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November 5, 2017: Severe Weather Update

I will be utilizing the texting service today for tornadoes and other severe weather. Make sure you have turned on WeatherOne. This is text option one. It is the most important text. If tornadoes occur, then you will receive frequent texts for your county.

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7 PM

Storms continue to line out.  That is a good sign.  We could still have damaging wind and some hail.  Tornado risk is low, but not zero.  Monitor updates.

Update on Facebook
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6 PM

Future-cast radar

Facebook thread link

3 PM
A tornado watch may be issued shortly for much of the area
http://www.spc.noaa.gov/products/md/2017/md1755.html

12 PM update

A tornado watch will soon be issued for portions of southern Illinois.  Some Missouri counties may also be added.

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11:15 AM

I am anticipating a tornado or severe thunderstorm watch to be issued by mid-afternoon.  It will likely cover a decent chunk of our local area.

Remember, a watch means to monitor updates.  A warning means to see shelter.

10:55 AM update

Future-cast radar loop from the Hrrrx model.  This takes us from this afternoon into tonight.

The time is in Zulu.  The time stamp on the right side is eastern time.  22z would be 4 pm.  00z would be 6 pm.  02z would be 8 pm.

Click to enlarge the animation.

10:30 AM update

Latest SPC outlook.  They continue to shift things further south and west.  Don’t get too caught up in the colors.  Weather does not follow our colors.

Future-cast radar.  This is model guidance.  Model’s aren’t gospel.  This is what radar could look like later this afternoon.

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Eastern view

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9 AM UPDATE

SPC shifted their greater risk zone further south and west.  This was expected.

9 AM UPDATE

Facebook discussion on today’s storms.
https://wtalk.co/A3KEHNDJ

Here is the latest Hrrr model guidance.  This is the future-cast radar.  This shows you what radar MIGHT look like later today.

November 5, 2017

Update number one. This updated expires at 2 PM.

Severe Storms Likely Later Today and Tonight.

I will be utilizing the texting service today for tornadoes and other severe weather. Make sure you have turned on WeatherOne. This is text option one. It is the most important text. If tornadoes occur, then you will receive frequent texts for your county.

Don’t forget to download and use the app. The app receives the text messages instantly. ATT and Verizon can take longer to send them out. Minutes count when tornadoes are occurring.

You can sign up for those app/text messages at www.beaudodsonweather.com Remember, it is $3 a month and that helps cover all the costs of this day.

The entire forecast discussion will be centered on storm chances today and tonight.

If you were with me yesterday you might have read that I thought the Storm Prediction Center severe weather outlook was incorrect. It needed to be moved south and west. They did that earlier this morning.

A strong cold front is going to move into the region later today. Warm and moist air blankets our region. Dew points are more like summer than autumn.

Gusty southerly winds will reach 25 to 35 mph speeds. Some gusts above 35 likely. These are gradient winds because of pressure changes in the atmosphere. A strong low level just also blankets the region.

Thunderstorms will become most numerous after 3 or 4 pm today. There should be a few storms before then, but odds favor later in the day vs earlier for the greater coverage.

Storms that form early will move from the southwest towards the northeast. Storms that form later will move northwest to southeast. Storm movement will be greater than 50 mph. Fast moving storms.

A band of severe storms will likely form from Farmington, MO towards Mt Vernon, IL between 3 and 4 pm. Give or take. The line will then push south and east.

Keep in mind, storms may form ahead of this line, as well.

The line would approach Cape Girardeau to Marion, IL and northeast of there between 4 PM and 6 PM. Again, give or take and subject to adjustments.

The main concern today will be large hail and damaging winds. Isolated tornadoes can not be ruled out.

This is a classic November severe weather setup.

I do expect tornado watches to be issued for our region later this afternoon into tonight. I do expect quite a few warnings to be issued.

A watch means to keep an eye on the weather. A warning means to seek shelter.

It is not possible to tell you what your county will receive. The best I can do is tell you the potential of the atmosphere. The details are worked out once storms form and are moving into your area.

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I have studied weather, in our region, since the late 1970’s.  I have 40 years of experience in observing our regions weather patterns.  My degree is in Broadcast Meteorology and a Bachelor’s of Science.

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Member of the American Meteorological Society.

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Meteorologist for McCracken County Emergency Management.  I served from 2005 through 2015.

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I own and operate the Southern Illinois Weather Observatory.

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In 2005, I helped open the largest American Cross shelter in U.S. history.  This was in Houston, Texas.  I was deployed to help with the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina and Hurricane Rita.  I was a shelter manager of one of the Houston, Texas shelter divisions.

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