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April 19th Severe Event


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Have an inkling that Nacogdoches storm in E TX might do something as it encounters increasing MLCAPE in LA and eventually S MS. Seems to be pretty close to the warm front at the moment.

S MS seems to be the sweet spot. Already seeing 2000-3000 MLCAPE in a good chunk of the MOD risk area. Bassfield and Laurel unfortunately appear to be in the crosshairs once again

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2 minutes ago, Derek30 said:

Have an inkling that Nacogdoches storm in E TX might do something as it encounters increasing MLCAPE in LA and eventually S MS. Seems to be pretty close to the warm front at the moment.

S MS seems to be the sweet spot. Already seeing 2000-3000 MLCAPE in a good chunk of the MOD risk area. Bassfield and Laurel unfortunately appear to be in the crosshairs once again

Large area of clearing/sun in South Louisiana into Mississippi. Instability should be no issue. 

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Lots and lots of messy stuff so far (not unexpected exactly)... that convection off the coast of Louisiana is a bit concerning in regard to the upstream effects it’ll have wrt SFC moisture and LRs (instability).

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1 minute ago, TampaTwo said:

This is my early call on where SPC may set a PDS watch box for later this afternoon/tonight....and the purple inset is my guess as to the highest threat zone. 

Yeah I was thinking the same thing this morning seeing where that MCS passed to the north, leaving this whole area untouched.  Also surface temps to the north not that great, south much better.

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DAY 1 CONVECTIVE OUTLOOK    
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK  
1105 AM CDT SUN APR 19 2020  
  
VALID 191630Z - 201200Z  
  
...THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM  
PARTS OF LOUISIANA INTO MISSISSIPPI...ALABAMA...AND GEORGIA...  
   
..SUMMARY  
  
A SEVERE-WEATHER OUTBREAK IS EXPECTED ACROSS MUCH OF THE DEEP SOUTH  
THROUGH TONIGHT, WITH THE GREATEST THREAT FROM EAST TEXAS AND THE  
DELTA REGION EASTWARD ACROSS PARTS OF ALABAMA AND GEORGIA.  MULTIPLE  
EPISODES OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL RESULT IN TORNADOES (SOME STRONG),  
DAMAGING WIND AND LARGE HAIL.  
   
..TX/LA/MS/AL  
  
SEVERAL LARGE CLUSTERS OF INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED THIS  
MORNING OVER EAST TX AND WESTERN LA.  THESE STORMS ARE IN A REGION  
OF INCREASING LARGE-SCALE LIFT AHEAD OF THE AN APPROACHING SHORTWAVE  
TROUGH.  VERY STEEP MIDLEVEL LAPSE RATES AND AMPLE CAPE, ALONG WITH  
DEEP-LAYER SHEAR SUFFICIENT FOR ROTATING STORMS, WILL PROMOTE THE  
POTENTIAL FOR LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS IN THE STRONGER CELLS.   
LOCAL VAD PROFILES ALSO SHOW SUFFICIENT LOW-LEVEL SHEAR FOR A RISK  
OF A FEW TORNADES - ESPECIALLY THIS AFTERNOON AS LOW-LEVEL JET  
STRENGTHENS.    
  
A WELL-DEFINED WARM FRONT EXTENDS FROM CENTRAL LA EASTWARD INTO  
MS/AL.  CLUSTERS OF STORMS WILL TRACK ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE WARM  
FRONT THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.  FORECAST SOUNDINGS SHOW  
PARAMETERS FAVORABLE FOR ALL MODES OF SEVERE.  HODOGRAPHS WILL  
BECOME QUITE LARGE THROUGH THE DAY, SUPPORTIVE OF STRONG TORNADOES  
IN THE MORE DISCRETE SUPERCELLS THAT MAY FORM.  A FEW OF THE  
CLUSTERS MAY ALSO DEVELOP INTO FAST-MOVING BOWING STRUCTURES CAPABLE  
OF LOCALLY DAMAGING WIND GUSTS.  IT APPEARS LIKELY THAT THE CORRIDOR  
ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE WARM FRONT (WITHIN THE MDT RISK) MAY SEE  
SEVERAL ROUNDS OF STRONG/SEVERE CONVECTION THIS AFTERNOON INTO  
TONIGHT.  
   
