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Apr. 2-4 Severe Threat


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Surface winds are badly veered now across much of the warm sector, and dewpoints are underperforming. Not exactly promising if you're looking for anything more than a marginal event.

Pretty damning that a shortwave trough of this magnitude can't get any half-decent storms going.

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11 minutes ago, andyhb said:

Surface winds are badly veered now across much of the warm sector, and dewpoints are underperforming. Not exactly promising if you're looking for anything more than a marginal event.

Pretty damning that a shortwave trough of this magnitude can't get any half-decent storms going.

The impressive lapse rates (8-9 C/km in the 700-500mb layer) as well. Something you'd look for in a higher-end event, yet the evolution thus far has been very sloppy. 

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Long-time viewer, first time poster. 

 

Currently raining in Columbus with temperatures around 56. NWS has dropped predicted high to 65 and dew points are around 55. Have to walk to an event around 5 today so hoping severe weather holds off. 

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5 minutes ago, WxLaura said:

Long-time viewer, first time poster. 

 

Currently raining in Columbus with temperatures around 56. NWS has dropped predicted high to 65 and dew points are around 55. Have to walk to an event around 5 today so hoping severe weather holds off. 

Welcome to the board and just keep tabs of what transpires with the weather later this afternoon and evening.  It can be a little concerning to be near a warm frontal boundary in situations like we have today as storms approach.

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The one area that does look good to me is that area in the vicinity of the Ohio Valley... Across SE. Missouri, NE. Arkansas, S. Illinois, W. Kentucky, SW. Indiana.

Looks like the best environment should be around there, with 1000-2000 CAPE, low-mid 60's DP's, ~50kts shear. Looks like there could be some longer lived discrete storms that rapidly push across that area, holding the highest threat. As mentioned above by others, badly veered winds will probably keep it from an even higher threat with more tor potential. And the pre-frontal trough moving through with convection won't help the cause either.

Outside of that area, I'm still not on-board with anything note worthy anywhere else. Maybe C. Ohio can sneak something interesting in too, but it's a small/narrow window.

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Definitely does NOT feel like a severe threat is on the table locally regardless of having a tor watch and whatever the parameters and radar show.    That stuff moving in from western OH would seem a lot more ominous if it weren't 60 degrees, mostly cloudy and still soaking wet from a recent downpour here.    Will be interesting to see if that line stays together or begins to weaken as it approaches, my gut is going with option 2.    

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1 hour ago, andyhb said:

Surface winds are badly veered now across much of the warm sector, and dewpoints are underperforming. Not exactly promising if you're looking for anything more than a marginal event.

Pretty damning that a shortwave trough of this magnitude can't get any half-decent storms going.

Yeah the dews are not doing well with eastward extent.  Lots of 50s in areas where 60s were progged.  A bit better farther west.

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Decent instability coming up into east central IL on the nose of the low level jet with a small window of better wind profiles per meso.  The line along the cold front starting to light up.  Like to get one more round before we digress back into hell this week.  :pimp:

 

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Xenia!

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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Wilmington OH
442 PM EDT TUE APR 3 2018

The National Weather Service in Wilmington has issued a

* Tornado Warning for...
  Northwestern Fayette County in central Ohio...
  Southeastern Clark County in west central Ohio...
  Central Greene County in west central Ohio...
  Southwestern Madison County in central Ohio...

* Until 515 PM EDT.

* At 442 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
  was located near Xenia, moving east at 45 mph.

  HAZARD...Tornado.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.

  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.

* Locations impacted include...
  Springfield, Beavercreek, Fairborn, Xenia, Yellow Springs,
  Wright-Patterson Afb, Cedarville, Enon, Jamestown, South
  Charleston, Jeffersonville, Wilberforce, Harmony, Lisbon, South
  Vienna, South Solon, Midway, Clifton, Hustead and Selma.

This includes the following Interstates...
I-70 in Ohio between mile markers 52 and 68.
I-71 in Ohio between mile markers 71 and 74.

 

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