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  1. Wasn't expecting a possible watch this far south.

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    MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 1016  
    NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK  
    0940 PM CDT FRI JUN 26 2020  
     
    AREAS AFFECTED...FAR EASTERN ILLINOIS ACROSS NORTHERN  
    INDIANA...SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN...AND MUCH OF OHIO.  
     
    CONCERNING...SEVERE POTENTIAL...WATCH LIKELY 307...  

     
    VALID 270240Z - 270415Z  

     
    PROBABILITY OF WATCH ISSUANCE...80 PERCENT  
     
    SUMMARY...A LINE OF STORMS WHICH IS PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS FROM  
    EASTERN ILLINOIS INTO SOUTH-CENTRAL MICHIGAN, AND CONTINUES TO SAG  
    SOUTH. LOCAL WATCH EXTENSIONS AND/OR A DOWNSTREAM WATCH MAY BE  
    NEEDED.  
     
    DISCUSSION...NUMEROUS REPORTS OF WIND DAMAGE AND MEASURED SEVERE  
    WIND GUSTS HAVE BEEN REPORTED ALONG A LINE OF STORMS FROM EASTERN  
    ILLINOIS INTO SOUTHERN MICHIGAN. MOST DAMAGING WINDS HAVE BEEN  
    ASSOCIATED WITH INDIVIDUAL BOWING SEGMENTS EMBEDDED WITHIN THIS  
    LINE. HOWEVER, DESPITE VERY STRONG WIND SIGNATURES ALOFT, IT DOES  
    NOT APPEAR THE STRONGER (70+ KT) WINDS SAMPLED BY KIWX AT 3-4KFT ARE  
    REACHING THE SURFACE BASED ON THE RECENT 52 MPH WIND GUST AT KVPZ  
    WHICH WAS AT THE APEX OF THE BOWING SEGMENT ASSOCIATED WITH THE  
    STRONGEST WIND SIGNATURE BASED ON RADAR. HOWEVER, THE ENVIRONMENT  
    CONTINUES TO REMAIN FAVORABLE FOR DAMAGING WINDS AHEAD OF THIS LINE,  
    AND THERE IS POTENTIAL FOR SOME OF THESE STRONGER WINDS FROM ALOFT  
    TO REACH THE SURFACE.  
     
    THE UNSTABLE ENVIRONMENT AHEAD OF THIS LINE AND A STRENGTHENING  
    LOW-LEVEL JET (NOW >50 KTS PER KIWX VWP BETWEEN 1-2 KM) SHOULD  
    SUSTAIN THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT WELL INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS.  
    THEREFORE, A DOWNSTREAM WATCH WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED. THE TIMING OF A  
    NEW WATCH REMAINS UNCERTAIN AS IWX CAN LOCALLY EXTEND WATCH 307 IN  
    THE SHORT TERM, BUT EVENTUALLY THE LINE OF STORMS WILL REACH SOUTH  
    AND EAST OF THE IWX CWA WHICH WILL LIKELY NECESSITATE A NEW WATCH IF  
    SEVERE CONVECTION PERSISTS AS EXPECTED.  
     
    ..BENTLEY/EDWARDS.. 06/27/2020

     

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  2. Yikes!

    BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
    Severe Thunderstorm Warning
    National Weather Service Grand Rapids MI
    927 PM EDT Fri Jun 26 2020
    
    The National Weather Service in Grand Rapids has issued a
    
    * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
      Kalamazoo County in southwestern Michigan...
    
    * Until 1015 PM EDT.
    
    * At 927 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Paw Paw,
      moving east at 55 mph.
    
      This is a very dangerous storm.
    
      HAZARD...85 mph wind gusts.
    
      SOURCE...Radar indicated.
    
      IMPACT...You are in a life-threatening situation. Flying debris
               may be deadly to those caught without shelter. Mobile
               homes will be heavily damaged or destroyed. Homes and
               businesses will have substantial roof and window damage.
               Expect extensive tree damage and power outages.
    
    * Locations impacted include...
      Kalamazoo...           Portage...             Vicksburg...
      Galesburg...           Mattawan...            Schoolcraft...
      Climax...              Richland...            Comstock Northwest...
      Westwood...            Gull Lake...           Alamo...
      Fulton...              Augusta...             Oshtemo...
      Comstock...            Scotts...              Cooper...
    
    PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
    
    This is an EXTREMELY DANGEROUS SITUATION with tornado like wind
    speeds expected. Mobile homes and high profile vehicles are
    especially susceptible to winds of this magnitude and may be
    overturned. For your protection move to an interior room on the
    lowest floor of a building. This storm has the potential to cause
    serious injury and significant property damage.
    

     

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    URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED  
    SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 307  
    NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK  
    755 PM EDT FRI JUN 26 2020  
     
    THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A  
     
    * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF  
    NORTHERN INDIANA  
    SOUTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN  
    EXTREME NORTHWESTERN OHIO  
    LAKE ERIE  
    LAKE MICHIGAN  
     
    * EFFECTIVE THIS FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY MORNING FROM 755 PM  
    UNTIL 500 AM EDT.  
     
    * PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...  
    SCATTERED DAMAGING WINDS LIKELY WITH ISOLATED SIGNIFICANT GUSTS  
    TO 75 MPH POSSIBLE  
    ISOLATED LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 1.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE  
    A TORNADO OR TWO POSSIBLE  
     
    SUMMARY...SEVERE-THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL WILL INCREASE AND SHIFT  
    EAST-SOUTHEASTWARD ACROSS THE WATCH AREA THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF  
    THE EVENING, AS ACTIVITY NOW OVER NORTHERN ILLINOIS AND SOUTHERN  
    LAKE MICHIGAN BECOMES BETTER ORGANIZED. WIND IS THE MAIN THREAT,  
    THOUGH ISOLATED LARGE HAIL IS EXPECTED, AND A TORNADO OR TWO CANNOT  
    BE RULED OUT.  
     
    THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 60  
    STATUTE MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 30 MILES WEST OF BENTON  
    HARBOR MI TO 10 MILES EAST SOUTHEAST OF DETROIT MI. FOR A COMPLETE  
    DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE  
    (WOUS64 KWNS WOU7).  
     
    PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
     
    REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE  
    FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA.  
    PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING  
    WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE  
    WARNINGS. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE  
    TORNADOES.

     

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  4. Watch is up.

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    URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED  
    SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 305  
    NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK  
    135 PM CDT FRI JUN 26 2020  
     
    THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A  
     
    * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF  
    NORTHEASTERN AND EAST CENTRAL IOWA  
    NORTHERN ILLINOIS  
    EXTREME NORTHWESTERN INDIANA  
    SOUTHERN WISCONSIN  
    LAKE MICHIGAN  
     
    * EFFECTIVE THIS FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 135 PM UNTIL  
    900 PM CDT.  
     
    * PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...  
    SCATTERED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH LIKELY  
    SCATTERED LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 1.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE  
    A TORNADO OR TWO POSSIBLE  
     
    SUMMARY...THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE IN COVERAGE AND  
    INTENSITY THIS AFTERNOON, BEGINNING IN NORTHEASTERN IOWA AND  
    SPREADING EASTWARD. INITIAL STORM DEVELOPMENT WILL BE MORE DISCRETE  
    CELLS, WITH SOME POTENTIAL FOR AN ISOLATED SUPERCELL OR TWO, THOUGH  
    SOME UPSCALE GROWTH INTO A LARGER CLUSTER IS EXPECTED LATER THIS  
    AFTERNOON. DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE THE MAIN THREAT, THOUGH ISOLATED  
    LARGE HAIL WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THE MORE CELLULAR STORMS EARLY, AND  
    AN ISOLATED TORNADO OR TWO CANNOT BE RULED OUT, ESPECIALLY WITH  
    EMBEDDED CIRCULATIONS IN ANY NORTH-SOUTH ORIENTED LINE SEGMENTS.  
     
    THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 70  
    STATUTE MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 35 MILES NORTH OF CEDAR  
    RAPIDS IA TO 45 MILES SOUTHEAST OF RACINE WI. FOR A COMPLETE  
    DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE  
    (WOUS64 KWNS WOU5).  
     
    PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
     
    REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE  
    FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA.  
    PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING  
    WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE  
    WARNINGS. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE  
    TORNADOES.  
     

     

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  5. Marginal for most of the southern sub on new day 2.

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    DAY 2 CONVECTIVE OUTLOOK  
    NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK  
    0101 AM CDT FRI JUN 26 2020  
     
    VALID 271200Z - 281200Z  

     
    ...THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM EASTERN OHIO  
    TO THE MID-ATLANTIC AND SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND COASTS...  
       
    ..SUMMARY
     
     
    SCATTERED AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORMS MAY POSE A RISK FOR MAINLY  
    DAMAGING WINDS ACROSS MUCH OF PENNSYLVANIA AND PORTIONS OF  
    SURROUNDING STATES ON SATURDAY.  
       
    ..SYNOPSIS
     
     
    GRADUAL AMPLIFICATION OF THE UPPER FLOW FIELD OVER THE U.S. IS  
    EXPECTED SATURDAY, AS SHORT-WAVE TROUGHING DIGGING SOUTHEASTWARD OUT  
    OF THE GULF OF ALASKA LEADS TO A LARGE EXPANSION OF CYCLONIC FLOW  
    OVER THE WESTERN U.S. THROUGH THE PERIOD. AS A RESULT, DOWNSTREAM  
    RIDGING WILL INCREASE OVER THE NORTH-CENTRAL U.S. AND CENTRAL  
    CANADA, STILL FURTHER EAST, SOME AMPLIFICATION OF TROUGHING IS  
    EXPECTED OVER EASTERN CANADA AND INTO THE NORTHEASTERN CONUS.  
     
    MEANWHILE, SEVERAL VORTICITY MAXIMA ARE FORECAST TO SHIFT EASTWARD  
    IN A TRAIN-LIKE MANNER, FROM THE CENTRAL HIGH PLAINS ACROSS THE  
    MIDWEST/OHIO VALLEY AND INTO THE MID ATLANTIC REGION/SOUTHERN NEW  
    ENGLAND THROUGH THE PERIOD.  
     
    AT THE SURFACE, A VERY WEAK/ILL-DEFINED BAROCLINIC ZONE IS PROGGED  
    TO EXTEND FROM THE LOWER GREAT LAKES REGION WEST-SOUTHWESTWARD  
    ACROSS THE MIDWEST/OHIO VALLEY STATES AND THEN WESTWARD TO THE  
    CENTRAL HIGH PLAINS. IN THE WEST, A STRENGTHENING COLD FRONT WILL  
    SHIFT SOUTHEASTWARD ACROSS NORTHWESTERN PORTIONS OF THE COUNTRY,  
    REACHING AS FAR EAST AS THE NORTHERN HIGH PLAINS OVERNIGHT.  
       
    ..EASTERN OHIO TO LONG ISLAND
     
     
    CONVECTION IS EXPECTED TO BE ONGOING AT THE START OF THE PERIOD,  
    WHICH CONTINUES TO COMPLICATE THE FORECAST, WITH RESPECT TO  
    DIAGNOSING THE THERMODYNAMIC QUALITY OF THE AIRMASS. STILL, GIVEN  
    ENHANCED LOW- TO MID-LEVEL FLOW ACROSS THE AREA, AND WEAK COLD FRONT  
    MOVING ACROSS THE LOWER GREAT LAKES, SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS --  
    POSSIBLY IN MULTIPLE EPISODES -- WILL LIKELY OCCUR ACROSS THE REGION  
    THROUGH THE EVENING. RISK FOR LOCALLY DAMAGING WINDS REMAINS  
    APPARENT, AND THUS WILL MAINTAIN 15%/SLGT RISK FOR WIND ACROSS THIS  
    REGION.  
       
    ..OHIO AND MID MISSISSIPPI/LOWER MISSOURI VALLEYS
     
     
    AS SEVERAL MID-LEVEL DISTURBANCES EMBEDDED IN MODERATE WESTERLY  
    MID-LEVEL FLOW TRAVERSE THIS REGION, SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE  
    EXPECTED TO DEVELOP IN A DESTABILIZING AFTERNOON AIRMASS -- IN THE  
    VICINITY OF A WEAK/DIFFUSE BAROCLINIC ZONE LYING ACROSS THE AREA.  
    AN AMPLE COMBINATION OF CAPE AND SHEAR IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE REGION  
    TO SUGGEST THAT A FEW STRONGER STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING  
    LOCALLY DAMAGING WINDS, AND MARGINAL HAIL, SUPPORTING THE  
    INTRODUCTION OF 5%/MRGL RISK ACROSS THIS REGION.  
       
     

     

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  6. New day 1.

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    DAY 1 CONVECTIVE OUTLOOK  
    NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK  
    1259 AM CDT FRI JUN 26 2020  
     
    VALID 261200Z - 271200Z  

     
    ...THERE IS AN ENHANCED RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS PARTS OF  
    EASTERN IOWA...SOUTHERN WISCONSIN...NORTHERN ILLINOIS...NORTHERN  
    INDIANA AND SOUTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN...  
       
    ..SUMMARY
     
     
    A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IS EXPECTED TO MOVE FROM NORTHEAST  
    IOWA ACROSS SOUTHERN WISCONSIN AND NORTHERN ILLINOIS INTO SOUTHWEST  
    LOWER MICHIGAN THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. ADDITIONAL STRONG TO  
    SEVERE STORMS ARE POSSIBLE FROM THE MID MISSOURI VALLEY TO THE  
    CENTRAL HIGH PLAINS.  
       
