Weather Authority Alert – Friday night into early Saturday AM – WPSD Local 6
Weather Authority Alert for Friday night & overnight into early Saturday morning, with a significant threat for severe thunderstorms and possibly strong tornadoes across the Local 6 area. As of Friday morning, most of the area has been upgraded to a rare level 4 “moderate” risk from the Storm Prediction Center
This is only the 7th moderate risk day in the past 8 years. Previous events include:
April 3, 2018 – 11 tornadoes in our area.
May 27, 2017 – Multiple wind and hail damage reports
Feb. 28, 2017 – Perryville EF-4 tornado
Dec. 23, 2015 – 8 tornadoes in S. IL
April 3, 2014 – 5 tornadoes in our area
Nov. 17, 2013 – Brookport EF-3 tornado
This rare December setup of unseasonably warm air, high humidity, strong wind shear, and an incoming powerful cold front will provide the ingredients for perhaps two rounds of severe storms Friday night.
Storms are expected to develop late this evening, likely first in SEMO and S. IL, expanding east into the overnight.
This is a similar weather setup to what we had this past Sunday night/Monday morning, except this event actually features a stronger wind field. This has us concerned that one or two storms could produce a strong, longer-track tornado. Our tornado threat looks to be the highest from about 8pm – 1am.
It will be important for you to have multiple ways to receive and hear warnings as you try to sleep Friday night. Be sure to download the most recent version of the WPSD Radar app, and have your NOAA weather radio on and ready. Know your plan of action if severe weather threatens.
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