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July 11-14 Severe Weather Event


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Got hit hard after this first round here in Noblesville. Lots of trees down and power out across the county. Won't take long to rebound though. I worry about the second round here. Even if we don't get the most severe, utility crews and first responders are going to be in for a long night.

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We are coming up on Champaign. First time I've been in Illinois other than layovers at ORD. We are going to sit here for a time as we are in the middle of the instability gradient and the remnant OFB is a little to our west. Think that convergence along the diffuse outflow boundary may be a nice trigger. With the instability gradient and OFB slowly moving E/NE think Champaign will be a good starting point since we don't want to go any farther west than we have to.

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Got hit hard after this first round here in Noblesville. Lots of trees down and power out across the county. Won't take long to rebound though. I worry about the second round here. Even if we don't get the most severe, utility crews and first responders are going to be in for a long night.

It's crazy how quick things are clearing up. HRRR and RAP both agree that Indiana and west Ohio will destabilize into 3000+ CAPE later. Curious to see what they do with the 20z outlook

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MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 1391
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0151 PM CDT MON JUL 13 2015

AREAS AFFECTED...E-CNTRL/FAR SE MN...W-CNTRL/CNTRL WI

CONCERNING...SEVERE POTENTIAL...WATCH LIKELY

VALID 131851Z - 132015Z

PROBABILITY OF WATCH ISSUANCE...80 PERCENT

SUMMARY...TSTM INITIATION IS EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT HOUR OR SO
WITH A RESULTING SVR THREAT. PRIMARY THREATS ARE LARGE HAIL AND
DAMAGING WINDS BUT A TORNADO OR TWO IS ALSO POSSIBLE. A WW WILL
LIKELY BE NEEDED FOR PARTS OF THIS AREA TO COVER THE ANTICIPATED SVR
THREAT.

DISCUSSION...AIRMASS ACROSS THE REGION CONTINUES TO DESTABILIZE AS
DAYTIME HEATING PUSHES TEMPERATURES INTO THE 80S AMIDST MID 60 TO
LOW 70 DEWPOINTS. OBJECTIVE ANALYSIS SHOWS AN INSTABILITY GRADIENT
WITH MLCAPE INCREASING FROM 1000 J PER KG IN THE NRN PORTION OF THE
MD AREA TO OVER 2500 J PER KG NEAR THE MN/WI/IA BORDER INTERSECTION.


RECENT SURFACE ANALYSIS PLACES A LOW OVER LSE WITH A WEAK BOUNDARY
EXTENDING NWWD INTO CNTRL MN /EVIDENCED BY WEAK CONVERGENCE/...A
WARM FRONT /DEMARCATED WELL BY THE 70 DEG ISODROSOTHERM/ ARCING SEWD
FROM THE LOW INTO S-CNTRL WI...AND A TROUGH EXTENDING SWWD ACROSS
CNTRL IA. CURRENT VISIBLE SATELLITE IMAGERY SHOW AN INCREASING CU
FIELD ALONG THE BOUNDARY FROM CNTRL MN INTO CNTRL WI WITH TSTM
INITIATION EXPECT HERE SOON. ADDITIONAL TSTM DEVELOPMENT IS EXPECTED
FARTHER SE AS DESTABILIZATION CONTINUES.

MODERATE TO STRONG INSTABILITY COMBINED WITH STRONG SHEAR
/EFFECTIVE BULK SHEAR OVER 45 KT/ IS EXPECTED TO PROMOTE ORGANIZED
TSTMS WITH SOME SUPERCELLS POSSIBLE. GIVEN THE POTENTIAL FOR
SUPERCELLS...ALL SEVERE HAZARDS ARE POSSIBLE...INCLUDING A TORNADO
OR TWO. HOWEVER...WEAK LOW-LEVEL WIND FIELDS SHOULD TEMPER THE
TORNADO THREAT SOMEWHAT. THE EXPECTED SEVERE THREAT WILL LIKELY
REQUIRE WW ISSUANCE.

 

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Still some backed flow in eastern IL to the south of I-80.  Don't know for how long though.

As others mentioned, a SW flow will do, as upper level winds are generally NW. Any areas that do hang onto some subtle backing may have an even greater localized threat.

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