..AL/GA/SC  
  
A LARGE SHIELD OF ONGOING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IS AFFECTING  
PARTS AL/GA/SC TODAY.  THE AFOREMENTIONED WARM FRONT IS BUILDING  
NORTHWARD, AND IS NEARING THE SOUTHERN FRINGES OF THE CONVECTION.   
ONCE THAT OCCURS, SURFACE-BASED PARCELS WILL BE REALIZED BY THE  
STORMS AND THE RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER SHOULD INCREASE.  DAMAGING  
WINDS AND HAIL WILL BE POSSIBLE, BUT THE PROXIMITY OF THE WARM FRONT  
AND STRENGTHENING LOW-LEVEL SHEAR/HELICITY THIS AFTERNOON WILL ALSO  
SUPPORT A RISK OF TORNADOES.  
  
LATER TONIGHT, STORMS OVER MS/AL WILL TRACK EASTWARD AND ALSO AFFECT  
THIS REGION.  PARAMETERS WILL REMAIN QUITE STRONG THROUGH THE  
OVERNIGHT PERIOD, WITH A CONSIDERABLE RISK OF BOWING STRUCTURES  
CAPABLE OF DAMAGING WINDS, AND THE THREAT OF SUPERCELL STORMS  
PRODUCING TORNADOES (SOME STRONG).  
  

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Looks like some clearing is trying to happen north of the outflow boundary across southern Alabama & Mississippi; this might be enough to force the effective warm front further north. As referenced in the BMX tweet though, its not going to be easy with that high pressure in Georgia, in addition to the sharp nature of the front with only upper 50s temperatures on the cool side of the boundary.

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8 minutes ago, jojo762 said:

Looks like some clearing is trying to happen north of the outflow boundary across southern Alabama & Mississippi; this might be enough to force the effective warm front further north. As referenced in the BMX tweet though, its not going to be easy with that high pressure in Georgia, in addition to the sharp nature of the front with only upper 50s temperatures on the cool side of the boundary.

I also think those morning storms north of the front provided a decent amount of evaporational cooling reinforcing it. Kind of similar to what happened in northern IL last month with the severe weather bust.

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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED  
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 121  
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK  
1145 AM CDT SUN APR 19 2020  
  
THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A  
  
* TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF   
  NORTHEAST LOUISIANA  
  CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI  
  
* EFFECTIVE THIS SUNDAY MORNING AND EVENING FROM 1145 AM UNTIL  
  700 PM CDT.  
  
* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...  
  SEVERAL TORNADOES AND A COUPLE INTENSE TORNADOES LIKELY  
  WIDESPREAD LARGE HAIL AND SCATTERED VERY LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO  
    2.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER LIKELY  
  WIDESPREAD DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH LIKELY  
  
SUMMARY...CLUSTERS OF THUNDERSTORMS OVER LOUISIANA WILL TRACK  
EASTWARD ACROSS THE WATCH AREA THIS AFTERNOON.  THE STRONGEST STORMS  
WILL POSE A RISK LARGE HAIL, DAMAGING WINDS, AND TORNADOES.  AN  
ISOLATED STRONG TORNADO IS POSSIBLE.  

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7 minutes ago, StormySquares said:

I'm pretty sure Patrick Marsh explain PDS watches as: Sig tor values over 70% are automatically PDS, anything 70% or lower is at forecaster discretion. 

As an interesting side note, it says there is an 80% chance of 10 or more severe hail events/ 80% chance of 1 or more 2" hail reports. Last Sunday, there were just a few hail reports in all of Mississippi, Alabama, and Georgia combined.

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