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2015 Short Term Severe Weather Discussion


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...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1230 AM CDT FOR WESTERNHENNEPIN...SOUTH CENTRAL WRIGHT AND NORTHERN CARVER COUNTIES...AT 1205 AM CDT...A CONFIRMED TORNADO WAS LOCATED OVER WATERTOWN...OR15 MILES SOUTH OF BUFFALO...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO.SOURCE...RADAR CONFIRMED TORNADO.IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT         SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE         TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR.  TREE DAMAGE IS         LIKELY.

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MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 1458
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
1223 AM CDT SAT JUL 18 2015

AREAS AFFECTED...E-CNTRL/SERN MN...W-CNTRL/SWRN WI

CONCERNING...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 432...

VALID 180523Z - 180630Z

THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 432
CONTINUES.

SUMMARY...BOWING QLCS OVER THE WRN TWIN CITES METRO AREA SHOULD
CONTINUE E/SEWD WITH AT LEAST STRONG WIND GUSTS AND A RISK FOR BRIEF
QLCS TORNADO OR TWO. UNLESS RAPID DIMINISHING OF CONVECTIVE
INTENSITY OCCURS SOON...DOWNSTREAM WW ISSUANCE APPEARS LIKELY.

DISCUSSION...BOWING QLCS WITH A SWATH OF AROUND 40-KT MEASURED WIND
GUSTS SHOULD PROGRESS THROUGH THE HEART OF THE TWIN CITIES METRO
AREA DURING THE NEXT HALF HOUR GIVEN FORWARD EWD MOVEMENT OF ABOUT
40-45 KT. A QUITE ENLARGED LOW-LEVEL HODOGRAPH MODIFIED FOR THIS
STORM MOTION SUPPORTS 0-1 SRH AROUND 500 M2/S2 WHICH WILL FAVOR A
RISK FOR A QLCS TORNADO OR TWO IN ADDITION TO STRONG WIND GUSTS
/35-50 KT/. THIS BOW MAY TURN A BIT MORE SELY WITH TIME ALONG THE MS
RIVER AS IT LIKELY RIDES ALONG THE THETA-E/MLCAPE GRADIENT...WITH
THE NRN EXTENT WEAKENING GIVEN A MORE STABLE AIR MASS OVER MOST OF
NRN WI.

..GRAMS/EDWARDS.. 07/18/2015


ATTN...WFO...GRB...MKX...ARX...MPX...

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This new model was the only one to suggest that Monday's MCS wouldn't die out... but instead, persist/strengthen.

 

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Most of the ensembles have at least some MCS remnants in the OH/IN/MI tri-state area with convection getting stronger.

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I think the slight risk is gonna get shifted and/or expanded south and east to include northern Ohio, northern Indiana, and southern Michigan. Southeast Ohio and west Pennsylvania might get at least a marginal risk. 
 
Anyway... that's my predictions. Let's see how wrong I am

 

Just for fun... its ensemble mean has a LI <-14

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This new model was the only one to suggest that Monday's MCS wouldn't die out... but instead, persist/strengthen.

 

 

 

Most of the ensembles have at least some MCS remnants in the OH/IN/MI tri-state area with convection getting stronger.

 

 

I think the slight risk is gonna get shifted and/or expanded south and east to include northern Ohio, northern Indiana, and southern Michigan. Southeast Ohio and west Pennsylvania might get at least a marginal risk. 
 
Anyway... that's my predictions. Let's see how wrong I am

 

Just for fun... its ensemble mean has a LI <-14

Really far off.

 

SPC mentions possibility of enhanced risk.

 

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DAY 1 CONVECTIVE OUTLOOK

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

0100 AM CDT SAT JUL 18 2015

VALID 181200Z - 191200Z

...THERE IS A SLGT RISK OF SVR TSTMS ACROSS THE MIDWEST/GREAT

LAKES...

...THERE IS A SLGT RISK OF SVR TSTMS ACROSS THE CENTRAL HIGH

PLAINS...

...THERE IS A MRGL RISK OF SVR TSTMS FROM THE CENTRAL HIGH PLAINS TO

THE NORTHEAST/MID-ATLANTIC STATES...

...THERE IS A MRGL RISK OF SVR TSTMS ACROSS FL...

