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December 23-27th Storm System's/Severe Weather Potential


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Moderate extended northeast into Kentucky

 

 
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DAY 1 CONVECTIVE OUTLOOK    
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK  
1034 AM CST WED DEC 23 2015  
  
VALID 231630Z - 241200Z  
  
...THERE IS A MDT RISK OF SVR TSTMS OVER FAR SRN PORTIONS OF  
IL/IND...WRN AND CNTRL KY....SERN MO....ERN AR...WRN AND MIDDLE  
TN....NRN MS AND FAR NWRN AL...  
  
...THERE IS AN ENH RISK OF SVR TSTMS FROM THE OH TO LOWER MS  
VALLEY...  
  
...THERE IS A SLGT RISK OF SVR TSTMS FROM THE SRN GREAT LAKES TO  
GULF COAST...  
  
...THERE IS A MRGL RISK OF SVR TSTMS FROM THE GREAT LAKES TO GULF  
COAST AND SRN MID-ATLANTIC...  
   
..SUMMARY  
  
AN OUTBREAK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND TORNADOES IS FORECAST TODAY  
INTO TONIGHT FROM THE OHIO VALLEY INTO THE TENNESSEE AND LOWER  
MISSISSIPPI VALLEYS.  THE GREATEST RISK FOR A FEW  
INTENSE...LONG-TRACKED TORNADOES WILL EXIST OVER WESTERN TENNESSEE  
INTO NORTHERN MISSISSIPPI AND EASTERN ARKANSAS THIS AFTERNOON INTO  
TONIGHT.  
   
..SYNOPSIS  
  
A NEGATIVELY TILTED MID-LEVEL TROUGH FROM THE CNTRL HIGH PLAINS TO  
ARKLATEX WILL EJECT NEWD THROUGH THE MID-MS VALLEY INTO UPPER GREAT  
LAKES AHEAD OF AN AMPLIFYING UPSTREAM SYSTEM ALONG THE PACIFIC NW  
COAST.  AT THE SURFACE...AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE OVER NERN KS WILL  
CONCURRENTLY DEVELOP NEWD TO CNTRL WI BY 24/00Z PRIOR TO REACHING  
CNTRL ONTARIO BY 12Z/THURSDAY.  MEANWHILE...A TRAILING COLD FRONT  
WILL SURGE EWD THROUGH THE MID-MS VALLEY INTO UPPER GREAT LAKES AND  
OH VALLEY WITH THE TRAILING EXTENSION OF THE FRONT ADVANCING MORE  
SLOWLY INTO THE LOWER-MS VALLEY.  ELSEWHERE...AN OUTFLOW  
BOUNDARY/RESIDUAL BAROCLINIC ZONE FROM CNTRL LA TO ALONG THE MS/AL  
COASTS AND THEN NEWD THROUGH E-CNTRL GA INTO THE CAROLINA PIEDMONT  
WILL ATTEMPT TO DEVELOP NWD/NWWD IN RESPONSE TO STRENGTHENING  
LOW-LEVEL SLY WINDS.  
   
..OH VALLEY INTO THE TN AND LOWER-MS VALLEYS  
  
MULTIPLE BANDS OF STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS ARE ONGOING AS OF MID  
MORNING FROM SRN IL TO CNTRL AR WITH THIS ACTIVITY LIKELY BEING  
FORCED BY A COMBINATION OF LOW-LEVEL WARM THERMAL AND MOISTURE  
ADVECTIONS...AND THE LEADING EDGE OF STRONGER MID-LEVEL HEIGHT  
FALLS/DCVA DOWNSTREAM OF THE MIGRATORY SHORT-WAVE TROUGH.  WHILE  
CLOUDS WILL LIKELY REMAIN FAIRLY WIDESPREAD ACROSS THE WARM  
SECTOR...POLEWARD FLUXES OF HEAT AND MOISTURE ALONG A  
BROADENING/STRENGTHENING SWLY LLJ WILL ALLOW FOR THE AIR MASS TO  
DESTABILIZE AHEAD OF THE ONGOING STORMS.  AFTERNOON MLCAPE VALUES  
ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 250-500 J/KG ACROSS THE OH VALLEY TO AS  
HIGH AS 1500-2500 J/KG OVER THE LOWER-MS VALLEY WHERE RICHER  
LOW-LEVEL MOISTURE AND THE POTENTIAL FOR STRONGER DAYTIME HEATING  
WILL RESIDE.  
  
