Monday, April 18, 2011

Another Stormy Day on tap for tomorrow. Day 2 outlook by the SPC has our southern area highlighted (slight risk) for Severe Weather. Details in the link.

THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY ACROSS MUCH OF THE OUTLOOK AREA TUESDAY
AND TUESDAY EVENING. THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR SOME OF THESE STORMS
TO BE SEVERE TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING...PARTICULARLY ACROSS
SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF THE OUTLOOK AREA.

AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE SOUTH CENTRAL
PLAINS LATE TONIGHT...AND WILL MOVE NORTHEAST ACROSS CENTRAL
ILLINOIS AND NORTHWEST INDIANA THROUGH LATE TUESDAY NIGHT.
THUNDERSTORMS WILL BECOME INCREASINGLY LIKELY AHEAD OF THE LOW AND
NORTH OF THE WARM FRONT FROM MIDDAY TUESDAY ONWARD. THE MAIN
THREAT WITH THESE STORMS IS EXPECTED TO BE LARGE HAIL. HOWEVER...
THE WARM FRONT IS EXPECTED TO LIFT ACROSS EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS
AND NORTHERN INDIANA DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON HOURS...WITH THE
LOW TRACKING ALONG THE FRONT TUESDAY EVENING. VERY WARM MOIST AND
UNSTABLE AIR...COMBINED WITH INCREASED WIND SHEAR NEAR THE WARM
FRONT WILL PROVIDE AN INCREASED RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS
ESPECIALLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF ROUGHLY A STREATOR ILLINOIS TO
VALPARAISO INDIANA LINE DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING
HOURS. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM THREATS WILL INCLUDE LARGE
HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS AND EVEN ISOLATED TORNADOES ACROSS THESE
AREAS. STORMS SHOULD EVENTUALLY MOVE EAST OF THE OUTLOOK AREA
SHORTLY AFTER MIDNIGHT. IN ADDITION TO THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT...
MODERATE TO LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL IS ALSO POSSIBLE LATE TUESDAY
AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS PLACED MUCH OF EAST CENTRAL
ILLINOIS AND PORTIONS OF NORTHERN INDIANA IN A MODERATE RISK
OUTLOOK FOR SEVERE WEATHER TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

MORE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ON FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT.

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