    ..GREAT LAKES/UPPER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY/MID MISSOURI VALLEY
     
     
    A SHORTWAVE TROUGH WILL MOVE EAST-SOUTHEASTWARD ACROSS THE UPPER  
    MISSISSIPPI VALLEY TODAY AND INTO THE WESTERN GREAT LAKES REGION. AT  
    THE SURFACE, A COLD FRONT WILL ADVANCE SOUTHEASTWARD INTO THE MID  
    MISSOURI VALLEY AND UPPER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY. AHEAD OF THE FRONT, A  
    MOIST AIRMASS WILL BE IN PLACE WITH SURFACE DEWPOINTS GENERALLY IN  
    THE UPPER 60S TO NEAR 70 F. AS SURFACE HEATING TAKES PLACE TODAY,  
    MODERATE INSTABILITY IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AHEAD OF THE FRONT  
    ACROSS MUCH OF THE MOIST SECTOR. ALTHOUGH THERE IS SOME SPREAD IN  
    THE MODEL GUIDANCE, MODEL CONSENSUS SUGGESTS THAT CONVECTION WILL  
    FIRST INITIATE FROM SOUTHERN MINNESOTA SOUTHWARD INTO IOWA EARLY  
    THIS AFTERNOON. THIS CONVECTION IS FORECAST TO MOVE QUICKLY  
    EAST-SOUTHEASTWARD INTO SOUTHERN WISCONSIN AND NORTHERN ILLINOIS BY  
    EARLY AFTERNOON REACHING SOUTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN BY LATE AFTERNOON.  
    IT APPEARS THAT A LINEAR MCS WILL DEVELOP AS THIS CONVECTION  
    ORGANIZES AND MOVES QUICKLY EAST-SOUTHEASTWARD ACROSS THE REGION.  
     
    ALTHOUGH THE SCENARIO IS STILL FAR FROM CERTAIN, THE SETUP SHOULD  
    BECOME FAVORABLE FOR A FAST-MOVING LINE SEGMENT THIS AFTERNOON.  
    MLCAPE IS FORECAST TO REACH THE 1500 TO 2500 J/KG RANGE ALONG A  
    CORRIDOR FROM EASTERN IOWA INTO NORTHERN ILLINOIS. CONVECTION SHOULD  
    MOVE JUST SLIGHTLY TO THE SOUTH OF DUE EAST, ALONG THE INSTABILITY  
    GRADIENT FROM NORTHEAST OF DES MOINES TO NEAR CHICAGO AND THEN  
    EASTWARD TO NEAR DETROIT. THE NAM IS FORECASTING A 40 TO 50 KT  
    MID-LEVEL SPEED MAX TO MOVE EASTWARD TO NEAR CHICAGO BY 21Z. THIS  
    FEATURE, ALONG WITH AN ASSOCIATED SPEED MAX AT LOWER LEVELS, SHOULD  
    ACT AS A REAR INFLOW JET TO THIS CONVECTIVE COMPLEX. THIS WILL HELP  
    ANY LINE SEGMENT TO OBTAIN BOWING CHARACTERISTICS AND ENHANCE THE  
    WIND POTENTIAL. NAM FORECAST SOUNDINGS ALONG THE EXPECTED TRACK OF  
    THE MCS SHOW VEERED LOW-LEVEL WINDS TO THE SOUTH-SOUTHWEST AND VERY  
    STEEP LAPSE RATES IN THE BOUNDARY LAYER. THIS SHOULD BE FAVORABLE  
    FOR WIND DAMAGE ALONG THE LEADING EDGE OF THE LINE. SOME UNCERTAINTY  
    EXISTS CONCERNING THE NORTH-TO-SOUTH EXTENT OF THE WIND DAMAGE  
    THREAT BUT HAVE USED MODEL CONSENSUS TO PLACE AN ENHANCED RISK IN  
    THE AREA WITH THE GREATEST PROBABILITY OF SEVERE. ALTHOUGH ISOLATED  
    LARGE HAIL WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE, THIS SHOULD BE THE LESSER OF THE  
    TWO THREATS. THE SEVERE THREAT WITH THIS LINEAR MCS SHOULD REACH  
    SOUTHEAST LOWER MICHIGAN AND NORTHERN OHIO BY EARLY EVENING.  
     
    FURTHER TO THE WEST ACROSS THE MID MISSOURI VALLEY, A POCKET OF  
    STRONG INSTABILITY IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP BY AFTERNOON. AT THE  
    SURFACE, A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE SOUTH-SOUTHEASTWARD IN THE MID  
    MISSOURI VALLEY BY MID TO LATE AFTERNOON. ALTHOUGH DEEP-LAYER SHEAR  
    SHOULD BE RELATIVELY WEAK, STEEP LOW-LEVEL LAPSE RATES SHOULD BE  
    SUFFICIENT FOR A WIND DAMAGE THREAT WITH MULTICELLS ALONG AND SOUTH  
    OF THE FRONT.  

     

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  7. Enhanced area added on updated day 2.

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    DAY 2 CONVECTIVE OUTLOOK  
    NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK  
    1227 PM CDT THU JUN 25 2020  
     
    VALID 261200Z - 271200Z  

     
    ...THERE IS AN ENHANCED RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS  
    SOUTHEAST WI AND CENTRAL/SOUTHERN LOWER MI...  
       
    ..SUMMARY
     
     
    A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IS EXPECTED FROM SOUTHERN WISCONSIN  
    INTO LOWER MICHIGAN FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. ADDITIONAL STRONG  
    TO SEVERE STORMS ARE POSSIBLE FROM THE MID MISSISSIPPI VALLEY  
    THROUGH THE CENTRAL PLAINS INTO THE CENTRAL HIGH PLAINS.  
       
    ..UPPER MIDWEST/LOWER GREAT LAKES
     
     
    A WARM FRONT IS FORECAST TO EXTEND FROM NORTHERN IL NORTHWESTWARD  
    ACROSS SOUTHWEST AND WEST-CENTRAL WI INTO EAST-CENTRAL/NORTHEAST MN  
    EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS, AIDED BY ENHANCED  
    LOW-LEVEL FLOW THROUGHOUT THE EASTERN PERIPHERY OF AN APPROACHING  
    UPPER TROUGH, WILL LIKELY BE ONGOING ALONG AND NORTH THIS FRONT,  
    NEAR AN ATTENDANT SURFACE LOW/TRIPLE POINT. THE WARM FRONT OVER THE  
    REGION IS EXPECTED TO MOVE NORTHWARD/NORTHEASTWARD THROUGHOUT THE  
    DAY AS THIS WEAK LOW MOVES EAST-NORTHEASTWARD, BRINGING MID TO UPPER  
    60S DEWPOINTS IN TO CENTRAL/SOUTHERN WI BY EARLY AFTERNOON AND INTO  
    CENTRAL/SOUTHERN LOWER MI BY THE LATE AFTERNOON. ADDITIONAL  
    THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT (OR POSSIBLY JUST REINVIGORATION OF THE  
    EARLY PERIOD STORMS) IS EXPECTED AS THE LOW ENCOUNTERS THE MORE  
    MOIST AND UNSTABLE BOUNDARY LAYER DOWNSTREAM. MESOSCALE FORCING FOR  
    ASCENT WILL BE PROVIDED BY THE SURFACE LOW, WITH THE APPROACHING  
    UPPER TROUGH PROVIDING ADDITIONAL LARGE-SCALE ASCENT.  
     
