Keith Reedy keithreedy@xxxxxxxxxxxx Begin forwarded message: > From: National Weather Service <nws.noaa@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Subject: NOAA's National Weather Service SPC Mesoscale Discussion Update > Date: May 1, 2012 4:46:35 PM EDT > To: keithreedy@xxxxxxxxxxxx > Reply-To: National Weather Service <nws.noaa@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > You are subscribed to SPC Mesoscale Discussion for NOAA's National Weather > Service. > > > SPC MD 647 > 05/01/2012 04:39 PM EDT > > MD 0647 CONCERNING SEVERE POTENTIAL...WATCH POSSIBLE FOR EAST-CENTRAL IL TO > WESTERN INDIANA > > > MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 0647 > NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK > 0339 PM CDT TUE MAY 01 2012 > > AREAS AFFECTED...EAST-CENTRAL IL TO WESTERN INDIANA > > CONCERNING...SEVERE POTENTIAL...WATCH POSSIBLE > > VALID 012039Z - 012245Z > > PROBABILITY OF WATCH ISSUANCE...40 PERCENT > > SUMMARY...MONITORING FOR INCREASING SIGNS OF SURFACE BASED DEEP > CONVECTIVE DEVELOPMENT ACROSS EAST-CENTRAL IL INTO WESTERN > INDIANA...WHICH DOES REMAIN POSSIBLE THROUGH LATE AFTERNOON. SHOULD > TSTMS OCCUR/INCREASE...AT LEAST AN ISOLATED TORNADO/SEVERE HAIL RISK > WOULD EXIST. > > DISCUSSION...RECENT VISIBLE SATELLITE TRENDS REFLECT A THICKENING CU > FIELD ACROSS PORTIONS OF EAST-CENTRAL/SOUTH-CENTRAL IL...ESPECIALLY > WITH A GENERAL CORRIDOR AROUND THE DECATUR/TAYLORVILLE AREAS AS OF > 2030Z. THIS AREA IS IN VICINITY OF A WEST-EAST WARM/STATIONARY FRONT > ACROSS THE REGION...AND IS ON THE SOUTHERN PERIPHERY OF A MID-LEVEL > IMPULSE/MCV ACROSS NORTHERN IL. A KEY UNCERTAINTY EXISTS REGARDING > THE LIKELIHOOD/EXTENT OF DEEP CONVECTION WEST OF TORNADO WATCH > 218....GIVEN THAT THE REGION WILL BEGIN TO INCREASINGLY COME UNDER > THE INFLUENCE OF SHORTWAVE RIDGING/WEAKENING MASS CONVERGENCE AS THE > AFOREMENTIONED MID-LEVEL IMPULSE CONTINUES TO SHIFT > EAST-NORTHEASTWARD AWAY FROM THE AREA. THAT SAID...A MOIST AND > MODERATELY UNSTABLE/WEAKLY CAPPED AIRMASS DOES REMAIN ACROSS THE > REGION...WITH VERTICAL SHEAR/SRH ACCENTUATED NEAR THE WARM FRONT. > INCREASING SIGNS/CONFIDENCE OF DEEP CONVECTIVE INITIATION COULD > PROMPT A WATCH ISSUANCE ACROSS IL AND/OR EXPANSION OF WW 218 ACROSS > INDIANA. CONVECTIVE TRENDS WILL BE CLOSELY MONITORED FOR A > TORNADO/HAIL THREAT THROUGH LATE AFTERNOON/EARLY EVENING. > > ..GUYER/MEAD.. 05/01/2012 > > ...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT... > > ATTN...WFO...IND...LOT...ILX...LSX... > > LAT...LON 39228897 40278868 40668715 39448695 38968817 39228897 > > 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