...THERE IS A MRGL RISK OF SVR TSTMS ACROSS THE LOWER CO RIVER

VALLEY/SOUTHWEST STATES...

...SUMMARY...

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ESPECIALLY THIS AFTERNOON AND

EVENING ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE MIDWEST AND GREAT LAKES REGION AS

WELL AS THE CENTRAL HIGH PLAINS. A FEW STRONG STORMS MAY ALSO

DEVELOP ACROSS PARTS OF THE MID-ATLANTIC AND NORTHEAST STATES.

...SYNOPSIS...

AN UPPER RIDGE WILL REMAIN CENTERED OVER THE ARKLATEX VICINITY

THROUGH TONIGHT/EARLY SUNDAY...WITH A SEMI-PROGRESSIVE/MODERATELY

STRONG BAND OF WESTERLIES EXTENDING FROM THE NORTHERN ROCKIES TO THE

UPPER MIDWEST/GREAT LAKES. THE MOST NOTABLE LARGER-SCALE FEATURE

WILL BE AN EAST/NORTHEASTWARD-MOVING SHORTWAVE TROUGH OVER THE

CANADIAN PRAIRIES AND THE UPPER MIDWEST/UPPER GREAT LAKES...WITH AN

ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT EXPECTED TO MOVE EAST-SOUTHEASTWARD ACROSS THE

UPPER MS RIVER VALLEY/UPPER GREAT LAKES AND CORN BELT.

...GREAT LAKES/MIDWEST/UPPER MS RIVER VALLEY...

THE REMNANTS OF TWO MCS/S ARE EXPECTED TO BE SOMEWHERE ACROSS PARTS

OF WI/IA AND NEARBY UPPER MS VALLEY/UPPER GREAT LAKES. EARLY-DAY

/NEAR AND JUST AFTER 12Z/ SEVERE POTENTIAL IS NOT LIKELY...BUT THE

REMNANTS OF THE MCS/S INCLUDING OUTFLOW/RESIDUAL CLOUD COVER WILL BE

IMPORTANT FORECAST FACTORS AND POINTS OF MESOSCALE UNCERTAINTY INTO

THE AFTERNOON.

THE MOST CONSEQUENTIAL LARGER-SCALE FORCING FOR ASCENT/HEIGHT FALLS

AND VERTICAL SHEAR /40-55 KT EFFECTIVE/ WILL OVERSPREAD FAR EASTERN

MN INTO WI AND NEARBY UPPER GREAT LAKES...BUT THE NORTHERN EXTENT OF

THE SEVERE RISK TRENDS MORE UNCERTAIN/CONDITIONAL INTO NORTHERN

WI/UPPER MI BASED ON AFOREMENTIONED EARLY-DAY UNCERTAINTIES. THE

MOST CONSEQUENTIAL HEATING/DESTABILIZATION NEAR/AHEAD OF THE

ADVANCING COLD FRONT IS EXPECTED TO BE ACROSS IA/NORTHERN IL INTO

SOUTHERN WI AND POTENTIALLY LOWER MI...ON THE SOUTHERN EDGE OF

STRONGER FORCING/WINDS ALOFT. MLCAPE ON THE ORDER OF 3000-5000 J/KG

CAN BE EXPECTED WITHIN THAT CORRIDOR BY PEAK HEATING.

SOME INITIAL SUPERCELLS CAPABLE OF LARGE HAIL/DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE

POSSIBLE AS STORMS INCREASE NEAR THE COLD FRONT BY MID/LATE

AFTERNOON. A TORNADO RISK MAY ALSO BE POSSIBLE ACROSS WI/EASTERN

IA...POTENTIALLY MAXIMIZED NEAR WHERE THE COLD FRONT INTERSECTS ANY

RESIDUAL OUTFLOW/EFFECTIVE WARM FRONT...AND POTENTIALLY PARTS OF MI

AS LOW-LEVEL SOUTH-SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE BY

EARLY EVENING. CLUSTERS OF STORMS/BOWS MAY EVOLVE DURING THE EVENING

WITH AN INCREASED DAMAGING WIND RISK...AIDED BY WHAT ARE EXPECTED TO

BE STEADILY STRENGTHENING WESTERLY MID-LEVEL WINDS /40-60 KT BETWEEN

3-8 KM AGL/.