    EXPECTATION IS FOR THIS FORCING TO RESULT IN QUICK THUNDERSTORM  
    DEVELOPMENT ONCE THE AIR MASS DESTABILIZES. LINEAR CHARACTER TO THE  
    FORCING FOR ASCENT COMBINED WITH THE PRESENCE OF MODERATE TO STRONG  
    WESTERLY FLOW ALOFT IS EXPECTED TO PROMOTE QUICK UPSCALE GROWTH INTO  
    AN ORGANIZED CONVECTIVE LINE. CONSEQUENTLY, A CORRIDOR OF HIGHER  
    WIND GUST POTENTIAL IS EXPECTED ALONG AND JUST SOUTH OF THE WARM  
    FRONT. BASED ON CURRENT GUIDANCE, THE CORRIDOR APPEARS TO BE MOSTLY  
    LIKELY FROM SOUTHEAST WI INTO CENTRAL/SOUTHERN LOWER MI.  
    ADDITIONALLY, THE MODERATE TO STRONG MID-LEVEL FLOW WILL RESULT IN  
    ENOUGH LOW-LEVEL VERTICAL SHEAR TO SUPPORT TRANSIENT/BRIEF  
    LINE-EMBEDDED/QLCS TORNADOES. HAIL IS ALSO POSSIBLE, PARTICULARLY  
    WITH ANY EARLY, MORE CELLULAR STORMS OR AS A RESULT OF STORM  
    MERGERS/INTERACTIONS WITHIN THE LINE.  
       
    ..MID MS/MID MO VALLEYS INTO THE CENTRAL PLAINS
     
     
    MODERATE INSTABILITY IS FORECAST TO BE IN PLACE FROM THE MID MS  
    VALLEY INTO THE CENTRAL PLAINS AHEAD OF THE APPROACHING COLD FRONT.  
    VERTICAL SHEAR WILL WEAKEN WITH SOUTHWESTWARD EXTENT, BUT ABUNDANT  
    LOW-LEVEL MOISTURE (I.E. DEWPOINTS IN THE UPPER 60S/LOW 70S) AND  
    STEEP MID-LEVEL LAPSE RATES (PARTICULARLY ACROSS THE CENTRAL PLAINS)  
    WILL HELP SUPPORT STRONG UPDRAFTS CAPABLE OF BOTH LARGE HAIL AND  
    DAMAGING DOWNBURST WINDS.  
       
     
       

     
    ..MOSIER.. 06/25/2020

     

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  8. New day 2 maintains a large slight risk from MI southwest to SE NE/NE KS. They mention that if enough destabilization can occur after morning activity, a more organized bowing type wind threat could evolve requiring an upgrade to wind and categorical risk.

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    DAY 2 CONVECTIVE OUTLOOK  
    NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK  
    1254 AM CDT THU JUN 25 2020  
     
    VALID 261200Z - 271200Z  

     
    ...THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM THE UPPER  
    GREAT LAKES REGION SOUTHWESTWARD TO THE MIDDLE MISSOURI VALLEY...  
       
    ..SUMMARY
     
     
    SCATTERED POSING A RISK FOR DAMAGING WINDS AND HAIL ARE EXPECTED  
    FROM THE CENTRAL PLAINS EAST-NORTHEASTWARD ACROSS THE MIDWEST TO THE  
    GREAT LAKES FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING.  
       
    ..SYNOPSIS
     
     
    GRADUAL EVOLUTION OF QUASI-ZONAL FLOW ALOFT WILL OCCUR FRIDAY, AS  
    EASTERN U.S. TROUGHING SHIFTS OFFSHORE. A POSITIVELY TILTED,  
    LOW-AMPLITUDE SHORT-WAVE TROUGH WITHIN THE WESTERLIES WILL CROSS THE  
    CENTRAL PORTION OF THE COUNTRY THROUGH THE PERIOD.  
     
    AT THE SURFACE, A COLD FRONT INITIALLY STRETCHING FROM MINNESOTA TO  
    WESTERN KANSAS WILL BECOME ELONGATED IN A MORE  
    NORTHEAST-TO-SOUTHWEST MANNER, AS FRONT MOVES EASTWARD ACROSS THE  
    GREAT LAKES REGION, WHILE LINGERING OVER KANSAS. MEANWHILE, A  
    SECOND COLD FRONT IS FORECAST TO WORK ITS WAY INLAND/ACROSS THE  
    PACIFIC NORTHWEST, AHEAD OF A MID-LEVEL SHORT-WAVE TROUGH DIGGING  
    SOUTHEASTWARD OUT OF THE GULF OF ALASKA.  
       
    ..MID MO/MID MS VALLEYS TO THE GREAT LAKES
     
     
    SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE FORECAST TO BE ONGOING ACROSS PORTIONS  
    OF THE UPPER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY/UPPER GREAT LAKES REGION  
    AREA AT THE START OF THE PERIOD, AHEAD OF THE ADVANCING COLD FRONT.  
    AS DIURNAL HEATING DRIVES AFTERNOON DESTABILIZATION, NEW STORM  
    DEVELOPMENT IS EXPECTED NEAR THE ADVANCING COLD FRONT, FIRST OVER  
    THE WISCONSIN VICINITY AND THEN STRETCHING SOUTHWESTWARD ALONG THE  
    COLD FRONT INTO KANSAS.  
     
    FLOW ALOFT THROUGH THE LOWER AND MIDDLE TROPOSPHERE ACROSS THE  
    REGION WILL BE SUFFICIENT FOR ORGANIZED STORMS -- LIKELY EVOLVING  
    LOCALLY INTO FAST/EASTWARD-MOVING BANDS. ALONG WITH HAIL POTENTIAL,  
    DAMAGING WINDS WILL LIKELY TO BE THE FAVORED SEVERE RISK. DEPENDING  
    UPON DEGREE OF DESTABILIZATION WHICH CAN OCCUR ACROSS THE GREAT  
    LAKES AREA IN THE WAKE OF EARLY-PERIOD CONVECTION, A MORE  
    ORGANIZED/BOWING-TYPE WIND RISK COULD EVOLVE, WHICH COULD REQUIRE  
    HIGHER WIND PROBABILITY/GREATER CATEGORICAL RISK IN LATER FORECASTS.  
     
