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June 1-6 Severe threats


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SPC has a Day 3 slight risk for Friday in the Upper MS Valley:

 

http://www.spc.noaa.gov/products/outlook/day3otlk.html

...UPPER MS VALLEY VICINITY...   THE LATEST RUNS OF THE GFS AND NAM ARE CONSISTENT IN DEVELOPING A   SURFACE LOW ENEWD FROM THE SRN SD VICINITY INTO SRN MN DURING THE   AFTERNOON.  EARLY CONVECTION -- DRIVEN BY WARM ADVECTION ASSOCIATION   WITH THE OVERNIGHT LOW-LEVEL JET -- MAY BE ONGOING ACROSS PARTS OF   THE RISK AREA.  THIS -- ALONG WITH QUESTIONS REGARDING DEGREE OF   BOUNDARY-LAYER MOISTENING OF THE PRE-FRONTAL WARM SECTOR -- RAISE   QUESTIONS WITH RESPECT TO DEGREE OF DESTABILIZATION WHICH WILL OCCUR   AHEAD OF THE SURFACE LOW/FRONT.   STILL...WITH SLY SURFACE FLOW STRENGTHENING IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE   APPROACHING LOW AND ENHANCED/WLY MID-LEVEL WINDS SPREADING EWD ATOP   THE REGION IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE UPPER SYSTEM...SHEAR SHOULD   BECOME QUITE FAVORABLE FOR SUPERCELLS ACROSS PARTS OF IA/MN/WI   DURING THE AFTERNOON AND INTO THE EVENING.  THEREFORE...WILL   INTRODUCE SLIGHT RISK ACROSS PARTS OF THIS AREA...GIVEN THE   APPARENT/EVOLVING RISK FOR HAIL/WIND AND POSSIBLY A COUPLE OF   TORNADOES.

Also a 15% risk already out for Saturday for large parts of MI/IN/IL:

 

http://www.spc.noaa.gov/products/exper/day4-8/

DAY 4-8 CONVECTIVE OUTLOOK     NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK   0400 AM CDT WED JUN 01 2016   VALID 041200Z - 091200Z   ...DISCUSSION...   LATEST RUNS OF THE GFS AND ECMWF ARE IN DECENT AGREEMENT THROUGH   MUCH OF THE PERIOD...BOTH DEPICTING CONTINUED DIGGING/AMPLIFICATION   OF THE UPPER TROUGH EXPECTED TO BE CROSSING THE UPPER MS VALLEY AREA   AT THE START OF THE PERIOD.  AS THIS TROUGH DIGS/EXPANDS SEWD ACROSS   THE MIDWEST/OH VALLEY DAY 4 /SAT. 6-4/...A SURFACE LOW SHIFTING EWD   ACROSS THE UPPER GREAT LAKES AND A TRAILING COLD FRONT ADVANCING   ACROSS THE MIDWEST WILL LIKELY FOCUS A BAND OF SHOWERS AND   THUNDERSTORMS.  WHILE LOW-LEVEL MOISTURE -- AND THUS CAPE -- APPEARS   LIKELY TO MODEST AHEAD OF THE FRONT...SEVERE THREAT MAY ALSO REMAIN   RELATIVELY TEMPERED.  STILL...WITH A 40 TO 50 KT MID-LEVEL JET   ACCOMPANYING THE UPPER SYSTEM...SHEAR SHOULD SUPPORT ISOLATED SEVERE   STORMS ACROSS PARTS OF LOWER MI/ERN IL/INDIANA.