GIVEN THE MOIST AIR MASS AND A STRENGTHENING DEEP-LAYER WIND

FIELD...SOMEWHAT HIGHER SEVERE PROBABILITIES /ENHANCED RISK/ MAY

ULTIMATELY BE WARRANTED FOR PORTIONS OF THE REGION...INCLUDING PARTS

OF WI AND NEARBY IA/NORTHERN IL...PENDING LATER-DAY DETAILS

REGARDING EARLY-DAY OUTFLOW/RESIDUAL CLOUD COVER.

 

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Damage pictures/videos from the potential tornado in SE Tippecanoe county earlier.

 

http://www.jconline.com/story/news/2015/07/17/home-damaged-in-storms/30317787/

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT  NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN  907 AM EDT SAT JUL 18 2015     .TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON     .DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE.                ..REMARKS..    0438 PM     TORNADO          12 SE LAFAYETTE         40.29N  86.71W  07/17/2015                   TIPPECANOE         IN   NWS STORM SURVEY                NWS SURVEY REVEALED EF1 DAMAGE WITH APPROXIMATELY 97               MPH WINDS IN THE SOUTHEAST PORTION OF TIPPECANOE               COUNTY...SOUTH OF THE INTERSECTION OF HIGHWAY 52 AND               COUNTY ROAD 900 SOUTH. OBSERVED DAMAGE INCLUDED A               COLLAPSED GARAGE...DOWNED TREES...AND AT LEAST ONE HOME               WITH VINYL SIDING REMOVED.     
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This new model was the only one to suggest that Monday's MCS wouldn't die out... but instead, persist/strengthen.

 

Most of the ensembles have at least some MCS remnants in the OH/IN/MI tri-state area with convection getting stronger.

 

 

I think the slight risk is gonna get shifted and/or expanded south and east to include northern Ohio, northern Indiana, and southern Michigan. Southeast Ohio and west Pennsylvania might get at least a marginal risk. 
 
Anyway... that's my predictions. Let's see how wrong I am

 

Just for fun... its ensemble mean has a LI <-14

I like my call now.

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Nice excerpt from ILN:

 

.NEAR TERM /UNTIL 10 PM THIS EVENING/...
BOWING ECHO SEGMENT OVER MICHIGAN WILL TRACK SOUTHEAST AND LAY OUT
A NW-SE BOUNDARY FROM LAKE MICHIGAN TO SOMEWHERE NEAR A DAYTON-
CHILLICOTHE OR PORTSMOUTH LINE. ADDITIONAL CONVECTION IS EXPECTED
TO SPARK ALONG THE BOUNDARY LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...AND
THERE IS A NON-ZERO POTENTIAL FOR AN MCS TO RIDE SOUTHEAST ALONG
THIS BOUNDARY FROM THE CHICAGO AREA THIS LATE EVENING AND
OVERNIGHT.

MAJORITY OF THIS SCENARIO COMES FROM THE 0Z RUN OF THE NMM AND A
LOT OF CREATIVE INTERPRETATION. OTHER MODELS DO NOT SEE THE
CONVECTION IN MICHIGAN OR FIRE COMPLEXES WHERE THEY OBVIOUSLY
ARENT AND WILL NOT BE IN THE NEAR FUTURE. EVEN THE NMM IS RUNNING
ABOUT 2 HOURS BEHIND THE COMPLEX BUT THIS IS TYPICAL AND DOES NOT
CAUSE ANY ADDITIONAL CONCERN THAT IT IS RUNNING OFF IN ANY
APPRECIABLE MANNER.

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New D2 resembles an event from a few years ago...it's showing up on CIPS too. 7-10-13 was the worst storm I've ever experience here in Columbus, worse in fact than the 6-29 derecho locally.

 

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I mentioned that analog in the main severe weather thread.

 

Definitely looks to be the top choice. 

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New D2 resembles an event from a few years ago...it's showing up on CIPS too. 7-10-13 was the worst storm I've ever experience here in Columbus, worse in fact than the 6-29 derecho locally.

I was wondering why I don't remember that... I looked at the event, I remember that nice and clear now. The squall split right over me. I remember looking at those black clouds to my east while I was standing on completely dry pavement. :angry:

 

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Apparently a separate tornado with the cell southeast of LAF yesterday.