    CONVECTION SHOULD CONTINUE THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS -- SPREADING  
    AS FAR EAST AS PARTS OF PENNSYLVANIA AND NEW YORK, BUT  
    WITH SEVERE RISK LIKELY WANING GRADUALLY AS THE AIRMASS STABILIZES  
    WITH TIME.  
       

     
    ..GOSS.. 06/25/2020  

     

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  9. Slight risk added to a good chunk of the northern half of IL.

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    ..ILLINOIS AND EASTERN PORTIONS OF IA/MO TO WESTERN INDIANA  
     
    HAVE UPGRADED PORTIONS OF THE REGION FOR A WIND-RELATED CATEGORICAL  
    SLIGHT RISK. DECAYING OUTFLOW AND PREVALENT CLOUD COVER COMPLICATE  
    THE SCENARIO SOMEWHAT, BUT MODERATE DESTABILIZATION IS EXPECTED  
    PARTICULARLY ACROSS NORTH-CENTRAL ILLINOIS INTO NORTHWEST INDIANA  
    AHEAD OF A WEAK SURFACE LOW/COLD FRONT. DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE  
    POSSIBLE WITH THE STRONGEST STORMS THROUGH THE AFTERNOON/EARLY  
    EVENING.

     

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  10. Quote

    URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED  
    SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 277  
    NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK  
    245 PM EDT WED JUN 10 2020  
     
    THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A  
     
    * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF  
    SOUTHEASTERN INDIANA  
    EXTREME NORTHERN KENTUCKY  
    MUCH OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL OHIO  
    LAKE ERIE  
     
    * EFFECTIVE THIS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 245 PM  
    UNTIL 1000 PM EDT.  
     
    * PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...  
    WIDESPREAD DAMAGING WINDS AND ISOLATED SIGNIFICANT GUSTS TO 75  
    MPH LIKELY  
    SCATTERED LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 1.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE  
    A TORNADO OR TWO POSSIBLE  
     
    SUMMARY...A BROKEN BAND OF SEVERE STORMS ACROSS INDIANA IS EXPECTED  
    TO SPREAD EASTWARD THROUGH THE AFTERNOON, WITH ADDITIONAL STORM  
    DEVELOPMENT LIKELY INTO OHIO. EVENTUAL UPSCALE GROWTH INTO A MORE  
    SOLID SQUALL LINE IS EXPECTED BY THIS EVENING. THE STORM  
    ENVIRONMENT WILL BE FAVORABLE FOR EMBEDDED BOWING SEGMENTS AND  
    SUPERCELLS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS, SOME SIGNIFICANT. A  
    TORNADO OR TWO AND ISOLATED LARGE HAIL WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE WITH  
    THE STRONGER STORMS.  
     
    THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 60  
    STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 35 MILES EAST NORTHEAST  
    OF TOLEDO OH TO 50 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CINCINNATI OH. FOR A COMPLETE  
    DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE  
    (WOUS64 KWNS WOU7).  
     
    PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
     
    REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE  
    FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA.  
    PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING  
    WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE  
    WARNINGS. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE  
    TORNADOES.  
     

     

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  11. 4 minutes ago, HillsdaleMIWeather said:

    Day 1 moderate introduced, wind driven430205320_spccoday1.categorical.latest(1).png.2e8bebacad0859862cee5761da0d49c1.png

    Here's the disco.

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    DAY 1 CONVECTIVE OUTLOOK  
    NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK  
    1242 AM CDT WED JUN 10 2020  
     
    VALID 101200Z - 111200Z  

     
    ...THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS LOWER  
    MICHIGAN INTO THE OHIO VALLEY...  
       
    ..SUMMARY
     
     
    WIDESPREAD SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE  
    OHIO VALLEY AND LOWER MICHIGAN REGION. SEVERE, DAMAGING WIND GUSTS  
    ARE THE MAIN THREAT, THOUGH A FEW TORNADOES AND SOME HAIL THREAT ARE  
    ALSO POSSIBLE.  
       
    ..LOWER MICHIGAN/OHIO VALLEY
     
     
    EARLY THIS MORNING, WATER-VAPOR IMAGERY DEPICTED A STRONG UPPER LOW  
    OVER NORTHEASTERN KS, SHIFTING EAST-NORTHEAST IN LINE WITH  
    LATE-EVENING MODEL GUIDANCE. THIS FEATURE IS FORECAST TO EJECT  
    ACROSS THE MID MS VALLEY DURING THE DAY AND BECOME NEGATIVELY TILTED  
    AS STRONGEST 500MB FLOW ROTATES THROUGH THE BASE OF THE TROUGH INTO  
    THE DOWNSTREAM POSITION OVER CENTRAL IL BY 18Z, THEN SOUTHERN LOWER  
    MI BY 11/00Z. AT 0530Z, REMNANTS OF CRISTOBAL ARE LIFTING QUICKLY  
    NORTH ACROSS THE UPPER GREAT LAKES AND IT APPEARS THE WAVELENGTH  
    BETWEEN THESE TWO FEATURES IS SUFFICIENT FOR MODEST BOUNDARY-LAYER  
    HEATING AHEAD OF THE FRONT, ESPECIALLY ACROSS IN INTO SOUTHERN LOWER  
    MI BY 18Z. FORECAST SOUNDINGS SUGGEST SURFACE TEMPERATURES WILL WARM  
    INTO THE MID 80S BY EARLY AFTERNOON AS SUBSTANTIAL MID-LEVEL DRYING  
    SHOULD OVERSPREAD THIS REGION ALLOWING FOR PARTIAL SUNSHINE. THERE  
    IS INCREASING CONFIDENCE THAT SCATTERED CONVECTION WILL INITIATE  
    ALONG/AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT BETWEEN 18-20Z. WHILE LOW-LEVEL SRH IS  
    NOT PARTICULARLY HIGH, IT APPEARS A MIXED STORM MODE WILL EVOLVE  
    WITH SUPERCELLS, SHORT-LINE SEGMENTS, AND CLUSTERS ULTIMATELY  
    MATURING AHEAD OF THE SHORT WAVE. LATEST GUIDANCE INDICATES 12HR  
    MID-LEVEL HEIGHT FALLS BETWEEN 120-150M WILL OVERSPREAD THIS REGION  
    AND LARGE-SCALE FORCING FOR ASCENT WILL ENCOURAGE AN UPWARD-EVOLVING  
    PRE-FRONTAL CONVECTIVE CORRIDOR. MEAN STORM MOTIONS AROUND 45KT ARE  
    EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. ADDITIONALLY, MODERATE MLCAPE (2000  
    J/KG) WILL ENSURE ROBUST UPDRAFTS THAT SHOULD REMAIN ORGANIZED  
    WITHIN THE STRONGLY SHEARED REGIME. AS A RESULT, WIDESPREAD SEVERE,  
    DAMAGING WINDS ARE EXPECTED, ESPECIALLY WITH LINE SEGMENTS. SOME  
    TORNADO THREAT ALSO WILL EXIST WITH SUPERCELL STRUCTURES.  
     
