UPDATE as of 12:30pm: A Severe Thunderstorm Watch has been issued for the entire viewing area through 8pm this evening. A strong line of storms is currently moving across the Mississippi River. This line of storms will bring with it strong, damaging winds on the leading edge as well as brief, heavy downpours. These thunderstorms should reach the Rockford area shortly after 1:30pm. -ADAM
Storms currently over Eastern Iowa (at 11:25am) will race into Northern Illinois through 1pm. Storms will have the capability of producing damaging straight-line winds through the late-afternoon hours.
As Adam mentioned the threat for severe is there. Hail probabilities appear pretty low as our atmosphere remains pretty warm and moist.
The amount of clearing that takes place during the 11:30-1:30 timeframe will determine the severity...more clearing=more instability.
Updates from Adam and myself through the day... -ERIC
3 comments:
Beautiful clear day again here in Dekalb, guess that will make for an interesting afternoon! Especially since it's move-in day at NIU! Thanks for all the updates, you guys are the best!
Ill be at work anyway... maybe itll keep customers away...
hard to believe i am looking outside and the sun is shining but yet severe storms possibly heading this way. boy oh boy.
tony
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