Severe Thread: 5/13-17

[Clancy]

Slight Risk introduced across parts of far southern KY, TN, AL and GA for winds and hail.

Valid 141300Z - 151200Z

...THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE
SOUTHEAST STATES...

...SUMMARY...
Severe thunderstorms are possible today over parts of central and
northern Florida and southeast Georgia, with damaging gusts and a
tornado or two possible. Severe storms may also occur across
portions of the Ohio and Tennessee Valleys into the Carolina
Piedmont, as well as the central Rockies/High Plains and parts of
west Texas.

...Northern/central Florida and southern Georgia...
A well-organized quasi-linear MCS will continue across far southeast
Georgia toward southern South Carolina this morning, with at least a
localized severe risk possible. Additional development may occur
along the southwestward-trailing outflow that should modify during
the day, while other storms ongoing over the Gulf of Mexico may also
reach the central Florida Peninsula. With moderate destabilization
(2000-3000 J/kg MLCAPE) and steep lapse rates (reference 12z
observed soundings) along/south of the effective boundary, modest
low-level hodograph curvature and some elongation suggests that
embedded bowing structures and mesovortices could develop,
accompanied by a damaging gust and tornado risk. For additional
short-term details, see Mesoscale Discussion 780.

...Ohio/Tennessee Valleys to the Carolinas...
Deep-layer moisture will advect northward ahead of a meandering
surface low, beneath a nearly uncapped troposphere. As such, diurnal
heating needs only to boost surface temperatures into the lower 70s
F to initiate convection. These temperatures, along with low to mid
60s F dewpoints, will support around 1000 J/kg SBCAPE by afternoon.
Flow aloft is generally not expected to be overly strong, with
slightly curved and short hodographs likely resulting in mainly
pulse multicellular storms, although some supercells are possible
across the Tennessee Valley toward southern Appalachians. Damaging
gusts and hail will be the main threats, though a brief tornado or
two could occur.

 

[shrubber256]

Skies are trying to clear here in Athens, AL. Not good.

 

[TornadoFan17]

D4 15% highlighted area for South MS/ Louisiana on Friday.

 

[jaymackd3]

 

[Clancy]

A lot of the heavier cloud cover has thinned over the South, and CAPE is gradually increasing.

 

[jaymackd3]

Mesoscale Discussion 0782
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
1244 PM CDT Tue May 14 2024

Areas affected...Portions of Middle Tennessee...far northern
Mississippi...and northern Alabama

Concerning...Severe potential...Watch possible

Valid 141744Z - 141845Z

Probability of Watch Issuance...40 percent

SUMMARY...Scattered thunderstorms will continue to develop over the
next 1-3 hours across portions of Middle Tennessee and northern
Alabama. A few severe thunderstorms are expected with a localized
threat of damaging winds near 60 mph and occasional large hail 1 to
1.5 inches in diameter.

DISCUSSION...A broken line of scattered thunderstorms has developed
along a surface trough/weak cold front this afternoon from far
northwest MS through portions of western TN. Recent visible
satellite imagery indicates stratus is beginning to mix out
downstream of an approaching mid to upper level vorticity maximum,
currently located over northwest MS. As this feature continues to
progress eastward, additional thunderstorms are expected to develop.
Dewpoints in the mid 60s and temperatures in the low to mid 70s
under marginal mid level lapse rates are currently yielding around
1000 J/kg of MLCAPE under effective deep layer shear near 30 kt. A
slight improvement to the thermodynamic environment is expected
through this afternoon as destabilization continues, steeper lapse
rates slowly advect northeastward, and cooler temperatures aloft
move overhead. This may be especially true within pockets of
clearing. Multicells with clusters, and perhaps some bowing
segments, will be possible in addition to a few supercells more
likely later in the afternoon. Localized damaging wind gusts near 60
mph and large hail up to 1.5 inches in diameter may accompany the
more robust updrafts. Conditions will be monitored for a possible
severe thunderstorm watch.

 

[Kds86z]

IEM :: PNS from NWS LCH

PNS issued by NWS LCH at 14 May 2024 19:49 UTC

mesonet.agron.iastate.edu

Tornado fatality in LA

 

[TornadoFan]

Tornado in SC today.

 

[jiharris0220]

Oh look, the quintillionth wedge, estimated amount of time since the last one is approximately yesterday.

 

[MattPetrulli]

Don't sleep on Friday, some of the GFS/NAM soundings are really interesting for TN Valley.

 

[JPWX]

Don't sleep on Friday, some of the GFS/NAM soundings are really interesting for TN Valley.

Yeah. Friday has perked my interest for Mississippi

 

[UncleJuJu98]

Was coming here to comment on Friday but a couple of y'all already have lol. Worth watching I think

 

[Maxis_s]

Low level lapse rates don't seem the most ideal, but if that changes then Friday could be a very interesting day to be honest.

 

[gangstonc]

HUN for Friday:

Of interest is a strong return of lower level moisture
to the region. The 00Z NAM in particular brings higher levels of
moisture and instability in a rather highly sheared environment.
Forecast soundings from this model look somewhat ominous far as
strong convection is concerned. The other models had decent winds
but lesser lower moisture return, with the ECMWF and Canadian
suggesting this moisture could be intercepted by convection to our
south (like with the system that just departed). This said, some
storms in this sheared environment could become strong to severe,
with damaging wind gusts the main threat. Storm relative helicity
values on Fri time range in the 200-300 m/sec, while CAPE values
were from the single digits to around 300 J/kg from the ECMWF and
Canadian. The NAM was showing CAPES over 2000 in comparison.

 

[CheeselandSkies]

Sneaky marginal risk (only for hail/wind, though) for southern WI on the Day 2 outlook.

 

[Clancy]

No bueno if this type of solution verifies for the Deep South. Sounding from western ATL metro.

 

[JPWX]

Meanwhile MEG be like for severe storms Friday: 'the question is lack of instability"

I'm like y'all it's May. Instability isn't an issue for this time of year.

 

[Clancy]

Meanwhile MEG be like for severe storms Friday: 'the question is lack of instability"

I'm like y'all it's May. Instability isn't an issue for this time of year.

Hey, at least they mentioned severe storms this time!

 

[JPWX]

Hey, at least they mentioned severe storms this time!

Yeah. I know it was very tough for them to do. LOL!

 

[Clancy]

SREF differs from NAM in suggesting the greatest threat for the Southeast being Saturday afternoon. Plenty of questions to be answered regarding frontal development and convective evolution, but likely there will be some risk for severe storms across the South Friday and/or Saturday.