    FARTHER EAST, STRONG HEATING ACROSS THE CENTRAL APPALACHIANS WILL  
    AID SCATTERED THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT BY EARLY AFTERNOON WELL AHEAD  
    OF THE UPPER TROUGH. THIS ACTIVITY WILL NOT BE STRONGLY FORCED, BUT  
    ADEQUATELY SHEARED FOR AT LEAST SOME THREAT FOR ISOLATED WIND/HAIL.  
     
    ..DARROW/NAUSLAR.. 06/10/2020  

     

  12. 58mph winds at Dayton airport.

    PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
    NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
    453 PM EDT TUE JUN 9 2020
    
    ..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
    ..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
                ..REMARKS..
    
    0443 PM     TSTM WND GST     KDAY DAYTON COX APT     39.90N 84.22W
    06/09/2020  M58 MPH          MONTGOMERY         OH   ASOS
    
    


     

  13. ILN sounds really concerned about tornado potential tomorrow even mentioning being alert for strong tornado.

    .SHORT TERM /6 AM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT/...
    Main story Wednesday will be increasingly unstable airmass
    meeting up with a negatively tilted shortwave heading up the
    ridge axis currently in place over the East Coast. At the
    surface, a cold front/dry line will slice through the forecast
    area during the late afternoon hours. Timing of this line of
    convergence is still a bit uncertain with the guidance. Have
    bracketed the time of peak concern to be from 18Z through just
    after 00Z, with a quick end to the precipitation behind the main
    line along the front.
    
    Based on several emerging mesoscale factors, including SBCAPE
    values of 2000-3000 J/kg, 35-45kts of 0-6km bulk shear, and
    20-30kts of 0-1km bulk shear, there is growing concern for
    severe storms with damaging wind, large hail, and tornadoes as
    well. In fact, STP values exceeding 3 in west central through
    central Ohio provide some alert for the potential for strong
    tornadoes during the late afternoon through early evening hours.
    Main question will be coverage for storms, as well as how long
    the storms remain discrete along the front.
    

     

  14. Enhanced area added for tomorrow for parts of MI/OH

    Quote

    DAY 2 CONVECTIVE OUTLOOK  
    NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK  
    1241 PM CDT TUE JUN 09 2020  
     
    VALID 101200Z - 111200Z  

     
    ...THERE IS AN ENHANCED RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS PORTIONS  
    OF LOWER MICHIGAN AND INTO OHIO...  
       
    ..SUMMARY
     
     
    SCATTERED SEVERE STORMS ARE POSSIBLE FROM OHIO AND LOWER MICHIGAN  
    INTO PARTS OF PENNSYLVANIA, WEST VIRGINIA, AND NEW YORK WEDNESDAY  
    AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SOUTH OF THIS AREA, A FEW STRONG TO SEVERE  
    WIND GUSTS WILL BE POSSIBLE.  
       
    ..SYNOPSIS
     
     
    AS REMNANTS OF CRISTOBAL -- PROGGED TO BE CROSSING UPPER MICHIGAN AT  
    THE START OF THE PERIOD -- SHIFT NORTHWARD INTO ONTARIO, A  
    NEGATIVELY-TILTING SYNOPTIC-SCALE TROUGH IS FORECAST TO SHIFT  
    NORTHEASTWARD OUT OF THE CENTRAL U.S. ACROSS THE MIDWEST AND GREAT  
    LAKES REGIONS. THIS TROUGH WILL BE FLANKED BY RIDGES ON EITHER  
    SIDE, ONE OVER THE WEST AND A SECOND OVER THE EAST THAT WILL BE  
    GRADUALLY SHUNTED EASTWARD INTO THE WESTERN ATLANTIC THROUGH THE END  
    OF THE PERIOD.  
     
    AT THE SURFACE, REMNANTS OF CRISTOBAL ARE PROGGED TO DEEPEN AS A  
    SYNOPTIC LOW OVER SOUTHERN ONTARIO WITH TIME, IN RESPONSE TO THE  
    ADVANCE OF UPPER TROUGHING. A TRAILING COLD FRONT IS FORECAST TO  
    SWEEP EASTWARD ACROSS THE MIDWEST/OHIO AND TENNESSEE VALLEYS/CENTRAL  
    GULF COAST STATES THROUGH THE DAY, AND THEN SHOULD CROSS THE  
    APPALACHIANS LATE IN THE PERIOD.  
       
    ..LOWER MICHIGAN AND OHIO VICINITY SOUTHWARD TO THE GULF COAST
     
     
    AS THE REMNANT LOW WHICH WAS CRISTOBAL SHIFTS NORTHWARD TOWARD  
    SOUTHERN ONTARIO, A COMPACT LOW/VORT MAX -- WITHIN THE LARGER-SCALE  
    UPPER TROUGHING -- IS FORECAST TO MAKE AN INCREASINGLY NEGATIVELY  
    TILTED NORTHEASTWARD ADVANCE ACROSS THE MIDWEST AND INTO THE UPPER  
    GREAT LAKES REGION THROUGH THE FIRST HALF OF THE PERIOD.  
     
    AS THIS SYSTEM -- AND ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT -- ADVANCE ACROSS LAKE  
    MICHIGAN AND INDIANA INTO LOWER MICHIGAN AND OHIO THROUGH THE DAY,  
    DAYTIME HEATING/DESTABILIZATION IN CONJUNCTION WITH STRONG FORCING  
    FOR ASCENT WILL RESULT IN STORM DEVELOPMENT THROUGH MIDDAY/EARLY  
    AFTERNOON. STRONG -- BUT SOMEWHAT  
    UNIDIRECTIONAL/SOUTH-SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW WITH HEIGHT IS PROGGED  
    ACROSS THE REGION, YIELDING SHEAR THAT WILL FAVOR  
    FAST-MOVING/ROTATING STORMS AND/OR SMALL BOWING SEGMENTS, AND  
    ATTENDANT RISK FOR STRONG/DAMAGING WINDS. HAIL WILL ALSO BE  
    POSSIBLE, AS WILL A COUPLE OF TORNADOES ACROSS THIS AREA. WITH  
    TIME, AN INCREASINGLY LINEAR CONVECTIVE BAND IS EXPECTED, AS STORMS  
    SHIFT EAST TO LAKES HURON AND ERIE, AND ACROSS OHIO INTO THE EVENING  
    HOURS, WITH AN EVENTUAL WANE IN WIND RISK EXPECTED WITH TIME.  
     
