2026 Severe Wx - General Thread

[Powerball]

Pretty large enhanced risk area stretching back into NE OH tomorrow, on top of the broader slight risk area for MI / IN and the rest of OH.

Seems to be some question as whether the pre-frontal trough vs. actual cold front will be the focus point though...

[Chinook]

New severe thunderstorm watches in IN/MI/OH/PA along with the enhanced risk outlook type area. A few storms are getting going in Flint in South Bend, but nothing much. Probably a marginal severe storm by Flint. KDTX has no radar data, by the way, so that's a bummer for me an a couple of you guys in Michigan.

[Greenwald]

Had a quick five minute rain here then done. Looks like it's all south of me now. Nothing severe, classic July storm.

[Powerball]

5 hours ago, Chinook said:

New severe thunderstorm watches in IN/MI/OH/PA along with the enhanced risk outlook type area. A few storms are getting going in Flint in South Bend, but nothing much. Probably a marginal severe storm by Flint. KDTX has no radar data, by the way, so that's a bummer for me an a couple of you guys in Michigan.

It ended up being largely a nothingburger for Michigan any way, outside a narrow corridor from the Tri-Citirs to Lake St. Clair. Instability, low-level moisture and shear were sufficient, but the nebulous forcing wasn't enough to overcome the residual cap and the dry air advecting in aloft.

Kind of unfortunate, because I'm sure meaningful rain would have been nice for the Detroit area after the past few days..

[sbnwx85]

After striking out with the storms yesterday we got a good storm today. Nothing severe but it was nice to get some heavy rain and thunder.

[MidwestChaser]

00z 4k nam wants to bring a line into the metro Monday night.