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Severe WX May 2019 Plains Severe Event

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Classic super short term uptrending...also happens a lot this year lol
 

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Funnel Cloud with Possible Tornado captured near Sandwich IL around 12pm today! #ilwx



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Most delicious tornado ever.
I dunno, I always thought the 6/24/2003 Manchester, SD tornado looked like a pork chop with basil...
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Multiple days in this sequence look like they're uptrending again. Monday looks especially concerning. Even tomorrow has significant potential if tonight's likely MCS doesn't wipe out thermo.
 

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Yeah, Monday in particular looks quite concerning. They might need to shift that 30% north and east a bit when it comes into the day 3.
 

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Given the wording and some of the models and forecast soundings I've seen, I'd not be too shocked to see a Day 3 MDT even. They'll probably hang back and be a bit conservative, but that's the kind of setup that would do it.
 
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Mesoscale Discussion 0649
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
0155 PM CDT Fri May 17 2019

Areas affected...Parts of southwest into central Nebraska and
western Kansas

Concerning...Severe potential...Watch likely

Valid 171855Z - 172100Z

Probability of Watch Issuance...80 percent

SUMMARY...The risk for supercells capable of producing large to very
large hail and a couple of tornadoes appears likely to increase
through 3-5 PM CDT.

DISCUSSION...A plume of warm and capping elevated mixed-layer air
remains over much of the central and southern Plains. However, the
leading edge of stronger mid-level height falls associated with
amplified upper troughing is already spreading through much of the
high Plains. And an area of lower/mid tropospheric cooling and
forcing for ascent associated with at least one embedded
perturbation appears to be in the process of pivoting northeast of
the Front Range.

In advance of this feature, insolation is contributing to moderate
to large CAPE of 2000-3000 J/kg, mainly focused near/east of a
deepening cyclone within lee surface troughing, across western
Kansas into southwest and central Nebraska. Latest model output
suggests that with additional surface heating and cooling aloft,
inhibition probably will weaken sufficiently to allow for the
initiation of thunderstorms as early as the 20-22Z time frame.

Strongest low-level convergence appears focused near a surface
front/sharpening dryline intersection near/west of North Platte NE,
where stronger 2-hourly surface pressure falls are now evident.
This is where the initiation of sustained discrete supercells and
subsequent upscale convective growth appears most certain, with at
least isolated to widely scattered supercells possibly forming
along/just ahead of the dryline, southward across western Kansas.

In the presence of strong deep layer shear, large to very large hail
appears the primary initial severe weather risk. However, at least
relatively weak/brief tornadoes also appear possible, and tornadic
potential probably will increase near/northeast of the triple-point
low, across southwest Nebraska, as southerly 850 mb flow strengthens
and low-level hodographs enlarge closer to 18/00Z.
 

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I wish they wouldn’t use food items that vary in size as hail size descriptors. Stick to things that have standard sizes.
 

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Guess everybody should've been chasing in West Virginia today

 

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SSE is an interesting tornado motion.

Meanwhile... stuff is actively firing on the dryline W DDC now, and the Fort Stockton to Iraan TX corridor has an isolated massive tornadic supercell complex yet again, I've lost track of how many times that's been a major hotspot lately. Chasers ought to just camp out there this year at this point.

Rather large tor ongoing now in the cell in Nebraska; definitely wedging out. The dusty fields surely help with that
 

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Unfortunately that's moving toward the town itself. It's a pretty small town so hopefully it will miss it.
 
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