Active Severe Weather Pattern (Lookout Thursday!)

An active pattern of severe weather has been building in the plain states since last week. It tried to get off the ground and do something but never managed to get beyond a few thunderstorms and an isolated tornado or two.

However the parameters to go big have all come together and have everyone from TV forecasters to Internet weather geeks to the NWS buying into the big Wednesday/Thursday (and maybe beyond) severe weather outbreak. The SPC is predicting this to hold together and has a day 4 (Friday) alert for the eastern portion of the US. Usually we are the last area of risk before storms die out.

It would seem unlikely we will miss the hail and wind threat from the storms. Much of the storms could be linear in fashion which is what Indiana sees a lot of with severe weather. Even with that forecast, discreet storms will be very possible and a few tornadoes likely as well.

Here are the 3 Day Outlooks...