LATEST CONVECTION-ALLOWING MODEL GUIDANCE REMAINS CONSISTENT WITH  
EARLIER DATA IN SUGGESTING THAT THE BOWING STRUCTURE OVER SERN  
MO/NERN AR WILL CONTINUE NEWD ALONG THE OH RIVER WITH AN ATTENDANT  
RISK FOR POTENTIALLY WIDESPREAD DAMAGING WINDS AND EMBEDDED  
TORNADOES GIVEN THE PRESENCE OF STRONG LOW-LEVEL AND DEEP-LAYER  
SHEAR.  FARTHER SW OVER ERN AR INTO WRN TN AND NRN MS...THE  
FAVORABLE OVERLAP OF MODERATE INSTABILITY AND STRONG VERTICAL SHEAR  
WILL YIELD AN ENVIRONMENT CONDUCIVE FOR TORNADIC SUPERCELLS THIS  
AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT WHERE THE POTENTIAL WILL EXIST FOR A FEW  
INTENSE...LONG-TRACKED TORNADOES.  THIS CONVECTIVE REGIME  
--FEATURING REGENERATIVE/BACKBUILDING STORMS-- WILL PERSIST  
OVERNIGHT FROM THE TN VALLEY INTO LOWER-MS VALLEY WHERE A CONTINUED  
RISK FOR TORNADOES AND DAMAGING WINDS WILL EXIST.    
   
..CNTRL GULF COAST INTO CAROLINA PIEDMONT  
  
THE INLAND FLUX OF HIGH THETA-E AIR FROM OFF THE GULF OF MEXICO WILL  
FOSTER AN INCREASE IN TSTMS ACROSS THE REGION TODAY WITH ACTIVITY  
LARGELY BEING FOCUSED ALONG THE RESIDUAL FRONT/OUTFLOW BOUNDARY  
WHICH WILL ATTEMPT TO DEVELOP NWD/NWWD.  GIVEN THE PRESENCE OF A  
MOIST AND AT LEAST MARGINALLY UNSTABLE AIR MASS COINCIDENT WITH THE  
ERN EDGE OF STRONGER DEEP-LAYER WIND FIELDS ATTENDANT TO THE CNTRL  
U.S. SYNOPTIC SYSTEM...A RISK FOR A FEW TORNADOES AND LOCALLY  
DAMAGING WINDS WILL EXIST WITH THE MOST INTENSE STORMS.  
   
..MID-MS VALLEY  
  
AN ADDITIONAL BAND OF TSTMS IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON  
AHEAD OF THE MIGRATORY SURFACE LOW AND TRAILING COLD FRONT FROM  
PORTIONS OF ERN MO INTO WRN IL...ALONG THE CHANNEL OF STRONGEST  
MID-LEVEL HEIGHT FALLS ATTENDING THE UPPER-AIR SYSTEM.  POCKETS OF  
STRONGER HEATING AND RESIDUAL DEWPOINTS IN THE 50S WILL YIELD MLCAPE  
OF AROUND 500 J/KG AMIDST STRONG VERTICAL SHEAR.  AS SUCH THE  
POTENTIAL WILL EXIST FOR LOW-TOPPED SUPERCELLS AND BOWING STRUCTURES  
CAPABLE OF A FEW TORNADOES...DAMAGING WINDS AND PERHAPS SOME HAIL.

 

  
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PUBLIC SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK  

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK  

1047 AM CST WED DEC 23 2015  

 

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED OVER PARTS OF THE LOWER/MIDDLE  

MISSISSIPPI VALLEY AND TENNESSEE VALLEY THIS AFTERNOON AND  

TONIGHT...  

