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MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 1572
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0710 AM CDT MON JUL 11 2011
AREAS AFFECTED...PORTIONS SRN WI...NRN IL...NRN INDIANA...SRN
LM...CENTRAL/SRN LOWER MI...EXTREME NWRN OH.
CONCERNING...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 624...625...
VALID 111210Z - 111345Z
THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH
624...625...CONTINUES.
CONTINUE WWS ALONG/AHEAD OF CONVECTIVE COMPLEXES DESCRIBED BELOW.
CONVECTIVE/DESTABILIZATION TRENDS ACROSS LOWER MI PORTION OF WW WILL
BE MONITORED FOR ADDITIONAL WW ISSUANCE FARTHER E ACROSS SERN LOWER
MI AND PERHAPS EXTREME NWRN OH. ISOLATED SVR ALSO IS POSSIBLE OVER
CENTRAL IL S OF WWS...BUT THREAT IS MORE MRGL/CONDITIONAL THERE
GIVEN STRENGTHENING CINH AND WEAKENING SHEAR WITH SWD EXTENT.
1. BOW ECHO STRADDLING IL/WI BORDER...TURNING EWD AND MOVING ABOUT
55-60 KT. SIGNIFICANT TSTM-WIND DAMAGE MAY OCCUR. BASED ON SEVERAL
MEASURED-SVR WINDS ALREADY RECORDED...PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS
EVIDENT IN VELOCITY DISPLAYS AND AIR MASS IN PROJECTED PATH...MCS IS
LIKELY DERECHO-PRODUCER EWD AT LEAST TO LAKEFRONT BETWEEN
CHI-MKE...PERHAPS FARTHER DOWNSHEAR ACROSS MICHIANA REGION. THIS
COMPLEX WILL ENCOUNTER AND LIFT FAVORABLY MOIST/UNSTABLE LOW-LEVEL
AIR MASS ALONG AND S OF OUTFLOW BOUNDARY FROM EARLIER/WI
MCS...FORCING AIR WITH ABOUT 20 G/KG MEAN MIXING RATIO AND 2-2.25
INCH PW ALOFT TO REALIZE MLCAPE 2500-4000 J/KG. WELL-DEVELOPED
REAR-INFLOW JET WAS EVIDENT WITH THIS COMPLEX AT DBQ...WHERE 64-KT
FLOW WAS CLOCKED OVER 20 MIN AFTER INITIAL WIND SHIFT ASSOCIATED
WITH GUST FRONT.
2. LESS-INTENSE BUT STILL DAMAGING SQUALL LINE APPEARS TO BE BOWING
ACROSS WRN LOWER MI...WITH SVR GUST POTENTIAL INCREASING AS IT MOVES
ESEWD INTO DIABATICALLY HEATING/DESTABILIZING AIR MASS ACROSS
PORTIONS CENTRAL/SRN LOWER MI. ATTM...OBSERVATIONALLY MODULATED
MODEL-SOUNDING ANALYSES INDICATE MLCINH INCREASES CONSIDERABLY WITH
EWD EXTENT OVER LOWER MI...AND NEAR-SFC THETAE DECREASES.
HOWEVER...LOW-LEVEL WARM/MOIST ADVECTION JUST ABOVE SFC MAY BE
SUFFICIENT TO SUSTAIN THIS ACTIVITY EWD TO LH AND ONT BORDER WITH
ATTENDANT SVR THREAT. SEPARATE/MULTICELLULAR ACTIVITY TO ITS S ALSO
MAY POSE ISOLATED WIND/HAIL THREAT.
..EDWARDS.. 07/11/2011
ATTN...WFO...CLE...DTX...APX...IWX...GRR...IND...LOT...ILX...
MKX...DVN...
LAT...LON 41239045 41968977 43038997 43438770 43988622 43958472
43878443 43928335 44088292 43978264 43518253 43018240
42568257 42688268 42638278 42358290 42298310 42028313
41808346 41698350 41318408 40848522 40678662 40598816
40148939 39929028 41239045
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