    FARTHER SOUTH, STORMS ARE FORECAST TO DEVELOP DURING THE AFTERNOON  
    ALONG THE COLD FRONT, AS THE AIRMASS DIURNALLY DESTABILIZES. WEAKER  
    SHEAR EXPECTED ACROSS THIS REGION SUGGESTS LESSER SEVERE RISK,  
    THOUGH LOCALLY GUSTY/DAMAGING WINDS AND HAIL WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH  
    STRONGER STORMS THROUGH THE AFTERNOON.

     

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  15. No 10% on new day 1 and they also trimmed away the slight some in IL.

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    ..WESTERN KY/IL/IN THIS AFTERNOON/EVENING
     
     
    TROPICAL DEPRESSION CRISTOBAL IS MOVING NORTH-NORTHEASTWARD JUST TO  
    THE WEST OF SAINT LOUIS, AND WILL CONTINUE TOWARD WI/UPPER MI  
    OVERNIGHT. EAST OF THE CYCLONE CENTER, LOW-MID 70S DEWPOINTS ARE  
    SPREADING NORTHWARD INTO SOUTHERN IL/WESTERN KY, AND WILL REACH IL  
    THIS AFTERNOON. A BELT OF 40-50 KT LOW-MIDLEVEL FLOW AROUND THE  
    EASTERN PERIPHERY OF THE SYSTEM WILL CONTRIBUTE TO SUFFICIENT  
    VERTICAL SHEAR FOR ROTATING STORMS. THE PRIMARY UNCERTAINTY IS THE  
    DEGREE OF SURFACE HEATING/DESTABILIZATION WITHIN THE RICHER MOISTURE  
    PLUME WHERE CLOUDS ARE WIDESPREAD, WHICH WILL BE NECESSARY FOR THE  
    FORMATION OF MORE CELLULAR CONVECTION THAT COULD EVOLVE INTO SMALL  
    SUPERCELLS WITH AN ATTENDANT TORNADO AND DAMAGING WIND THREAT.  
       
     

     

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  16. 9 minutes ago, HillsdaleMIWeather said:

    New Day 2 has a slight in Eastern Lower MI, new day 1 expands the slight slightly 

    Also a 5% tornado area for SEMI and west OH.

    Quote

    DAY 2 CONVECTIVE OUTLOOK  
    NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK  
    1244 AM CDT TUE JUN 09 2020  
     
    VALID 101200Z - 111200Z  

       
    ..THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER OHIO
     
    LOWER  
    MICHIGAN...NORTHERN KENTUCKY...MUCH OF PENNSYLVANIA AND NEW  
    YORK...WEST VIRGINIA...  
       
    ..SUMMARY
     
     
    SCATTERED SEVERE STORMS ARE POSSIBLE FROM OHIO AND LOWER MICHIGAN  
    INTO PARTS OF PENNSYLVANIA, WEST VIRGINIA, AND NEW YORK WEDNESDAY  
    AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SOUTH OF THIS AREA, A FEW STRONG TO SEVERE  
    WIND GUSTS WILL BE POSSIBLE.  
       
    ..LOWER MI, OH AND NORTHERN KY INTO WV, NY AND PA
     
     
    A STRONG SHORTWAVE TROUGH WILL MOVE NORTHEAST OUT OF THE MID MS  
    VALLEY TOWARD THE GREAT LAKES DURING THE DAY, AND INTO ONTARIO BY  
    THURSDAY MORNING. LOW PRESSURE IS EXPECTED TO REDEVELOP ACROSS THE  
    UPPER GREAT LAKES, WITH A COLD FRONT EXTENDING FROM EASTERN LOWER MI  
    INTO OH, EASTERN KY AND TN, AND ACROSS AL AT 00Z.  
     
    AHEAD OF THE FRONT, A VERY MOIST AIR MASS WILL EXIST, CONTRIBUTING  
    TO MUCAPE APPROACHING 2000 J/KG MAINLY NORTH OF THE OH RIVER. HEIGHT  
    FALLS WILL ALSO BE STRONGEST ACROSS THE SAME AREAS AIDING  
    LARGE-SCALE ASCENT. THE RESULT SHOULD BE SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS  
    STORMS ALONG THE FRONT BY 21Z OVER LOWER MI, EXTENDING AS FAR SOUTH  
    AS KY. A 50 KT LOW-LEVEL JET WILL ENHANCE LOW-LEVEL SHEAR, WITH SRH  
    LEVELS FAVORABLE FOR SUPERCELLS AND A COUPLE TORNADOES.  
     
    DURING THE DAY OVER NORTHERN NY, ISOLATED SEVERE STORMS CANNOT BE  
    RULED OUT ALONG THE WARM FRONT. THE INCREASED SRH IN THIS AREA WILL  
    CONDITIONALLY FAVOR SUPERCELLS, AND EVEN A BRIEF TORNADO BUT STORM  
    COVERAGE IS UNCERTAIN.  
     
    OTHERWISE, STORMS ALONG THE MAIN COLD FRONT SHOULD PERSIST EASTWARD  
    ACROSS PA AND NY DURING THE EVENING, BENEATH STRONG WINDS ALOFT.  
    DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE POSSIBLE.  
     
    MODELS DIFFER WITH THE SPEED OF THE UPPER TROUGH AND COLD FRONT, BUT  
    HAVE GENERALLY GONE WITH THE 12Z ECMWF SOLUTION.

     

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  17. 18 minutes ago, Hoosier said:

    Good representation there of the increased lag between Cristobal and the trailing wave.

    Not looking like an Ike type scenario as far as winds from tropical remnants, but probably still going to be better than 95% of remnant systems in the Midwest in that regard.

    You have to remember with Ike there was the unexpected mostly sunny skies to the south/east of the track which aided in the stronger winds. Would be pretty hard to get another Ike scenario unless that happens.

  18. Updated day 2

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    DAY 2 CONVECTIVE OUTLOOK  
    NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK  
    1246 PM CDT MON JUN 08 2020  
     
    VALID 091200Z - 101200Z  

     
    ...THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS PORTIONS OF  
    THE MIDWEST AND VICINITY...AND ACROSS PARTS OF SOUTHEAST  
    NEBRASKA/NORTHEAST KANSAS...  
       
    ..SUMMARY
     
     
    SCATTERED STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TUESDAY OVER PARTS OF  
    THE MISSOURI, MID MISSISSPPI AND OHIO VALLEYS AND INTO THE UPPER  
    GREAT LAKES REGION, WITH A FEW TORNADOES POSSIBLE IN ADDITION TO  
    LOCALIZED WIND DAMAGE. HAIL IS POSSIBLE AS WELL OVER PARTS OF  
    NEBRASKA AND KANSAS.  
       
    ..SYNOPSIS
     
     
    REMNANTS OF CRISTOBAL ARE FORECAST TO SHIFT NORTHEASTWARD ACROSS THE  
    MID MISSISSIPPI VALLEY VICINITY TOWARD THE UPPER GREAT LAKES THROUGH  
    THE DAY TUESDAY, AHEAD OF AN UPPER TROUGH MOVING OUT OF THE ROCKIES  
    INTO THE CENTRAL U.S. THROUGH THE PERIOD.  
     
