Hazardous Weather Potential

[Ted Jacobson]

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
402 AM EDT THU MAY 12 2011

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TODAY.

Maps, Graphics, Technical discussion:
http://www.spc.noaa.gov/products/outlook/day1otlk.html
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TABULAR STATE FORECAST FOR OHIO
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
552 AM EDT THU MAY 12 2011

ROWS INCLUDE...
DAILY PREDOMINANT DAYTIME WEATHER 6AM-6PM
FORECAST TEMPERATURES...EARLY MORNING LOW/DAYTIME HIGH
PROBABILITY OF PRECIPITATION NIGHTTIME 6PM-6AM/DAYTIME 6AM-6PM

FCST     FCST     FCST     FCST     FCST     FCST     FCST
TODAY    FRI      SAT      SUN      MON      TUE      WED
MAY 12   MAY 13   MAY 14   MAY 15   MAY 16   MAY 17   MAY 18
======   ======   ======   ======   ======   ======   ======
TSTRMS   TSTRMS   TSTRMS   TSTRMS   SHWRS    PTCLDY   PTCLDY
--/83    65/80    60/73    58/69    55/65    51/65    50/66
--/60    30/70    70/60    60/60    50/50    40/30    30/20

...SYNOPSIS...

UNSETTLED WEATHER CONTINUES TODAY...WITH ROUNDS OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS. THE STRONGEST STORMS ARE EXPECTED THIS
AFTERNOON...AND EVENING. ANOTHER WARM AFTERNOON IS ON TAP WITH
TEMPERATURES IN THE LOW TO MID 80S.

THE UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER THE CENTRAL PLAINS WILL
WORK ITS WAY EASTWARD INTO THE WEEKEND. THUNDERSTORM CHANCES
CONTINUE IN THIS ACTIVE WEATHER PATTERN...INCLUDING AREAS THAT HAVE
BEEN SATURATED WITH RECENT HEAVY RAINFALL.

UPPER LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL HANG AROUND THROUGH THE EARLY PART OF
NEXT WEEK WITH UNSETTLED WEATHER AND COOLER TEMPERATURES EXPECTED.

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.NEAR TERM IMPACTS /THROUGH TONIGHT/...
SEVERE STORMS COULD CAUSE DOWNED TREES AND POWER LINES...CREATING
POWER FLUCTUATIONS...OUTAGES...BLOCKING OF ROADS FROM DEBRIS AND
POSSIBLY EVEN STRUCTURAL DAMAGE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

--
.SHORT TERM IMPACTS /FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT/...
ROUNDS OF THUNDERSTORMS THIS WEEKEND COULD PRODUCE WIND GUSTS
CAPABLE OF TREE DAMAGE...POWER FLUCTUATIONS OR EVEN OUTAGES...AS
WELL AS PONDING OF WATER AND QUICK STREAM RISES. SLOW MOVING
THUNDERSTORMS MAY CAUSE LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING...ESPECIALLY FOR
AREAS THAT HAVE ALREADY RECEIVED RECENT HEAVY RAINFALL.

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