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July 11-14 Severe Weather Event


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AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL  
252 PM CDT MON JUL 13 2015  
   
MESOSCALE DISCUSSION
 
 
252 PM CDT  
 
MESOSCALE ENVIRONMENT CONTINUES TO BE MONITORED THIS AFTERNOON  
FOR EVIDENCE OF CONVECTION INITIATION. CAP NOTED IN DVN 18Z RAOB  
SUGGESTS A LITTLE LATER DEVELOPMENT...WHILE WARM FRONT APPEARS TO BE  
EVOLVING FARTHER NORTHEAST INTO NORTHERN IL AND SUGGESTS MORE  
THE MORE SUBSTANTIAL RISK MAY EXISTS FARTHER NORTH/EAST.  
 
18Z SOUNDINGS FROM ILX AND DVN DEPICT A STRONG LOW-LEVEL CAP  
NEAR/NORTH OF THE WARM FRONT (DVN)...AND EXTREME INSTABILITY (MUCAPE  
OF 5300 J/KG AT DVN AND 6600 J/KG AT ILX). BOTH SOUNDINGS DEPICT  
STRONG DEEP LAYER BULK SHEAR AROUND 50 KTS. THIS DATA CONTINUES TO  
INDICATE A STRONG POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...WITH EROSION  
OF THE CAP AND TIME AND LOCATION OF INITIATION THE MAIN QUESTION.  
FORECAST SOUNDINGS FROM RECENT RAP RUNS DO INDICATE WEAKENING OF THE  
CAP THROUGH LATE AFTERNOON IN THE 22-00Z TIME FRAME. SATELLITE DATA  
INDICATES ONE MID-LEVEL SHORT WAVE APPEARS TO BE MOVING EAST ACROSS  
LAKE MICHIGAN/NORTHERN INDIANA AT 19Z...WITH A COUPLE OF ADDITIONAL  
RIPPLES NOTED BACK TOWARD SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA. WITH SOME CONSISTENCY  
CONVECTION ALLOWING MODELS...SUCH AS THE HRRR...SUGGEST THAT  
CONVECTION INITIATION MAY VERY WELL OCCUR ACROSS PARTS OF SOUTHEAST  
MINNESOTA/NORTHEAST IOWA/SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN...WHERE OUR  
NORTHEASTWARD DEVELOPING WARM FRONT INTERSECTS A SW-NE SYNOPTIC  
TROUGH ACROSS EASTERN IOWA. STORM MODE IS STILL ANTICIPATED TO BE  
DISCRETE SUPERCELLS OR CLUSTERS...THOUGH THE LOW LEVEL WIND FIELD  
HAS BECOME MORE HOMOGENEOUSLY SOUTHWEST WITH THE WARM FRONT/OLD  
OUTFLOW LESS DISTINCT THAN EARLIER. THEREFORE THE INITIAL SEVERE  
THREAT STILL LOOKS TO BE DAMAGING WINDS...VERY LARGE HAIL...AND  
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL. SOMEWHAT WEAKER 0-1 KM SHEAR AND 0-1 KM SRH  
APPEAR TO INDICATE A LOWER TORNADO THREAT...THOUGH WILL STILL  
CERTAINLY EXIST WHERE A STORM INTERACTS WITH LOCALLY BACKED FLOW  
ALONG ANY LINGERING BOUNDARIES. UPSCALE GROWTH INTO A LINEAR/BOWING  
MCS IS STILL ANTICIPATED LATER THIS EVENING...PERHAPS CONGEALING  
OVER OUR SOUTHEASTERN CWA BEFORE EXITING INTO INDIANA.  
 
WITH THE WARM FRONT EVOLVING FARTHER NORTHEAST...IT DOES APPEAR THAT  
THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT REMAINS SIGNIFICANT ACROSS ABOUT ALL OF  
THE WFO CHICAGO CWA...AND HAVE COLLABORATED WITH SPC WHO WILL  
SHORTLY BE EXPANDING THE MODERATE RISK FARTHER NORTHEAST INCLUDING  
THE CHICAGO METRO AREA.  
 