    WHILE CRISTOBAL -- INITIALLY PROGGED TO BE CENTERED OVER THE OZARKS  
    AT THE START OF THE PERIOD -- SHIFTS NORTHWARD WITH TIME, A COLD  
    FRONT IS FORECAST TO SURGE EASTWARD/SOUTHEASTWARD ACROSS THE PLAINS.  
    BY THE END OF THE PERIOD, WITH REMNANTS OF CRISTOBAL NOW DEEPENING  
    AS A SYNOPTIC LOW OVER THE UPPER GREAT LAKES, A TRAILING COLD FRONT  
    WILL LIKELY HAVE SURGED TO A POSITION FROM THE LOW  
    SOUTH-SOUTHWESTWARD ACROSS THE MID MISSISSIPPI VALLEY TO THE TEXAS  
    GULF COAST.  
       
    ..MID MS/MID AND LOWER OH/TN VALLEYS TO THE UPPER GREAT LAKES
     
     
    A LARGE AREA OF PRECIPITATION ASSOCIATED WITH CRISTOBAL IS EXPECTED  
    TO RESIDE ACROSS THE OZARKS AND MID MS/TN/LOWER OH VALLEYS EARLY IN  
    THE PERIOD, AND WILL SPREAD NORTHWARD ACROSS THE MIDWEST INTO THE  
    UPPER GREAT LAKES REGION THROUGH THE END OF THE PERIOD. A VERY  
    MOIST LOW-LEVEL AIRMASS, AND BACKED LOW-LEVEL FLOW IN THE NORTHEAST  
    QUADRANT OF THE LOW, WILL RESULT IN A LARGE/BROAD AREA OF AT LEAST  
    LOW-END WIND AND TORNADO POTENTIAL THROUGH THE PERIOD.  
     
    AT THIS TIME, IT APPEARS THAT A DIURNAL UPTICK IN RISK SHOULD OCCUR  
    THROUGH THE MORNING AND INTO THE AFTERNOON AS STORMS SPREAD ACROSS  
    THE MID MS AND TN VALLEYS INTO THE IL/IN AREA. WEAK LAPSE RATES,  
    BUT VERY MODEST HEATING SHOULD COMBINE WITH THE STRONG VEERING WITH  
    HEIGHT WITHIN THE BACKGROUND WIND FIELD TO SUPPORT A RELATIVE  
    INCREASE IN OVERALL SEVERE-WEATHER PROBABILITY THROUGH THE AFTERNOON  
    AND INTO THE EVENING HOURS. AT LEAST SOME RISK WILL LIKELY LINGER  
    THROUGH THE END OF THE PERIOD, AS CONVECTION SPREADS ACROSS THE  
    UPPER GREAT LAKES REGION.  
       
     

     

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  19. Slight risk up for IL/IN on new day 2.

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    DAY 2 CONVECTIVE OUTLOOK  
    NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK  
    1254 AM CDT MON JUN 08 2020  
     
    VALID 091200Z - 101200Z  

     
    ...THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER PARTS OF  
    ILLINOIS...INDIANA...AND WESTERN KENTUCKY...AND FROM SOUTHEAST  
    NEBRASKA INTO NORTHEAST KANSAS...  
       
    ..SUMMARY
     
     
    SCATTERED STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TUESDAY OVER PARTS OF  
    THE MISSOURI, MID MISSISSPPI AND OHIO VALLEYS DURING THE DAY AND  
    EVENING, WITH A FEW TORNADOES POSSIBLE IN ADDITION TO LOCALIZED WIND  
    DAMAGE. HAIL IS POSSIBLE AS WELL OVER PARTS OF NEBRASKA AND KANSAS,  
    WITH ISOLATED STRONG STORMS INTO SOUTHERN AND EASTERN TEXAS  
    OVERNIGHT.  
       
    ..SYNOPSIS
     
     
    THE REMNANTS OF CRISTOBAL, SURFACE AND ALOFT, WILL CONTINUE  
    NORTH/NORTHEAST ACROSS MO AND IL DURING THE DAY, ENHANCING LIFT AND  
    SHEAR PROFILES, AND BRINGING SUBSTANTIAL LOW-LEVEL MOISTURE NORTH.  
    MEANWHILE, A POTENT SHORTWAVE TROUGH WILL BE OVER THE CENTRAL PLAINS  
    BY 00Z, AND WILL CONTINUE EAST TOWARD THE MS VALLEY WITH RAPID  
    HEIGHT FALLS.  
     
    AT THE SURFACE, THE LOW ASSOCIATED WITH CRISTOBAL WILL MOVE FROM MO  
    INTO EASTERN IA THROUGH 00Z, WITH A WARM FRONT ROUGHLY FROM LOWER MI  
    INTO SOUTHERN WI. WINDS ALOFT WILL RAPIDLY VEER OVER THE MS VALLEY  
    WITH THE PASSAGE OF THE FIRST WAVE, THEN BACK AGAIN AFTER 00Z AS THE  
    MAIN TROUGH APPROACHES.  
     
    VARIOUS MODEL SOLUTIONS EXIST REGARDING THE BEST AREA OF STORM  
    POTENTIAL AND DESTABILIZATION. HOWEVER, THE GENERAL IDEA IS FOR A  
    FEW SUPERCELLS DURING THE DAY WITH TORNADO THREAT FROM THE MID MS  
    INTO THE LOWER OH VALLEY AREAS, WITH A DAYTIME THREAT ACROSS NE AND  
    KS NEAR THE UPPER TROUGH.  
       
    ..IL...IN...WESTERN KY...PARTS OF ADJACENT STATES
     
     
    STORM POTENTIAL IS EXPECTED TO SHIFT FROM NORTHERN MS AND TN INTO  
    KY, IL AND IN THROUGHOUT THE DAY, WITH A MOIST ENVIRONMENT AND  
    LOW-LEVEL SHEAR SUPPORTING ROTATION. MODELS SUGGEST THE BEST SRH  
    (OVER 300 M2/S2) WILL BE OVER WESTERN KY, EASTERN IL, AND MUCH OF IN  
    BY LATE AFTERNOON, AND WILL CONTINUE NORTH INTO LOWER MI AFTER 00Z  
    WHERE INSTABILITY WILL BE LESS. AMPLE MOISTURE WILL SUPPORT STORMS  
    SCATTERED OVER THE ENTIRE AREA, BEGINNING IN THE MORNING OVER  
    NORTHERN MS AND WESTERN TN, THEN RAPIDLY SHIFTING NORTH.  
     
    OVERNIGHT, A VERY MOIST AIR MASS WILL REMAIN, AND MAY SUPPORT  
    ADDITIONAL STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS AS THE COLD FRONT ARRIVES INTO  
    WEDNESDAY MORNING.  
       
     

     

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