Deep layer shear is lacking a bit, but then again, the environment will do what it wants.oXySFtc.png

I'm concerned about the southwest surface winds..

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