ZCZC SPCSWOMCD ALL ACUS11 KWNS 181532 SPC MCD 181532 MIZ000-OHZ000-INZ000-181730- MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 1061 NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK 1032 AM CDT WED JUN 18 2014 AREAS AFFECTED...SRN LOWER MI...NRN INDIANA...NWRN OH CONCERNING...SEVERE POTENTIAL...WATCH POSSIBLE VALID 181532Z - 181730Z PROBABILITY OF WATCH ISSUANCE...40 PERCENT SUMMARY...STORMS ADVANCING ACROSS SRN LAKE MI ATTM WILL MOVE INTO/ACROSS THE SRN LOWER MI VICINITY OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS. A SOMEWHAT CONVECTIVELY STABILIZED AIRMASS DOWNSTREAM SUGGESTS THAT SEVERE THREAT MAY BE LIMITED/LOCALIZED -- AT LEAST INITIALLY...BUT WW COULD BECOME NECESSARY WITH TIME. DISCUSSION...LATEST RADAR LOOP SHOWS A WELL-DEFINED BOW ECHO MOVING ACROSS SRN PORTIONS OF LAKE MI ATTM...AND WILL BEGIN TO SHIFT INTO SRN LOWER MI IN THE NEXT HOUR OR SO. THE AIRMASS DOWNSTREAM OF THIS MCS HAS BEEN SOMEWHAT STABILIZED BY EARLIER CONVECTION...WITH BETTER INSTABILITY CONFINED TO AREAS NEAR AND S OF THE SRN BORDER OF LOWER MI. STILL...THE DEGREE OF ORGANIZATION OF THIS BOW AS INDICATED BY RADAR SUGGESTS THAT LOCALLY DAMAGING WINDS ALONG WITH MARGINAL HAIL MAY STILL BE POSSIBLE AS THE BOW MOVES EWD ACROSS THE REGION AT 40 KT. IN ADDITION...SOME RISK THAT INTENSIFICATION ALONG THE SRN FLANK OF THE BOW SEEMS TO EXIST GIVEN THE MORE FAVORABLE THERMODYNAMIC ENVIRONMENT INTO INDIANA/OH -- DESPITE INDICATIONS TO THE CONTRARY WITHIN RECENT WRF-HRRR RUNS. WE WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE EVOLUTION OF THIS MCS -- PARTICULARLY ON ITS SRN FRINGE -- FOR SIGNS THAT A WW MAY BECOME NECESSARY. ..GOSS/MEAD.. 06/18/2014 ...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT... ATTN...WFO...CLE...DTX...IWX...GRR...LOT... LAT...LON 43308651 43378476 43168247 42828221 41638318 40918388 41158560 41608749 42748665 43308651 NNNN