ZCZC SPCSWOMCD ALL ACUS11 KWNS 150018 SPC MCD 150018 ILZ000-150215- MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 0927 NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK 0718 PM CDT TUE JUN 14 2016 AREAS AFFECTED...PORTIONS OF CNTRL IL CONCERNING...SEVERE POTENTIAL...WATCH UNLIKELY VALID 150018Z - 150215Z PROBABILITY OF WATCH ISSUANCE...20 PERCENT SUMMARY...A RISK FOR STRONG TSTMS WILL AFFECT PORTIONS OF CNTRL IL INTO THE EVENING HOURS. WHILE CONVECTIVE TRENDS WILL CONTINUE TO BE MONITORED...WW ISSUANCE IS PRESENTLY UNLIKELY. DISCUSSION...A QUASI-STATIONARY FRONTAL ZONE ORIENTED NNW-SSE THROUGH PARTS OF CNTRL IL WILL BE A FOCUS FOR ISOLATED TO SCATTERED TSTM DEVELOPMENT THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. CONVECTION GENERATING ON THE WARM SIDE OF THIS ZONE WILL TEND TO ADVANCE INTO THE MODESTLY COOLER AIR...AND SOME INCREASE IN THIS CONVECTION MAY OCCUR GIVEN ASCENT RELATED TO A GLANCING/SUBTLE MID-LEVEL PERTURBATION PER WATER VAPOR LOOPS. HOWEVER...AIR ON THE COOLER SIDE OF THIS BOUNDARY FEATURES SFC TEMPERATURES IN THE UPPER 70S AMIDST DEWPOINTS IN THE LOWER 70S SUPPORTING SUFFICIENT BUOYANCY FOR MAINTAINED CONVECTION AMIDST BACKED SFC WINDS. MODEST AMBIENT VERTICAL VORTICITY IN PROXIMITY TO THE FRONTAL ZONE...WITH SUFFICIENT LOW-LEVEL SRH ON ITS COOLER SIDE...MAY SUPPORT A BRIEF/WEAK TORNADO WITH SUSTAINED CONVECTION. ISOLATED STRONG TO PERHAPS DMGG WIND GUSTS CANNOT BE RULED OUT. HOWEVER...GIVEN POOR MID-LEVEL LAPSE RATES/WEAK LOW-LEVEL FLOW/MODEST DEEP SHEAR SAMPLED BY THE 00Z ILX RAOB...THE SVR RISK IS PRESENTLY EXPECTED TO BE TOO MARGINAL FOR WW ISSUANCE. ..COHEN/CORFIDI.. 06/15/2016 ...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT... ATTN...WFO...PAH...LOT...ILX...LSX... LAT...LON 40808990 41128975 41008903 39698864 38758822 38528869 38908924 39638960 40808990 NNNN