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There were 121 tonadoes last night

Posted by on Apr. 15, 2012 at 10:12 AM
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I pray that everyone is safe.

This season is going to be horrible as far as the weather is concerned. Please keep all of these families in your prayers.
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ShesALady
by Silver Member on Apr. 15, 2012 at 10:41 AM
Is it supposed to move towards Michigan? I see the red is pretty close. That's where I'm at

Quoting Alexis.:

I'm mobile too, but, I uploaded the map :)
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JackelineEllis
by on Apr. 15, 2012 at 10:41 AM
Hope everyone is ok.


LizzyPookey1248
by Silver Member on Apr. 15, 2012 at 10:41 AM
Thanks.

According to this map we are in the yellow. So hopefully it won't be that bad here.


Quoting Alexis.:

I'm mobile too, but, I uploaded the map :)
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Alexis.
by on Apr. 15, 2012 at 10:42 AM
I can't, because I'm mobile too. But I posted the pic of the map below.

Here's the article:

DAY 1 CONVECTIVE OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0752 AM CDT SUN APR 15 2012

VALID 151300Z - 161200Z

...THERE IS A MDT RISK OF SVR TSTMS THIS AFTERNOON/EVENING FOR NE
IA...SE MN...AND WRN WI...

...THERE IS A SLGT RISK OF SVR TSTMS FROM THE UPPER MS VALLEY TO E
TX/NW LA...

...UPPER MS VALLEY THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE EVENING...
AN INTENSE MIDLEVEL TROUGH/110 KT JET...AND AN ASSOCIATED SURFACE
CYCLONE...WILL PROGRESS NEWD FROM THE CENTRAL PLAINS TO THE UPPER MS
VALLEY BY EARLY TONIGHT. A TRAILING COLD FRONT WILL LIKEWISE MOVE
EWD FROM ERN NEB/KS THIS MORNING TO CENTRAL IA/WRN MO BY THIS
EVENING. SOME MOISTENING /BOUNDARY LAYER DEWPOINTS OF 60-62 F/ IS
EXPECTED IN THE WAKE OF WEAKENING MORNING CONVECTION ACROSS NRN
MO/SRN IA...AS WELL AS SOME SURFACE HEATING WITH CLOUD BREAKS ON THE
NOSE OF THE MIDLEVEL DRY SLOT. THE NET RESULT WILL BE MODEST
DESTABILIZATION IN A CORRIDOR IMMEDIATELY AHEAD OF THE SURFACE LOW
AND A LITTLE S OF THE LOW ALONG THE TRAILING COLD FRONT THIS
AFTERNOON IN IA/SRN MN. THE SYNOPTIC SITUATION SUPPORTS THE
DEVELOPMENT OF AN ARC OF STORMS BY EARLY-MID AFTERNOON ACROSS NW
IA...AND STORMS THEN MOVE QUICKLY EWD/NEWD THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND
EVENING. THIS SCENARIO IS GENERALLY SUPPORTED BY MOST SHORT-RANGE
MODEL GUIDANCE...AS WELL AS CONVECTION-ALLOWING RUNS.

MLCAPE COULD INCREASE TO NEAR 1000 J/KG OR SO IN THE MDT RISK
AREA...WHILE VERTICAL SHEAR WILL BE QUITE STRONG WITH EFFECTIVE BULK
SHEAR OF 70-80 KT AND EFFECTIVE SRH OF 200-300 M2/S2. THIS WILL
SUPPORT FAST-MOVING STORMS...WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR HIGHLY-SHEARED
SUPERCELLS /GIVEN THE MODEST BUOYANCY/ CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
TORNADOES...AS WELL AS BOWING SEGMENTS WITH A DAMAGING WIND RISK.
LARGE HAIL CAN ALSO BE EXPECTED...ESPECIALLY WITH ANY SUSTAINED
SUPERCELLS. THE SEVERE THREAT WILL GRADUALLY WANE IN THE 00-03Z
TIME FRAME ACROSS WI AS THE STORMS MOVE E OF THE MORE UNSTABLE WARM
SECTOR.

...MO/IL SWD TO AR/NW LA/E TX...
A BAND OF THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUES FROM SE KS ACROSS ERN OK INTO
NRN/CENTRAL TX AS OF 12Z. A TREND FOR INCREASING SURFACE MOISTURE
HAS BEEN NOTED RECENTLY IN ADVANCE OF THE LINE ACROSS ERN OK...AND
ADDITIONAL MOISTENING/DESTABILIZATION IS EXPECTED DURING THE DAY
FARTHER E AND N INTO AR/MO. THUS...THERE WILL BE THE POTENTIAL FOR
CONVECTION ALONG THE SLIGHTLY PRE-FRONTAL BAND TO MAINTAIN INTENSITY
THIS MORNING...AND THEN EXPAND/INTENSIFY BY AFTERNOON BOTH SWD INTO
E TX...AND NWD INTO MO. DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL WILL BE
POSSIBLE WITH THIS LINE OF STORMS IN A SOMEWHAT UNIDIRECTIONAL WIND
PROFILE. HOWEVER...LOW-LEVEL SHEAR WILL REMAIN STRONG ENOUGH TO
SUPPORT THE RISK FOR A COUPLE OF TORNADOES TODAY.

..THOMPSON/MOSIER.. 04/15/2012


Quoting LizzyPookey1248:

I'm mobile anyway u can make it clicky??



Quoting Alexis.:

I found a more expanded map. http://www.spc.noaa.gov/products/outlook/day1otlk.html

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Alexis.
by on Apr. 15, 2012 at 10:43 AM
The yellow part is touching MI a little bit.


Quoting ShesALady:

Is it supposed to move towards Michigan? I see the red is pretty close. That's where I'm at



Quoting Alexis.:

I'm mobile too, but, I uploaded the map :)

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ShesALady
by Silver Member on Apr. 15, 2012 at 10:46 AM
Yeah I wasn't sure if it was going to work it's way over here

Quoting Alexis.:

The yellow part is touching MI a little bit.




Quoting ShesALady:

Is it supposed to move towards Michigan? I see the red is pretty close. That's where I'm at





Quoting Alexis.:

I'm mobile too, but, I uploaded the map :)

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AjCeCeMom
by Ruby Member on Apr. 15, 2012 at 10:47 AM
I'm in MI too. We are expecting thunderstorms and winds.


Quoting ShesALady:

Is it supposed to move towards Michigan? I see the red is pretty close. That's where I'm at



Quoting Alexis.:

I'm mobile too, but, I uploaded the map :)

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LCG83
by Ruby Member on Apr. 15, 2012 at 10:47 AM
So scary. Prayers for everyone.
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beadingmom17
by Rachel on Apr. 15, 2012 at 10:48 AM
We're supposed to be in the 80's today where I am in MI (southeast...Detroit area)...even though we're in the green, I expect that we could see a strong storm or 2.

Sidenote: I like your screenname :) My youngest DD is Alexis!


Quoting Alexis.:

The yellow part is touching MI a little bit.




Quoting ShesALady:

Is it supposed to move towards Michigan? I see the red is pretty close. That's where I'm at





Quoting Alexis.:

I'm mobile too, but, I uploaded the map :)

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rec104
by on Apr. 15, 2012 at 10:48 AM
Holy crap !
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