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SPC AC 191711 DAY 2 CONVECTIVE OUTLOOK NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK 1111 AM CST WED FEB 19 2014 VALID 201200Z - 211200Z ...THERE IS A SLGT RISK OF SVR TSTMS OH/MID AND LOWER MS VALLEYS INTO THE TN VALLEY AND DEEP SOUTH... ...SYNOPSIS... AN INTENSE TROUGH WILL SHIFT EWD OUT OF THE PLAINS THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND ACROSS THE MID MS AND OH VALLEYS/SRN GREAT LAKES REGION BY 12Z FRIDAY. AT THE SURFACE...ASSOCIATED LOW IN THE VICINITY OF WRN MO AT THE BEGINNING OF THE PERIOD WILL RAPIDLY INTENSIFY AND LIFT NEWD TOWARD THE UPPER GREAT LAKES. THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE ALONG AN EWD ADVANCING COLD FRONT DURING THE EARLY AFTERNOON...WITH A DAMAGING WIND THREAT EXTENDING ROUGHLY ALONG THE I-70 CORRIDOR FROM SRN IL INTO SRN OH SOUTHWARD ACROSS THE OH/TN VALLEYS INTO THE DEEP SOUTH INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. ...MID AND LOWER MS VALLEY...OH/TN VALLEY INTO THE DEEP SOUTH... DESPITE WARMING TEMPERATURES THE LAST FEW DAYS...SUBSTANTIAL SNOW PACK REMAINS ACROSS PARTS OF NRN IL...SRN LOWER MI AND NRN IND/OH. WHILE THE INTENSIFYING SFC LOW AND APPROACHING SHORTWAVE IMPULSE WILL LEAD TO STRONG DEEP LAYER FLOW ACROSS THIS REGION...THE LINGERING SNOW PACK WILL LIMIT SEVERE POTENTIAL NORTH OF THE I-70 CORRIDOR DUE TO A NEAR SURFACE STABLE LAYER AND WEAK BUOYANCY LIMITING CONVECTIVELY ENHANCED WIND POTENTIAL. FURTHER SOUTH...ESPECIALLY TOWARD THE LOWER OH AND TN VALLEY...THE QUALITY OF THE WARM SECTOR AIRMASS AND LOW LEVEL THERMODYNAMICS /UPPER 50S F DEWPOINTS...0-3 KM LAPSE RATES NEAR 7.0 DEG C PER KM AND MUCAPE APPROACHING 1000 J PER KG/ SHOULD BE SUFFICIENT TO SUPPORT MORE ROBUST THUNDERSTORM UPDRAFTS INTO THE EVENING HOURS. ADDITIONALLY...THE STRENGTH OF LOW LEVEL WIND FIELDS /50+ KT JUST OFF THE SFC/ COUPLED WITH A FAST MOVING QLCS COULD LEAD TO WIDESPREAD DAMAGING WINDS ACROSS PARTS OF FAR SRN IND...PARTS OF WRN/CNTRL KY INTO PORTIONS OF WRN/MIDDLE TN. STRONG LOW LEVEL SPEED SHEAR COULD LEAD TO A FEW TORNADOES AS WELL. THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP SOUTHWARD ALONG/JUST AHEAD OF THE SFC COLD FRONT INTO THE LOWER MS VALLEY WHERE BETTER MOISTURE AND A WARMER AIRMASS WILL RESIDE. HOWEVER...THIS AIRMASS WILL NOT BE JUXTAPOSED WITH BETTER KINEMATIC FIELDS AS THE SFC LOW AND SHORTWAVE TROUGH CONTINUE TO LIFT NEWD. ADDITIONALLY...FORECAST SOUNDINGS INDICATE A DRY/WARM LAYER AROUND 700 MB WHICH COULD INITIALLY HINDER UPDRAFT ORGANIZATION/STRENGTH UNTIL AFTER DARK. BUT...STEEP LOW LEVEL LAPSE RATES AND A FAST MOVING LINE OF STORMS WILL STILL POSE A DAMAGING WIND THREAT AS THE LINE TRACKS EWD ACROSS THE DEEP SOUTH OVERNIGHT. ..LEITMAN/DARROW.. 02/19/2014 CLICK TO GET WUUS02 PTSDY2 PRODUCT NOTE: THE NEXT DAY 2 OUTLOOK IS SCHEDULED BY 0700Z |