Severe weather likely, don’t disregard warnings

Author: || Published: 4/3/2014 at 5:34am

As meteorologists look at today’s setup it is looking promising that severe weather will develop.

The main bulk of the severe action will be in parts of Missouri, Arkansas, western Tennessee and Kentucky and northern Louisiana.

There is also the threat for severe weather in the southernmost sections of Illinois, and northernmost sections of Mississippi.

The biggest threats for today are wind and hail. Both on the strong/large side of the spectrum.

Looking at the latest 6z RAP here are some of the severe weather indicators we’re watching:

CAPE: >2,000 J/kg
Helicity (0-1km): 75 – 200
EHI (0-3km): 1 – 3.5
LCL Heights: 800m – 1500m
Lifted Index: -3 – -10

All of these point to the potential for damaging winds, large hail and possible tornadoes.


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Nick Lilja

Nick is former television meteorologist with stints in Amarillo and Hattiesburg. During his time in Hattiesburg, he was also an adjunct professor at the University of Southern Mississippi. He is a graduate of both Oregon State and Syracuse University that now calls Houston home. Now that he is retired from TV, he maintains this blog in his spare time.