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March 14-15 Severe Weather Outbreak


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12z CAMs are either showing or close to showing a tornado outbreak from E MO into central and S IL Friday evening/overnight. Multiple discrete elements embedded within the greater line in some truly ungodly shear.

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Am I wrong in assuming we will experience a decent wind threat in the Chicago area tomorrow night? Full disclosure, I am rather novice with forecasting so mainly go off what others share in the forums but I am surprised there hasn't been as much activity here. Just curious, thank you in advance.

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5 hours ago, IWXwx said:

Nocturnal passage FTL. Clowns to the left of me, jokers to the right, here I am

 

Silver lining - Day drinking for St Patrick’s Day on Saturday should be solid in these parts. 70 degrees… just have to hold on to your hat.

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21 minutes ago, pen_artist said:

LOT does mention a few tornadoes being possible tomorrow night but really looking like an intense wind event regardless of convection. Gusts around 60mph not out of possibility.

I lived right on the ocean in the SE for 30 years. I've had it with "wind events" lol. This season is starting just like last years. I'm too old to be running around 500-1000 miles to get a glimpse of one 20 miles away.  I have graduated to a sit and wait chaser. If it comes it comes :weenie:. (Plus there's just too many people out there now, it's ridiculous)

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Have strong suspicion there will be a 15%/hatched tornado risk outlined at some point for tomorrow for parts of E MO, NE AR, central and S IL, and W KY (perhaps into W TN). Should the moisture be sufficient (and virtually every model is now showing this to be the case), very cold temperatures aloft, a very powerful shortwave trough blasting essentially right into the warm sector, and very strong wind fields favoring long-lived storms should yield at least a few significant/potentially long-tracked tornadoes in the region.

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I am not a fan of night chasing at all so I’ll be sitting this one out. Storms are going to be moving way too fast. Just hoping for some night lightning and thunder here at home after dark. Even if they don’t exceed severe limits I’ll be happy. But man this does have pretty impressive markings for wind/tornados and I get the temptation. This one just isn’t for me even though it’ll likely be quite an event. 

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1 hour ago, andyhb said:

Have strong suspicion there will be a 15%/hatched tornado risk outlined at some point for tomorrow for parts of E MO, NE AR, central and S IL, and W KY (perhaps into W TN). Should the moisture be sufficient (and virtually every model is now showing this to be the case), very cold temperatures aloft, a very powerful shortwave trough blasting essentially right into the warm sector, and very strong wind fields favoring long-lived storms should yield at least a few significant/potentially long-tracked tornadoes in the region.

Storm motions alone will yield long tracks at those interstate speeds. From a wind damage perspective tomorrow should be ridiculous, with those hurricane force winds being only a few thousand feet up we’ll see tons of truly severe gusts. I wouldn’t be shocked to see a high risk go up if discrete storms fire in an area

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1 hour ago, CheeselandSkies said:

To drive 4+ hours tomorrow afternoon to somewhere in western IL between the Quad Cities and St. Louis for what will likely be after dark, quasi-linear tornadic storms moving at warp speed, or not? That is the question.

At those speeds it’s more like the storms are chasing you :lol:

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Wondering the likelihood of this possibly being classified as a derecho event? I’m unsure of the exact parameters for it to be considered one and I’m a pretty novice forecaster but I haven’t seen that word mentioned much in the discussions. It really seems to have real potential for that though, no?

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Hello,

It's been awhile since I've posted but as the name implied, I've been lurking.  

I'm in SE Illinois.  Could someone post an image of what to expect here?

I've had that 'bad feeling' about these predicted storms for a few days or more.  I'm homebound due to spine issues and feeling vulnerable.  I can't believe this former storm lover is now fearful. Smh

In addition, the 15th is the 100th anniversary of the 1925 tornado that devastated the area.

Thanks for all you do.

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25 minutes ago, King James said:

Praying for you my dude and the safe passage of them storms over your place

Thank you.  I have to wrangle some kitties into their travel cases.  Seems they know well before anything pops up.  It's hard to get a kitty stretched out like Garfield from under the bed.

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I was born in sw Indiana but moved to California then central Indiana.  I'm pretty sure I only remember 3 tornado warnings in central Indiana for decades.  I moved back down here after divorce and it's amazing how much worse the weather is here.  Unless it's been unusually violent everywhere.

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Watched WGN weather before bed last night. Met said he thought maybe the enhanced risk area would be shifted south and away from the area with the future update. Wake up to see the enhanced area expanded north and now I’m fully in it.

Wonder if it’s less about the models and more about the subjective interpretation of the models that makes our weather feel so unpredictable.

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