Hail and Damaging Winds in Indiana, August 26, 2003

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
645 AM EST TUE AUG 26 2003

12Z AVIATION DISCUSSION...
TSTMS MOVG RAPIDLY EAST ACRS NRN IN ATTM...SHOULD BE OUT OF AREA BY
15Z. STORMS SHOULD STAY NORTH OF FWA, BUT CLOSE ENOUGH TO MENTION
VCTS FOR A COUPLE HRS THIS MORNING. AIRMASS STILL EXPECTED TO BECOME
VERY UNSTABLE THIS AFTN WITH COLD FRONT AND PREFRONTAL TROUGH APCHG
FM NW. THINKING IS THAT CAP WILL BREAK LATE THIS AFTN WITH
PREFRONTAL TROF AND MOST OF TSTMS WILL BE WITH THIS FEATURE.
INCLUDED TEMPO TSTMS FOR A FEW HRS. FRONT EXPECTED TO PASS LATER
WITH JUST A WIND SHIFT AND SOME MVFR VSBYS. JT

PREVIOUS PUBLIC DISCUSSION...

MANY CHALLENGES IN THE SHORT TERM. THUNDERSTORMS ARE ONGOING AT 07Z
OVER MUCH OF NORTHERN ILLINOIS. THESE SHOULD CONTINUE EAST THIS
MORNING INTO THE WEST AND NORTH SECTIONS OF THE CWFA BEFORE
DISSIPATING TOWARDS MID-MORNING AS ATMOSPHERE STABILIZES. RAPID
DESTABILIZATION THEN TO OCCUR THIS AFTERNOON. COLD FRONT APPROACHING
FROM THE WEST ARRIVES AT THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF THE CWFA BY
00Z...PLUS BOUNDARIES WILL LIKELY EXIST FROM THIS MORNINGS
CONVECTION AND MESOETA DEPICTS A SMALL 500MB VORT MAX MOVING
THROUGH. THETA E RIDGE DEVELOPS COINCIDENT WITH THE SURFACE FRONT
COMBINED WITH PWAT AROUND 2 INCHES...LI OF -8...AND CAPE OF 4000. IF
SEVERE WEATHER DEVELOPS ISOLATED LARGE HAIL WILL BE POSSIBLE...WBZ
11K TO 12K FEET...BUT STRONG WINDS WOULD BE THE MORE LIKELY
PHENOMENON...WINDEX IN THE MID-UPPER 50S AND MDPI GREATER THAN 1.

AFTERNOON STORMS SHOULD HOLD OFF UNTIL LATE AFTERNOON/EARLY EVENING
WHEN CAP WEAKENS ENOUGH AND FRONT GETS CLOSE. 700MB TEMPS COOL FROM
10-11 DEG AT 06Z THIS MORNING TO 8-9 DEG THIS EVENING...WITH
MID-LEVEL LAPSE RATES AROUND 7 DEG/KM.  STORMS MAY EVOLVE INTO A
LINEAR MCS THIS EVENING AND MOVE TO THE ESE OVERNIGHT.

BUBBLE OF HIGH PRESSURE SLIDING SOUTHWARD INTO THE LAKES SHOULD PUSH
THE FRONT OUT OF OUR AREA WEDNESDAY MORNING AND TO THE OHIO RIVER
WEDNESDAY NIGHT. FRONT THEN COMES BACK NORTH AS A WARM FRONT
THURSDAY AFTERNOON. THERE IS A STRONG RETURN FLOW SOUTH OF THE WARM
FRONT WITH PLENTY OF AVAILABLE MOISTURE AND SLIGHT TO MODERATE
INSTABILITY...AND WITH FRONT CROSSING THE CWFA AT A CONVECTIVELY
FAVORABLE TIME OF DAY...INTRODUCED SMALL CHANCE POPS FOR THURSDAY
AFTERNOON.

DESPITE YESTERDAYS MAX TEMPS MORNING CLOUDS SHOULD HELP TO KEEP
TEMPS IN CHECK TODAY. HOWEVER IF ENOUGH SUN IS REALIZED TEMPS MAY
RISE FURTHER...AND HEAT ADVISORY CRITERIA MAY BRIEFLY BE REACHED IN
THE SOUTHWEST.

THU NGT-MON...
LATEST GFS INDICATES HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE WILL BE BUILDING INTO THE
AREA 00Z SAT WITH FRONT OVER OH VALLEY.  A FAIRLY STRONG SHORT WAVE
FORECAST TO ROTATE AROUND DEEP LOW OVER HUDSON BAY INTO NRN PLAINS
CAUSING FRONT TO MOVE BACK NORTH AND RESULTING IN SOME OVERRUNNING
PRECIP ACROSS CWA THIS WEEKEND. GEM SIMILAR TO GFS, THOUGH TIMING
APPEARS TO BE A BIT FASTER. THIS IS A RATHER LARGE DEPARTURE FROM
GOING FORECASTS AND PREVIOUS MODEL RUNS. LATEST ECMWF STILL
INDICATES FRONT WILL CONTINUE SEWD MOVEMENT WITH SURFACE RIDGE
BUILDING INTO THE AREA THRU 12Z SUNDAY SUPPORTING GOING FCST. WILL
HOLD OFF ON MAKING CHANGES ATTM AND LET DAYSHIFT MONITOR LATER
MEDIUM RANGE MODEL RUNS FOR SOME CONTINUITY. JT

.IWX...
IN...NONE.
MI...NONE.
OH...NONE.

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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
504 AM EST TUE AUG 26 2003

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHERN INDIANA...NORTHWEST
OHIO AND SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA...MOSTLY NORTH AND
WEST OF FORT WAYNE...EARLY THIS MORNING. THOUGH AN ISOLATED STRONG
WIND GUST OR BRIEF PERIOD OF HAIL WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THE
STRONGEST STORMS...ORGANIZED SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED THIS
MORNING.

STORMS WILL REDEVELOP LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE INTO TONIGHT.
STRONG GUSTY WINDS WILL BE THE MAIN THREAT...THOUGH SCATTERED LARGE
HAIL MAY OCCUR AS WELL. AN ISOLATED TORNADO WILL BE POSSIBLE DURING
THE FIRST FEW HOURS OF STORM DEVELOPMENT LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND
EARLY THIS EVENING...PRIMARILY NORTH OF A LINE FROM LIMA TO
MONTICELLO.

HEAT WILL BE AN ISSUE TODAY AS WELL...WITH HIGH TEMPERATURES WITHIN
A FEW DEGREES OF 90...AND HEAT INDEX READINGS APPROACHING 100.

THE STORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT WILL BE SPARKED BY A COLD
FRONT APPROACHING FROM THE NORTHWEST...INTO A VERY UNSTABLE AIR MASS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH LABOR DAY

A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE SOUTHEAST OF FORT WAYNE EARLY
WEDNESDAY MORNING...BUT ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BE SEVERE.

THE NEXT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL COME THURSDAY AFTERNOON AS A
WARM FRONT MOVES NORTHWARD ACROSS THE REGION.  STRONG STORMS WILL BE
POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY NORTH AND WEST OF SOUTH BEND.

STORMS WILL CONTINUE TO BE POSSIBLE THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY AS A
COLD FRONT PASSES THROUGH.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUESTED LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO
TONIGHT. SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY ALSO BE REQUESTED THURSDAY AFTERNOON
AND NIGHT.

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