To be fair, one of them ended up being a confirmed tornado (as it law enforcement confirmed, not radar).
In the beginning it was definitely outflow dominant though.
Aside from the cells near Springfield (which might be outflow dominant for now, though it seems to be becoming more surfaced based now) the area to watch are there cells here to see if they can remain discrete or semi-discrete as it moves eastward into a loaded environment.
If it congeals into a line quickly, it obviously greatly diminishes the strong tornado threat.
Based on current observations, the northern extent of true surfaced-based severe weather should extend roughly on a line from St Louis east/northeast ward.
HRRR has the southern portion lit up with discrete cells before going linear.
Thanks for opening a thread for this, some of the soundings for Monday look pretty wild. Obviously every severe weather threat has many failure modes, but the potential is definitely there for a high-end event.
Thanks! Wonder if Boston can make it to 20, Logan was at 17 or so at 7 pm and they have a nice band over them (mostly east of the city proper now but I believe that's where the airport is).
By a lot, and not just SNE, just any major east coast city.
I believe the previous record was Philadelphia at around 31. Unless you're counting cities like Syracuse.
Insane pictures, congrats to all! That band still persisting over Providence is wild, insane day for them.
Locally, I got a little over 27 inches, great widespread event (poor DC though).
Nice! Have slightly less but over 50 as well. Between that and the consistent cold, this has been one of the better winters in recent memory (though that bar is quite low for the last few years).