RATZER

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...THERE IS A MDT RISK OF SVR TSTMS FOR PORTIONS OF  
ILLINOIS...INDIANA...AND KENTUCKY...  
 
...THERE IS AN ENH RISK OF SVR TSTMS SURROUNDING THE MDT FROM PARTS  
OF SRN WI TO ERN TN...  
 
...THERE IS A SLGT RISK OF SVR TSTMS SURROUNDING THE ENH FROM PARTS  
OF THE UPPER MIDWEST TO WESTERN/CENTRAL PARTS OF THE CAROLINAS...  
 
...THERE IS A MRGL RISK OF SVR TSTMS SURROUNDING THE SLGT FROM PARTS  
OF THE NORTHERN/CENTRAL GREAT PLAINS TO THE SOUTHEAST STATES...  
 
...THERE IS A MRGL RISK OF SVR TSTMS OVER PARTS OF THE NORTHWESTERN  
UNITED STATES...  
   
..SUMMARY
 
 
MULTIPLE ROUNDS OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF DAMAGING  
WINDS...TORNADOES...AND LARGE HAIL ARE LIKELY THROUGH TONIGHT ACROSS  
MUCH OF THE MIDWEST...BUT ESPECIALLY ACROSS PORTIONS OF  
ILLINOIS...INDIANA...AND KENTUCKY.  
   
..PRIMARY CHANGES TO DAY-1 CONVECTIVE OUTLOOK
 
 
/1/ WRN PART OF MDT/ENH AREAS HAVE BEEN MOVED NWD/NEWD/EWD TO  
ACCOUNT FOR EXPECTED MCS DEVELOPMENT EVOLVING FROM CONVECTION  
FORECAST TO DEVELOP BY EARLY EVENING FROM NRN IL/SRN WI AND VICINITY  
-- INITIAL SUPERCELL STRUCTURES WILL LIKELY GROW UPSCALE WITH THE  
ENSUING MCS SPREADING SEWD NEAR THE NWD/NEWD-ADVANCING OUTFLOW  
BOUNDARY. SFC OBSERVATIONS INDICATE AIR-MASS RECOVERY INTO N-CNTRL  
IL...WITH THE PROJECTED OUTFLOW-BOUNDARY POSITION/INSTABILITY  
GRADIENT/MCS TRACK FORECAST TO LIE FARTHER E THAN PREVIOUSLY  
ANTICIPATED. EXTREME INSTABILITY IS SAMPLED ON THE WARM SIDE OF THIS  
GRADIENT...WITH RELATED INFLOW SUPPORTING MULTIPLE SWATHS OF SVR  
WIND GUSTS IN THE STRONGLY SHEARED ENVIRONMENT -- WITH THIS ACTIVITY  
SPREADING SEWD INTO KY THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS.  
 
/2/ SRN PART OF SLGT AREA HAS BEEN EXTENDED EWD TO PARTS OF THE  
PIEDMONT OF SC/NC TO ACCOUNT FOR THE ONGOING KY/SRN-OH MCS SPREADING  
SEWD WITH A DMGG-WIND RISK CONTINUING GIVEN A STRONGLY DESTABILIZING  
INFLOW AIR MASS.  
 
/3/ NRN PART OF SLGT AREA HAS EXTENDED NWWD INTO ADDITIONAL PARTS OF  
ERN MN/WRN WI WHERE ENHANCED DEEP ASCENT/DEEP SHEAR ASSOCIATED WITH  
A MID-LEVEL PERTURBATION WILL ENCOURAGE ISOLATED TO WIDELY SCATTERED  
SVR TSTM RISK THIS AFTERNOON IN THE MODEST-BUOYANCY ENVIRONMENT.  
 
..COHEN.. 07/13/2015  

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You guy's don't let anyone live anything down do you?  :axe:

 

 

i'm just pulling your leg

 

feel free to get in on the trolling when i get rolled later

 

You have to have been there to understand.

 

But yeah, now that North and East is the trend, hop on the alek bandwagon in about 4 hours.

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