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Another Deadly Day (high risk of tornadoes over middle Mississippi Valley)
Posted by: Paul Douglas Updated: May 25, 2011 - 9:32 AM
Tuesday's Outbreak. SPC is reporting 47 more tornadoes yesterday from Kansas southward to the suburbs of Dallas. A detailed analysis from SPC is here.
Another Potentially Deadly Day. SPC has upgraded the threat to a "high risk" of tornadoes over the Middle Mississippi Valley, from Memphis to Evansville and the suburbs of St. Louis. More details:
DAY 1 CONVECTIVE OUTLOOK NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK 0755 AM CDT WED MAY 25 2011 VALID 251300Z - 261200Z ...THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF SVR TSTMS OVER PARTS OF NORTHEAST ARKANSAS...SOUTHEAST MISSOURI...SOUTHERN ILLINOIS...SOUTHWEST INDIANA...WESTERN KENTUCKY...AND WESTERN TENNESSEE... ...THERE IS A MDT RISK OF SVR TSTMS SURROUNDING THE HIGH RISK AREA...FROM PARTS OF THE LWR AND MID MS VLYS INTO THE LWR OH VLY... ...THERE IS A SLGT RISK OF SVR TSTMS SURROUNDING THE ABOVE AREAS...FROM SE TX NORTHEAST TO THE LWR GRT LKS... ...SVR WEATHER OUTBREAK EXPECTED FROM THE OZARKS AND MID/LWR MS VLY INTO THE OH VLY TODAY THROUGH TONIGHT... POTENT KS UPR LOW WILL CONTINUE EAST INTO WRN MO LATE TODAY...AND INTO WRN IL EARLY THU...AS ASSOCIATED BELT OF 70+ KT MID LVL FLOW SWEEPS E/NE FROM THE SRN PLNS/OZARKS INTO THE LWR MS/LWR TN VLYS. AT THE SAME TIME...SFC LOW NOW OVER ERN KS SHOULD TRACK E INTO CNTRL MO BY TNGT...AND INTO CNTRL IL EARLY THU. A SERIES OF CONFLUENCE AXES/WEAK COLD FRONTS IN THE SRN QUADRANT OF THE LOW WILL MOVE STEADILY E ACROSS THE OZARKS AND MID/LWR MS VLYS TODAY THROUGH EARLY THU. E OF THE LOW...FRONT NOW EXTENDING EWD ACROSS CNTRL IL/IND SHOULD ADVANCE N/NEWD AS A WARM FRONT INTO SRN MI AND THE LWR GRT LKS.
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