And FWIW there is currently a Marginal risk for today for a sock-shaped area from the UP to STL:

 

http://www.spc.noaa.gov/products/outlook/day1otlk.html

...GREAT LAKES THROUGH MID MS VALLEY AREA...   A NARROW CORRIDOR OF WEAK INSTABILITY IS EXPECTED IN WAKE OF EARLY   PRE-FRONTAL CONVECTION...AND ADDITIONAL STORMS MAY INITIATE ALONG   THE FRONT FROM THE GREAT LAKES SWWD INTO THE MID MS VALLEY REGION.   WINDS ALOFT AND 0-6 KM SHEAR WILL BE STRONGER OVER THE GREAT LAKES   WHERE INSTABILITY WILL REMAIN MARGINAL AND THUNDERSTORM INITIATION   MORE UNCERTAIN...BUT WEAKER FARTHER SOUTH TOWARD THE MID MS VALLEY   WHERE MODERATE INSTABILITY MAY DEVELOP. NET RESULT IS THAT OVERALL   SEVERE THREAT SHOULD REMAIN LIMITED. NEVERTHELESS...A FEW STORMS MAY   BECOME CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LOCALLY STRONG WIND GUSTS AND MARGINALLY   SEVERE HAIL DURING THE AFTERNOON.
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In addition to heavy rainfall amounts from the isolated storms here in the SPI area earlier today (1.41 since midnight at Capitol Airport according to WICS-20's 5PM news), apparently there was a funnel cloud sighting in the west side of Springfield.  No warnings were issued related to this sighting:

 

NWUS53 KILX 012007
LSRILX

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
307 PM CDT WED JUN 01 2016

..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..

0245 PM FUNNEL CLOUD SPRINGFIELD 39.78N 89.64W
06/01/2016 SANGAMON IL PUBLIC

LOCATED AT INTERSECTION OF WASHINGTON ST AND VETERANS
PARKWAY ON WEST SIDE OF SPRINGFIELD.

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Today's threat ended up farther east than anticipated a few days ago:

 

http://www.spc.noaa.gov/products/outlook/day1otlk.html

...OH/TN VALLEY REGION...   AMPLE LOW-LEVEL MOISTURE CONTINUES TO SPREAD NEWD ACROSS THE AREA   WITHIN A BROAD DEEP-LAYER SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW REGIME...IN ADVANCE OF   AN UPPER TROUGH MOVING SEWD TOWARD THE GREAT LAKES.  12Z REGIONAL   SOUNDINGS INDICATE GENERALLY WEAK MID-LEVEL LAPSE RATES AND MARGINAL   INSTABILITY.  HOWEVER...DESTABILIZATION IS EXPECTED TO OCCUR WITHIN   AREAS OF FEWER CLOUDS/STRONGER DIURNAL HEATING WHERE LOW-LEVEL LAPSE   RATES ARE LIKELY TO STEEPEN INTO THE AFTERNOON.  CURRENT VISIBLE   SATELLITE IMAGERY SHOWS THIS IS MORE LIKELY TO OCCUR FROM ERN   TN...ERN KY...SRN OH INTO WV AND FAR SWRN VA WHERE FEWER CLOUDS ARE   PRESENT...WITH MAXIMUM MLCAPE REACHING 1000-1500 J/KG.   SCATTERED CONVECTION ACROSS A BROAD REGION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE   DEVELOPING WITHIN A WEAKLY CAPPED ENVIRONMENT THROUGH THE EVENING   HOURS.  THE VERTICAL SHEAR IS FORECAST TO GRADUALLY STRENGTHEN AS   SWLY FLOW ALOFT INCREASES IN ADVANCE OF THE AFOREMENTIONED NRN   STREAM UPPER TROUGH...WITH EFFECTIVE SHEAR OF 30-40 KT DEVELOPING   ACROSS THE REGION.  THIS WILL SUPPORT ORGANIZED MULTI-CELLULAR   CLUSTERS AND POSSIBLY ISOLATED SUPERCELLS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING   DAMAGING WIND GUSTS AND MARGINALLY SEVERE HAIL.  GIVEN THE LACK OF   WELL-DEFINED BOUNDARIES TO SPATIALLY FOCUS STORM DEVELOPMENT...IT   APPEARS LIKELY THAT MULTIPLE SMALL CLUSTERS OF STRONG/SEVERE STORMS   WILL DEVELOP AND SPREAD NEWD WITH TIME.
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Also major flooding not too far south of me--2 to 3 feet of flood water reported in Nokomis, IL from storms early this morning.  Flash Flood Warning issued earlier for eastern Montgomery County but is slated to expire (barring its extension) in a few minutes at 1PM:

 

NWUS53 KLSX 041643
LSRLSX

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
1143 AM CDT SAT JUN 04 2016

..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..

