Begin forwarded message: > From: interwarn@xxxxxxxx > Date: May 7, 2010 7:32:19 AM EDT > To: reedyk@xxxxxx > Subject: Public Severe Weather Outlook > > > WOUS40 KWNS 071131 > PWOSPC > INZ000-OHZ000-071800- > > PUBLIC SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK > NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK > 0630 AM CDT FRI MAY 07 2010 > > ..SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED OVER PARTS OF THE OHIO VALLEY THIS > AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT... > > THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER IN NORMAN OK IS FORECASTING THE > DEVELOPMENT OF DAMAGING WINDS AND A FEW TORNADOES OVER PARTS OF THE > OHIO VALLEY THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. > > THE AREAS MOST LIKELY TO EXPERIENCE THIS ACTIVITY INCLUDE > > NORTHERN INDIANA > NORTHERN AND EASTERN OHIO > > ELSEWHERE...SEVERE STORMS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE FROM...THE LOWER GREAT > LAKES REGION SOUTHWESTWARD TO THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY. > > AN INTENSIFYING STORM SYSTEM MOVING EASTWARD ACROSS THE UPPER > MISSISSIPPI VALLEY TO THE GREAT LAKES REGION TODAY THROUGH TONIGHT > WILL ALLOW ACCOMPANYING WEST-SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS ALOFT AND > SOUTHWESTERLY LOW LEVEL WINDS TO STRENGTHEN INTO THE OHIO VALLEY BY > THIS AFTERNOON...WITH FURTHER STRENGTHENING TONIGHT. THESE WINDS > COMBINED WITH A DEEPENING AREA OF SURFACE LOW PRESSURE EXPECTED TO > REACH NORTHERN INDIANA BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON WILL DRAW BOUNDARY > LAYER MOISTURE NORTHEASTWARD INTO THE MODERATE RISK AREA BENEATH > STEEP MIDLEVEL LAPSE RATES. > > AN AREA OF ONGOING THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE MIDWEST THIS MORNING ARE > EXPECTED TO SPREAD NORTHEASTWARD INTO THE LOWER GREAT LAKES REGION. > SURFACE HEATING IN THE WAKE OF THESE STORMS...AND ALONG AND SOUTH OF > A RETREATING WARM FRONT IN THE OHIO VALLEY WILL SUPPORT A MODERATELY > UNSTABLE AIR MASS BY AFTERNOON. NEW THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO > DEVELOP BY MID TO LATE AFTERNOON ACROSS NORTHERN INDIANA WITH A > THREAT FOR A FEW TORNADOES...DAMAGING WIND AND HAIL. AS THE STORM > SYSTEM INTENSIFIES THIS EVENING INTO TONIGHT...THE POTENTIAL WILL > EXIST FOR AN INCREASE IN DAMAGING WINDS SPREADING EASTWARD ACROSS > OHIO TOWARD WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA. > > STATE AND LOCAL EMERGENCY MANAGERS ARE MONITORING THIS DEVELOPING > SITUATION. THOSE IN THE THREATENED AREA ARE URGED TO REVIEW SEVERE > WEATHER SAFETY RULES AND TO LISTEN TO RADIO...TELEVISION...AND NOAA > WEATHER RADIO FOR POSSIBLE WATCHES...WARNINGS...AND STATEMENTS LATER > TODAY. > > .PETERS.. 05/07/2010 > > $$ > > > This weather bulletin was brought to you by InterWARN at www.interwarn.com Illiana Skywarn - Serving the Wabash Valley since 1974 Participate or Listen on: 145.230 (- / no PL) Vigo, Edgar, Clark, Vermillion, Parke, Clay and Sullivan 146.715 (- / no PL) overflow for Vermillion and Parke 444.600 (+ / no PL) UHF link into 145.230/r 146.685 (- / 151.4Hz) as a backup