ZCZC SPCSWOMCD ALL ACUS11 KWNS 101716 SPC MCD 101716 NYZ000-PAZ000-WVZ000-OHZ000-KYZ000-INZ000-101945- MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 1673 NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK 1216 PM CDT SAT SEP 10 2016 AREAS AFFECTED...PORTIONS OF KY...OH...SERN INDIANA...WRN PA...SWRN NY CONCERNING...SEVERE POTENTIAL...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH LIKELY VALID 101716Z - 101945Z PROBABILITY OF WATCH ISSUANCE...80 PERCENT SUMMARY...THE RISK FOR SVR TSTMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING ISOLATED TO WIDELY SCATTERED DMGG WIND GUSTS IS INCREASING WITHIN AN EXTENSIVE CORRIDOR FROM PORTIONS OF KY NEWD TO PORTIONS OF SWRN NY. ONE OR MORE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCHES WILL LIKELY BE REQUIRED TO ADDRESS THIS ACTIVITY DURING THE AFTERNOON. DISCUSSION...INITIAL CONVECTIVE DEVELOPMENT IS ONGOING ACROSS PARTS OF SWRN KY...NEAR AND JUST AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT EXTENDING FROM WRN LOWER MI TO THE MID-SOUTH. OTHER CONVECTION WILL DEVELOP NEWD IN PROXIMITY TO THIS EWD-PROGRESSING BOUNDARY AND A PRECEDING PRE-FRONTAL TROUGH DURING THE NEXT FEW HOURS. THIS WILL OCCUR AS DIABATIC SFC-LAYER HEATING CONTINUES...IN SUPPORT OF MODERATE DESTABILIZATION AMIDST DEWPOINTS HOLDING IN THE UPPER 60S TO LOWER 70S. DESPITE MODEST MID-LEVEL LAPSE RATES...THE PRESENCE OF 30-40 KT OF FLOW IN THE 1-3-KM-AGL LAYER PER AREA VWPS WILL SUPPORT A RISK FOR DMGG WIND GUSTS THROUGH THE AFTERNOON...AS BANDS OF CONVECTION FORM PARALLEL TO THE FRONT/TROUGH. PEAK CONVECTIVE INTENSITY WILL LIKELY OCCUR AROUND THE 2100Z-2300Z TIME FRAME...WHEN CONVECTION ENCOUNTERS THE STEEPEST LOW-LEVEL LAPSE RATES -- ESPECIALLY WITHIN A CORRIDOR FROM CLEVELAND TO COLUMBUS TO CINCINNATI TO LOUISVILLE. ..COHEN/GRAMS.. 09/10/2016 ...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT... ATTN...WFO...BUF...CTP...PBZ...RLX...CLE...JKL...ILN...LMK... IND...PAH... LAT...LON 42547902 42227869 41257975 38898254 37098510 36798660 37028774 38228693 41568222 42438051 42547902 NNNN