0955 AM FLASH FLOOD NOKOMIS 39.30N 89.29W
06/04/2016 MONTGOMERY IL TRAINED SPOTTER

REPORT OF WATER 2 TO 3 FT OVER ROUTE 16 IN THE NORTHERN
PART OF THE CITY.


&&

CORRECTED LOCATION

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Hoping to see my first legitimate storm of the season today. By legitimate, I don't mean severe, but more that it would be nice to see lightning for the first time since March (over Lake Ontario, no less).

 

Sitting at 74/63 right now. 

Yep, that pop up storm did it here. 20 CC/CG strikes within about 5 miles of me, including one roughly a quarter mile away. Back to partly sunny skies again, but that was fun. 

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Nice line of severe cells in se WI at present moving se.  Warned for 70mph wind gusts.

Models did have a 2nd wave coming through this evening, that is probably it. I don't know if it has enough behind it to make it this far but there is an outside chance of that.

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Hopefully this last storm off to the west can go severe. Sadly all of the stronger shear is over by the lake shore making NC Ohio the severe spot today. Some nice storms over the lake as well

 

Sandusky/Cedar Point took quite the punch today. Park closed on Monday due to lack of adequate power and damage cleanup.

 

img_20160605_150547.jpg?w=770

 

http://fox8.com/2016/06/05/photos-cedar-point-causeway-closed-power-out-in-sections-of-park-due-to-storm-damage/

 

http://www.wkyc.com/weather/severe-storms-roll-through-northeast-ohio/232766818

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Oh, hello!

From nothing to slight in two outlooks.

MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 0829

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

1041 AM CDT MON JUN 06 2016

AREAS AFFECTED...PORTIONS OF THE LOWER GREAT LAKES AND OHIO VALLEY

REGION

CONCERNING...OUTLOOK UPGRADE

VALID 061541Z - 061645Z

SUMMARY...A CATEGORICAL UPGRADE TO SLIGHT RISK IS BEING PLANNED FOR

THE 1630Z DAY 1 CONVECTIVE OUTLOOK...FOR PORTIONS OF THE LOWER GREAT

LAKES AND OHIO VALLEY REGION. CLUSTERS OF FAST-MOVING THUNDERSTORMS

WITH DAMAGING WIND GUSTS WILL LIKELY MOVE ACROSS THE AREA THIS

AFTERNOON.

DISCUSSION...THE LATEST OBSERVATIONAL DATA AND SHORT-RANGE MODEL

GUIDANCE OFFER INCREASING CONFIDENCE THAT FAST-MOVING CONVECTIVE

CLUSTERS WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE DMGG WIND GUSTS ACROSS

PORTIONS OF THE LOWER GREAT LAKES AND OHIO VALLEY REGION THIS

AFTERNOON. THIS ACTIVITY WILL BE IN ASSOCIATION WITH A VIGOROUS

UPPER-LEVEL DISTURBANCE APPROACHING THE AREA FROM THE WNW...AHEAD OF

WHICH A DESTABILIZING AIR MASS WILL EXIST AMIDST STRONG DEEP-LAYER

FLOW. ADDITIONAL METEOROLOGICAL REASONING FOR THE UPGRADE WILL

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Showers and thunderstorms are starting to pop up in SE Michigan. According to SPC mesoanalysis, there is a grand total of 317 J/kg of MLCAPE in that area. That's pretty low CAPE, the situation but may be worthy of the slight risk category.

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I think it is really uncanny at this point. There have been so few slight risks (and greater risks) and so few severe storm reports in the Great Lakes and Ohio Valley north of I-70 in Indiana and Ohio, up to this date.

 

As in, they'll all come at once? A July '95 run of Derechos? Might happen if heat sets in.

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