 

* LOCATIONS...  

WESTERN AND CENTRAL KENTUCKY  

WESTERN AND MIDDLE TENNESSEE  

SOUTHERN INDIANA  

SOUTHERN ILLINOIS  

SOUTHEAST MISSOURI  

NORTHERN MISSISSIPPI  

EASTERN ARKANSAS  

NORTHWEST ALABAMA  

 

* HAZARDS...  

WIDESPREAD DAMAGING WINDS, SOME HURRICANE FORCE  

SEVERAL TORNADOES, A FEW INTENSE  

ISOLATED LARGE HAIL  

 

* SUMMARY...  

AN OUTBREAK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND TORNADOES IS FORECAST  

TODAY INTO TONIGHT FROM THE OHIO VALLEY INTO THE TENNESSEE AND  

LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEYS. THE GREATEST RISK FOR A FEW INTENSE,  

LONG-TRACKED TORNADOES WILL EXIST OVER WESTERN TENNESSEE INTO  

NORTHERN MISSISSIPPI AND EASTERN ARKANSAS THIS AFTERNOON INTO  

TONIGHT.  

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THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHICAGO HAS ISSUED A  
 
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...  
NORTHWESTERN IROQUOIS COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...  
CENTRAL FORD COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...  
SOUTHEASTERN LIVINGSTON COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS...  
 
* UNTIL 1115 AM CST  
 
* AT 1050 AM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A  
TORNADO WAS LOCATED 9 MILES SOUTH OF CHATSWORTH...OR 9 MILES SOUTH  
OF PIPER CITY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH.  
 

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Some damage reports from where two of the more distinct couplets moved through E-C. IL earlier...

 

1035 AM TSTM WND DMG FOOSLAND 40.35N 88.42W  
12/23/2015 CHAMPAIGN IL COUNTY OFFICIAL  
 
SIX POWER-LINE POLES DOWN  
 
1004 AM TSTM WND DMG 2 N WELDON 40.16N 88.75W  
12/23/2015 DE WITT IL BROADCAST MEDIA  
 
GRAIN BIN THROWN INTO A FIELD.

 

0957 AM TSTM WND DMG SW OAKLEY 39.85N 88.82W  
12/23/2015 MACON IL EMERGENCY MNGR  
 
HOUSE SHINGLES BLOWN OFF TOW SHEDS BLOWN DOWN.  
 
0958 AM TSTM WND DMG OAKLEY 39.85N 88.82W  
12/23/2015 MACON IL BROADCAST MEDIA  
 
ROOF PARTIALLY TORN OFF A CHURCH.  

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THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS

FAR NORTHEAST LOUISIANA

NORTHERN AND WESTERN MISSISSIPPI

WESTERN TENNESSEE

* EFFECTIVE THIS WEDNESDAY MORNING AND EVENING FROM 1155 AM UNTIL

800 PM CST.

...THIS IS A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION...

* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

SEVERAL TORNADOES AND A FEW INTENSE TORNADOES LIKELY

SCATTERED DAMAGING WINDS LIKELY WITH ISOLATED SIGNIFICANT GUSTS

TO 75 MPH POSSIBLE

ISOLATED LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 1.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE

SUMMARY...ONGOING SEVERE STORMS EAST OF LITTLE ROCK SHOULD INTENSIFY

THROUGH THE AFTERNOON WITH ADDITIONAL STORMS FORMING SOUTHWARD

ACROSS THE ARK-LA-MISS REGION. ENVIRONMENT IS CONDUCIVE TO

LONG-TRACK SUPERCELLS WITH SIGNIFICANT TORNADOES AND DAMAGING WINDS

AS THE PRIMARY HAZARDS.

THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 100 STATUTE

MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF

DYERSBURG TENNESSEE TO 50 MILES EAST OF MONROE LOUISIANA. FOR A

COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE

UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU9).

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