STORM ALERT: 12:30PM

We remain in the 5% tornado threat for this afternoon...


...and the 5% damaging wind threat for this afternoon. Some of the winds are complimented by the strom winds outside of the storms...

This from the SPC:

   INTERMITTENT WIND DAMAGE/DOWNED TREES HAVE BEEN REPORTED WITH MEASURED GUSTS IN EXCESS
 OF 50 KT ALONG PORTION OF COLD FRONT EXTENDING JUST SOUTH OF THE
 CENTER INVOF MAXIMA IN PRESSURE RISES...AND THIS TREND WILL LIKELY
 CONTINUE FOR MUCH OF THE DAY FROM THE OH RIVER VALLEY INTO
 SRN-CENTRAL IND/WRN OH.  SHOULD INSTABILITY BECOME SUFFICIENT FOR
 NARROW LINE OR LINES OF MOIST CONVECTION...WIND DAMAGE/TORNADO
 POTENTIAL WOULD INCREASE AS OBSERVED VWP/S AND MODEL FORECAST
 SOUNDINGS INDICATE 40-60 KT SFC-1 KM SHEAR ACROSS THIS REGION.

Alex C.