 

 


PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT  NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN  213 PM EDT SAT JUL 18 2015     .TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON     .DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE.                ..REMARKS..    0433 PM     TORNADO          10 SE LAFAYETTE         40.31N  86.74W  07/17/2015                   TIPPECANOE         IN   NWS STORM SURVEY                NWS SURVEY REVEALED EF1 DAMAGE WITH APPROXIMATELY 100               MPH WINDS AFFECTING A RESIDENCE SOUTH OF NEWCASTLE               ROAD...BETWEEN COUNTY ROAD 775 EAST AND COUNTY ROAD 900               EAST IN SOUTHEAST TIPPECANOE COUNTY. NUMEROUS TREES WEST               OF THE AFFECTED RESIDENCE HAD TOPS SHEARED OFF OR WERE               DOWNED COMPLETELY AND A GARAGE AT THE RESIDENCE WAS               DESTROYED.     
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GFS has been consistent with another severe event next weekend as a rather strong short wave travels atop the central US ridge. More 80 degree dew points for Illinois.with 200-250 0-3km SRH... however, gone are the days of 50-60 knot effective shear. GFS puts out 20-30 knot shear at best, with the best CAPE/shear combination in Minnesota

 

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Tonight's GFS then brings the severe threat into SE MI/OH/KY with the best parameters along the warm front. ILN already mentions this event

 

BY SUNDAY...ON THE BACK SIDE OF THE HIGH...WE WILL SEE AN INCREASE
IN LOW LEVEL MOISTURE. SOME DISTURBANCES IN THE NORTHWEST FLOW
ALOFT...COMBINED WITH INCREASED INSTABILITY...MAY BRING A THREAT OF
SHOWERS AND STORMS. GIVEN THIS IS WAY OUT IN THE EXTENDED...A
TYPICAL SUMMER 30 PERCENT CHANCE WILL BE EMPLOYED.

 

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GFS has been consistent with another severe event next weekend as a rather strong short wave travels atop the central US ridge. More 80 degree dew points for Illinois.with 200-250 0-3km SRH... however, gone are the days of 50-60 knot effective shear. GFS puts out 20-30 knot shear at best, with the best CAPE/shear combination in Minnesota

 

Actually it has 40-50 kts of 0-6 km shear near the wind shift in central MN.

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Looks to me like the new 4 day outlook that will come out overnight will have to highlight most of Minnesota for Friday 7/24. The 12z 07/20 GFS and the ECMWF are both hinting at severe possibilities.  MPX has adjusted the TS HOPWRF to start it's run at 12am on Friday, and it concurs.

 

 

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I can't show the Euro but it has convection breaking out a bit further south than that, and about 6 hrs earlier.

 

Edit:  Timing issues are still a question, but I think the Day 4 outlook could go 30% north of MSP, and 15% from MSP and points south.

 

Thoughts anyone?

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By the way, I won't start a severe threat thread until timing issue are resolved, and to be honest I don't know which forum to put it in, this one or the western, but given the downstream implications, (which I haven't looked at) I am leaning to this sub forum.  I am really busy on Tuesday and won't have much info available to me, so if someone else wants to start the thread it's fine with me.

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Looks to me like the new 4 day outlook that will come out overnight will have to highlight most of Minnesota for Friday 7/24. The 12z 07/20 GFS and the ECMWF are both hinting at severe possibilities.  MPX has adjusted the TS HOPWRF to start it's run at 12am on Friday, and it concurs.

 

 

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I can't show the Euro but it has convection breaking out a bit further south than that, and about 6 hrs earlier.

 

Edit:  Timing issues are still a question, but I think the Day 4 outlook could go 30% north of MSP, and 15% from MSP and points south.

 

Thoughts anyone?

That model seems a bit robust :lol:

 

Dunno what Euro's parameters look like, but GFS has been solid. The best CAPE/shear overlap is in Minnesota (3000+ CAPE/40 0-6km shear)... but the SRH isn't great (100-150). There's a decent CAPE/shear overlap along the warm front in Iowa and Ilinois (3000+/30 0-6km shear)... but the SRH is higher (200-350). 

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