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Th1onein

(8,514 posts) Sun Oct 14, 2012, 04:13 PM Oct 2012

Anyone heard about severe weather to hit Ohio today?

I always freak out when it comes to shit like this. Anyone heard anything? I heard on the teevee that the Midwest was supposed to get storms today, but now I can't find anything to support that statement.

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Anyone heard about severe weather to hit Ohio today? (Original Post) Th1onein Oct 2012 OP

Here's the TOR:CON page. It has some severe weather possibilities listed. Jamastiene Oct 2012 #1

The Weather Channel has a system where they send you a text message darkangel218 Oct 2012 #3

NWS/noaa has a MD page for there, here is link uppityperson Oct 2012 #2

Jamastiene

(38,187 posts)

1. Here's the TOR:CON page. It has some severe weather possibilities listed.

Reply to Th1onein (Original post)

Sun Oct 14, 2012, 04:18 PM

Oct 2012

http://www.weather.com/news/tornado-torcon-index

The 2s and 3s are a 20% chance to 30% chance (depending on which cities are listed) of a tornado occurring within 50 miles of that location. So, there is a slight chance.

Eastern NC has a slight risk tomorrow. Not looking forward to that at all. I freak out when they issue a tornado watch, because my city is in an area not covered by radar below 8,000 feet. We had a tornado a month or two ago that they did not even issue a warning on. It wasn't until a trained spotter confirmed it that the NWS bothered to pretend to care. They still say it is no big deal that there is a blind spot for tornadoes over my area because it is a rural area, so less people are affected.

So, I know I'm up the creek and will get no warning with a tornado comes to destroy my life....assuming I live through it.

darkangel218

(13,985 posts)

3. The Weather Channel has a system where they send you a text message

Reply to Jamastiene (Reply #1)

Sun Oct 14, 2012, 04:29 PM

Oct 2012

On your cell phone, along with an email in case of Severe weather in your area. And its free! I'm scared of tornadoes too and I have it set up.

They don't spam btw.

uppityperson

(115,677 posts)

2. NWS/noaa has a MD page for there, here is link

Reply to Th1onein (Original post)

Sun Oct 14, 2012, 04:22 PM

Oct 2012

http://www.spc.noaa.gov/products/md/md2060.html

MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 2060
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0211 PM CDT SUN OCT 14 2012

AREAS AFFECTED...ERN IL...NWRN IND....FAR SWRN LOWER MI

CONCERNING...SEVERE POTENTIAL...WATCH UNLIKELY

VALID 141911Z - 142115Z

PROBABILITY OF WATCH ISSUANCE...20 PERCENT

SUMMARY...BAND OF TSTMS ALONG AND JUST AHEAD OF A SURFACE COLD FRONT
MAY INTENSIFY SOMEWHAT AS ACTIVITY SPREADS QUICKLY E/NEWD. LOCALIZED
DAMAGING WINDS IS THE PRIMARY SEVERE THREAT.

DISCUSSION...19Z SURFACE ANALYSIS PLACED A 995 MB CYCLONE OVER NWRN
LOWER MI AND A 996 MB CYCLONE OVER NWRN IL. BROKEN BAND OF TSTMS HAS
DEVELOPED FROM NERN TO W-CNTRL IL ALONG AND JUST AHEAD OF THE LATTER
CYCLONE AND ATTENDANT COLD FRONT. WITH SURFACE TEMPERATURES HAVING
ONLY WARMED INTO THE LOWER 70S AHEAD OF THIS ACTIVITY AND DEW POINTS
MIXING INTO THE MIDDLE TO UPPER 50S...MLCAPE REMAINS MEAGER FROM
250-500 J/KG. NEVERTHELESS...WITH 1 KM AGL FLOW AROUND 40-45 KT PER
AREA VWP DATA AMIDST SLIGHT STRENGTHENING OF THE SURFACE PRESSURE
RISE/FALL COUPLET...SETUP COULD YIELD MODEST INTENSIFICATION OF THE
LINE WITH A PRIMARY RISK OF LOCALIZED DAMAGING WINDS.

..GRAMS/THOMPSON.. 10/14/2012

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