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IndianaWeatherOnline.com Dangerous Severe Weather Alert
Issued by Brandon Redmond on April 7th, 2008 at 12:30 PM
Two rounds of severe weather are possible this week, with the second one being much worse than the first.
The first round of severe weather will arrive by late tomorrow afternoon and tomorrow night. Thunderstorms will develop across Missouri, Illinois and Kentucky and spread into Indiana and eventually Western Ohio. The storms will likely start out as supercells, but will eventually congeal into a squall line. The highest risk of severe weather before 8:00 PM will be west of Indianapolis, and those areas will also have the highest risk for tornadoes. After 8:00 PM, the squall line will likely overspread the entire area with a risk of damaging winds, isolated large hail and heavy rainfall.
While round one of the thunderstorms will pose a risk for severe weather, round number two on Thursday and Friday will be much much much more dangerous.
By Thursday and Friday, an extremely strong weather system will be located to our west, in fact it is forecasted to deepen (strengthen) to levels I personally cannot remember ever seeing. A widespread and dangerous, possibly record-breaking tornado outbreak will occur on Thursday and Friday from the Great Lakes all the way to the Gulf of Mexico. This storm in fact has numerous similarities as far as the track, strength and current weather pattern to the infamous April 3rd, 1974 tornado outbreak.
This system will bring several rounds of tornadic and severe thunderstorms to the Ohio Valley, beginning as early as Thursday Afternoon and continuing through Friday when the cold front will finally pass through the region. The third round of severe weather on Friday will likely be in the form of a very dangerous derecho (extremely intense squall line) that will be capable of producing winds in excess of 100 mph in some areas.
While I know that often times weather forecasts seem blown out of proportion and "hyped", I cannot express enough how dangerous this storm looks on Thursday and Friday. While a lot can change between now and then, all indications point towards a severe weather outbreak that will go down in the history books. Please, please, please monitor the weather forecasts during the next several days. I will be updating the site quite often, and in fact the site is already in severe weather mode. Also we have added a weather chatroom and you can discuss the storm on our forums at LetsTalkWeather.net
Jansen and myself will be doing live video updates all week to keep you all updated.
Stay tuned and stay safe
Issued by Brandon Redmond on April 7th, 2008 at 12:30 PM
Two rounds of severe weather are possible this week, with the second one being much worse than the first.
The first round of severe weather will arrive by late tomorrow afternoon and tomorrow night. Thunderstorms will develop across Missouri, Illinois and Kentucky and spread into Indiana and eventually Western Ohio. The storms will likely start out as supercells, but will eventually congeal into a squall line. The highest risk of severe weather before 8:00 PM will be west of Indianapolis, and those areas will also have the highest risk for tornadoes. After 8:00 PM, the squall line will likely overspread the entire area with a risk of damaging winds, isolated large hail and heavy rainfall.
While round one of the thunderstorms will pose a risk for severe weather, round number two on Thursday and Friday will be much much much more dangerous.
By Thursday and Friday, an extremely strong weather system will be located to our west, in fact it is forecasted to deepen (strengthen) to levels I personally cannot remember ever seeing. A widespread and dangerous, possibly record-breaking tornado outbreak will occur on Thursday and Friday from the Great Lakes all the way to the Gulf of Mexico. This storm in fact has numerous similarities as far as the track, strength and current weather pattern to the infamous April 3rd, 1974 tornado outbreak.
This system will bring several rounds of tornadic and severe thunderstorms to the Ohio Valley, beginning as early as Thursday Afternoon and continuing through Friday when the cold front will finally pass through the region. The third round of severe weather on Friday will likely be in the form of a very dangerous derecho (extremely intense squall line) that will be capable of producing winds in excess of 100 mph in some areas.
While I know that often times weather forecasts seem blown out of proportion and "hyped", I cannot express enough how dangerous this storm looks on Thursday and Friday. While a lot can change between now and then, all indications point towards a severe weather outbreak that will go down in the history books. Please, please, please monitor the weather forecasts during the next several days. I will be updating the site quite often, and in fact the site is already in severe weather mode. Also we have added a weather chatroom and you can discuss the storm on our forums at LetsTalkWeather.net
Jansen and myself will be doing live video updates all week to keep you all updated.
Stay tuned and stay safe