Keith Reedy keithreedy@xxxxxxxxxxxx Begin forwarded message: > From: National Weather Service <nws.noaa@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Date: May 22, 2011 3:03:45 PM EDT > To: keithreedy@xxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: NOAA's National Weather Service SPC Mesoscale Discussion Update > Reply-To: National Weather Service <nws.noaa@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > You are subscribed to SPC Mesoscale Discussion for NOAA's National Weather > Service. > > > > SPC MD 856 > > 05/22/2011 02:52 PM EDT > > MD 0856 CONCERNING SEVERE POTENTIAL...WATCH LIKELY FOR CNTRL/ERN > IND...WRN/SRN OH...FAR NRN KY > > > > MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 0856 > NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK > 0151 PM CDT SUN MAY 22 2011 > > AREAS AFFECTED...CNTRL/ERN IND...WRN/SRN OH...FAR NRN KY > > CONCERNING...SEVERE POTENTIAL...WATCH LIKELY > > VALID 221851Z - 221945Z > > AT LEAST A MARGINAL THREAT OF SEVERE HAIL/DAMAGING WIND AND PERHAPS > A TORNADO IS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON. ALTHOUGH SEVERE STORM COVERAGE > MAY REMAIN SPORADIC GIVEN AN ILL-DEFINED SYNOPTIC-SCALE FOCUS...A WW > ISSUANCE WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED BY 20Z. > > A RECENT FLARE-UP IN TSTM ACTIVITY HAS OCCURRED ALONG AND N OF THE > OH VALLEY. OVERALL ENVIRONMENTAL SETUP DOES APPEAR SLIGHTLY MORE > MARGINAL RELATIVE TO AREAS WITHIN WW 324. NEVERTHELESS...A > MODERATELY UNSTABLE AIR MASS CHARACTERIZED BY MLCAPE OF 1000 TO 2000 > J/KG AND MODERATE EFFECTIVE SHEAR OF 25 TO 35 KT...WILL SUPPORT > OCCASIONAL UPDRAFT ORGANIZATION. GIVEN BROAD LARGE-SCALE ASCENT > ASSOCIATED WITH THE UPPER MS VALLEY SHORT WAVE TROUGH...TSTM > COVERAGE SHOULD CONTINUE TO INCREASE TOWARDS THE UPPER OH VALLEY. > > ..GRAMS.. 05/22/2011 > > ...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT... > > ATTN...WFO...PBZ...RLX...CLE...JKL...ILN...DTX...LMK...IWX... > IND... > > LAT...LON 38678626 39648692 41198552 41658503 41818444 41778388 > 40998295 40718268 39998170 39408166 38918196 38318233 > 38098268 38548413 38548501 38678626 > > Read more > > > SPC MD 855 > > 05/22/2011 02:50 PM EDT > > MD 0855 CONCERNING SEVERE POTENTIAL...TORNADO WATCH LIKELY FOR ERN WI...NRN > IL > > > > MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 0855 > NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK > 0149 PM CDT SUN MAY 22 2011 > > AREAS AFFECTED...ERN WI...NRN IL > > CONCERNING...SEVERE POTENTIAL...TORNADO WATCH LIKELY > > VALID 221849Z - 221945Z > > CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE TO RAPIDLY EVOLVE THIS AFTERNOON AND A > TORNADO WATCH WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED FROM ERN WI INTO NRN IL. > > SURFACE MAP SHOWS RELATIVELY DRY AIR IN PLACE OVER ERN WI/NRN IL > WITH DEWPOINTS ONLY IN THE 50S F. HOWEVER...MID 60S TO NEAR 70S F > BOUNDARY LAYER DEWPOINTS ARE LURKING UPSTREAM OVER SERN IA AND CNTRL > IL...AND WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA BY EVENING. ALSO AT THAT > TIME...WIND PROFILES WILL HAVE BECOME MORE FAVORABLE FOR SUPERCELLS > WITH A THREAT OF TORNADOES. THE 18Z DVN SOUNDING SHOWS VERY STEEP > LAPSE RATES ALOFT WITH MINIMAL CAPPING...ALONG WITH AMPLE DEEP LAYER > WIND FIELDS FOR ORGANIZED SEVERE. > > ACTIVITY HAS FORMED ALONG THE GRAVITY WAVE OVER CNTRL IL...AND THEY > MAY BECOME BETTER ORGANIZED WITH TIME. FARTHER N... A LEAD BAND OF > CONVECTION WILL TRAVERSE WI WITH PERHAPS A MARGINAL HAIL THREAT. > HOWEVER...THE GREATEST SEVERE THREAT WILL EVOLVE OUT OF THE DRYLINE > STORMS OVER E CNTRL IA AND NRN MO...WITH TORNADOES AND VERY LARGE > HAIL AS THEY CROSS THE MS INTO WI AND IL. > > ..JEWELL.. 05/22/2011 > > ...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT... > > ATTN...WFO...MQT...GRB...LOT...ILX...MKX...DVN...ARX... > > LAT...LON 41068933 42688945 44458993 45259071 45518888 45128755 > 44268741 41148764 41068933 > > Read more > > > > > > > To change your subscriptions or preferences log in to your Subscriber > Preferences Page with your e-mail address. > > Delete profile > > For questions or problems with the subscription service, please contact > support@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > This service is provided by NOAA's National Weather Service. > > > > GovDelivery, Inc. (800-439-1420) sending to keithreedy@xxxxxxxxxxxx on behalf > of the National Weather Service · 1325 East West Highway · Silver Spring, MD > 20910