SPC Day 1 Thunderstorm Outlook Issued 01Z 20030421


ZCZC SPCSWODY1 ALL
ACUS01 KWNS 210048
SPC AC 210047

STORM PREDICTION CENTER...NWS/NCEP...NORMAN OK 
DAY 1 CONVECTIVE OUTLOOK...REF AWIPS GRAPHIC PGWE46 KWNS.

VALID 210100Z - 211200Z

THERE IS A SLGT RISK OF SVR TSTMS TO THE RIGHT OF A LINE FROM
25 ENE MEM 20 NNW DYR 20 SW OWB 30 ENE LUK 10 N CMH 10 ENE MFD
15 ESE CLE 20 NNE YNG 20 SSE YNG 40 WSW LOZ 40 NNW HSV 25 NNW MSL
30 E MEM 25 ENE MEM.

GEN TSTMS ARE FCST TO THE RIGHT OF A LINE FROM 30 SE DRT 30 E AUS
35 SSE GGG 25 SSE HOT 20 ENE LIT 10 NW POF 30 N IND 45 N FWA
15 ENE LAN 15 ENE MBS ...CONT... 15 SSW MSS 25 E PSB 25 NE ROA
30 S SPA 15 E DHN 15 ESE PFN.

...TN VLY NWD TO UPPER OH VLY...
LINE OF TSTMS FROM CLE-CMH-CVG TO JUST SOUTH OF EVV APPEARS TO BE
GENERATING A SUFFICIENT COLD POOL TO ACCELERATE ESEWD MOVEMENT. 00
UTC ILN SOUNDING SHOWED A SIGNIFICANT DRY LAYER ABOVE THE SURFACE
AND SEVERAL SMALL SCALE BOWS HAVE EVOLVED.  LOW-MIDLEVEL WIND FLOW
HAS ALSO BECOME MORE PARALLEL THIS EVENING.  AS A RESULT...AN
IMPRESSIVE BOW DEVELOPED INVOF SPRINGFIELD OH WITH 95 KT WIND
GUST...AND THIS CONTINUES TO MOVE JUST NORTHEAST OF CMH AND WILL
LIKELY CONTINUE TO POSE A DAMAGING WIND THREAT FOR ANOTHER HOUR OR
SO.  

THE WHOLE LINE SHOULD CONTINUE TO SLOWLY SHIFT ESEWD INTO THE UPPER
OH VLY AND INTO THE WRN SLOPES OF THE CNTRL APPALACHIAN MOUNTAINS
BY 12 UTC.  GIVEN LOSS OF HEATING AND CURRENT MINIMAL INSTABILITY
DOWNSTREAM... ERN EXTENT OF SEVERE THREAT SHOULD BE INVOF OF THE OH
RVR-CNTRL KY-MID TN.  MOSTLY DAMAGING WINDS AND A LARGE HAIL THREAT
WILL CONTINUE FOR A FEW MORE HOURS. 

...WRN GULF COASTAL STATES... 
WEAK PERTURBATION IN SUB-TROPICAL FLOW HAS LARGELY MAINTAINED A FEW
TSTM CLUSTERS FROM ERN TX INTO THE MID SOUTH.  BRIEF
INTENSIFICATION OF TSTMS MAY OCCUR FOR A COUPLE MORE HOURS AS TSTMS
INTERACT WITH BOUNDARIES AND A MODERATELY UNSTABLE AIR MASS.  A
DAMAGING WIND GUST OR HAIL MAY OCCUR...BUT THE STRONGEST MIDLEVEL
WIND FLOW AND MASS CONVERGENCE IS POINTED MORE INTO THE OH
VLY/GREAT LAKES REGION.  TSTMS SHOULD SHIFT EWD INTO PARTS OF THE
CNTRL-ERN GULF COASTAL STATES OVERNIGHT...WITH THE SEVERE THREAT
LIMITED TO ONLY ISOLD EVENTS.
 
..RACY.. 04/21/03
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