Wednesday, April 20, 2011 Short update...

Tuesday, April 20

Lot of storm reports last night.  We had a number of reports of 70-100+ mph winds over southeast Missouri, southern Illinois, and western Kentucky - also southern Indiana.  Widespread damage in some counties.

Here is a graphic showing some of the damage reports - blue dots are hail reports - orange dots are wind reports and the red dots are tornadoes.

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Any more showers will push east of the area.  River flooding will continue.
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Rivers continue to rise.  Click here for lake and river stages.
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This forecast covers far southern Illinois, southeast Missouri, and western Kentucky
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Wednesday: Partly cloudy a few showers early Cooler. 
Highs:  in the middle 60s  | Wind: winds from the west at 15-20 mph - gusts to 25 mph.

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Wednesday night:  Clearing.. 
Lows: 46 degrees  |  Wind: south becoming southwest winds at 10-25 mph with gusts above 30 - higher in severe thunderstorms.
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Thursday: Partly cloudy.  A few storms possible. Warmer.
Highs:  in the middle 60s  | Wind: west winds at 5-10 mph.
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Thursday night:  Showers and thunderstorms likely.  A few may be strong.
Lows:around 54 degrees  |  Wind: east winds at 10-15 mph.
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Friday: A chance for a thunderstorm.  Some storms may be strong.Otherwise partly sunny.
Highs:  around 78 degrees  | Wind: south winds at 10-20 mph - gusty at times.
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The forecast for severe or extreme weather risk for today, tonight, and tomorrow... 


Today (Tuesday)  None.
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Tonight (Tuesday night)  None.


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Thursday: A few storms around.  One or two may be strong.
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Here is the latest severe weather outlook for Friday's event - appears we may have more damage.  Too early to know the extent of this next event.  Stay tuned.  Heavy rain is also a concern over the next 6-10 days.
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1.  On and off shower and thunderstorm chances will continue into next Sunday.  Right now I am thinking we may see another risk for severe thunderstorms on Thursday night into Friday night.  Obviously this is still several days away and I will need to fine tune the forecast.

Unfortunately it appears the next 2 weeks will be active with multiple chances for severe thunderstorms - some of the storms will likely produce heavy rain.

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Let's take a quick look at rainfall total forecasts for the next five days.  Obviously this is a concern with rivers rising and the like.  Scale is at the top of the image.
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I will update the blog frequently over the coming days.  Stay tuned and keep the NOAA Weather Radios on.

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Meteorologist Beau Dodson
McCracken County Office of Emergency Management

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