Severe Weather 3/9 - 3/12

[Brice W]

Beautiful yet scary structure. I know this area has had their infamous tornadoes before but they need to be on extreme alert.

 

[akt1985]

Momence, Illinois is next in line for the wedge tornado.

 

[Maxis_s]

View attachment 51410
Oh my goodness.

Good news on this OKC cell, the velocities are not very impressive. I wouldn't rule out a strong tornado, but that reflectivity is doing a lot of heavy lifting

 

[Brice W]

That Illinois storm recycled. Velocity has a strong couplet again.

 

[cincywx]

A new tornado watch has been issued downstream of this cell for northern IN and southern MI:

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 37
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
745 PM EDT TUE MAR 10 2026

THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF
NORTHERN INDIANA
SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN
LAKE MICHIGAN

* EFFECTIVE THIS TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY MORNING FROM 745 PM
UNTIL 200 AM EDT.

* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...
A FEW TORNADOES AND A COUPLE INTENSE TORNADOES LIKELY
SCATTERED LARGE HAIL AND ISOLATED VERY LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 3
INCHES IN DIAMETER LIKELY
SCATTERED DAMAGING WINDS AND ISOLATED SIGNIFICANT GUSTS TO 75
MPH POSSIBLE

SUMMARY...AN INTENSE SUPERCELL OVER NORTHEAST ILLINOIS WILL TRACK
EASTWARD INTO THE WATCH AREA THIS EVENING, WHILE OTHER STORMS FORM
ALONG A BOUNDARY ACROSS THE REGION. TORNADOES, LARGE HAIL, AND
DAMAGING WIND GUSTS WILL BE POSSIBLE.

 

[UncleJuJu98]

Just a absolute chonkrr of a supercell

 

[Jacob Aden]

Donut hole forming on radar. Yikes

 

[TheSuckZone]

Good news on this OKC cell, the velocities are not very impressive. I wouldn't rule out a strong tornado, but that reflectivity is doing a lot of heavy lifting

Worried about that LLJ kicking in on it though

 

[warneagle]

Momence, Illinois is next in line for the wedge tornado.

looks like it's going to stay south of the town fortunately.

 

[Grand Poo Bah]

Illinois requires and STP of >6 in order to issue a tornado emergency, which seems like a really dumb, arbitrary threshold. This one is currently in an STP of 0.5.

 

[TornadoFan]

OKC storm is tightening up in possibly the worst place.

 

[Kds86z]

 

[speedbump305]

OKC cell is tightening up.

 

[Muwx]

OKC has some possible nudgers which would be a problem.

 

[Jacob Aden]

That cell near OKC looks like it is intensifying

 

[ColdFront]

Illinois requires and STP of >6 in order to issue a tornado emergency, which seems like a really dumb, arbitrary threshold. This one is currently in an STP of 0.5.

That’s essentially the crux of the issue, all the offices have standard guidelines, plus their own criteria that can vary office to office.

 

[Tennie]

I can't be the only one here who's having a hard time keeping up with everything, can I?

 

[ColdFront]

I wonder if @CheeselandSkies is on this IL storm?

 

[Kds86z]

 

[TheSuckZone]

I can't be the only one here who's having a hard time keeping up with everything, can I?

Yeah, it's wild. Focusing on Illinois while trying to keep tabs on KC, Wichita, and OKC