Here is a look at what the Storm Predition Center in Oklahoma is saying about the storms headed our way Monday and Tuesday. The biggest threat seems to be Monday evening and again on Tuesday before a vigerous cold front pushes into the region. Review severe weather safety rules on Monday with family and co-workers!
WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER EVENT -- INCLUDING DAMAGING WINDS AND THE
POTENTIAL FOR TORNADOES -- IS ANTICIPATED ACROSS A LARGE PART OF
THIS REGION.
STORMS SHOULD BE ONGOING ACROSS WRN PORTIONS OF THIS AREA AT THE
START OF THE PERIOD...WHILE SLY FLOW ACROSS THE WARM SECTOR
MAINTAINS A MOIST BOUNDARY LAYER /SURFACE DEWPOINTS APPROACHING 60
AS FAR N AS THE LOWER AND MIDDLE OH RIVER VALLEY/. WHILE STORMS ARE
FORECAST WITHIN BROAD ZONE OF WARM ADVECTION WELL AHEAD OF THE
FRONT...GREATEST SEVERE POTENTIAL IS FORECAST CLOSER TO THE
IMMEDIATE COLD FRONT AS IT ADVANCES EWD. WITH TIME...EXPECT A
SQUALL LINE TO DEVELOP ALONG THIS FRONT...AND THEN CONTINUE EWD
THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND INTO THE EVENING.
WHILE STRONG/DAMAGING WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BE THE MAIN SEVERE
THREAT...LOW-LEVEL WINDS VEERING/INCREASING WITH HEIGHT WILL LIKELY
RESULT IN LOW-LEVEL ROTATION -- BOTH WITHIN SMALL-SCALE BOWS ALONG
THE LARGER CONVECTIVE LINE AS WELL AS WITH ANY STRONGER CELLS AHEAD
OF THE MAIN LINE. THEREFORE...TORNADOES ARE ALSO ANTICIPATED --
WITH THE POTENTIAL SPREAD ACROSS A BROAD ZONE FROM THE GULF COAST
NWD ACROSS THE TN VALLEY AND PERHAPS INTO THE OH VALLEY.
WHILE SEVERE THREAT SHOULD DIMINISH SOMEWHAT INTO THE UPPER OH
VALLEY AS FRONT APPROACHES AFTER DARK...GREATER INSTABILITY ACROSS
THE MID SOUTH AND GULF COAST REGIONS MAY SUPPORT A PERSISTENT SEVERE
THREAT THROUGH THE END OF THE PERIOD.
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Born and raised in Canton, Ohio....home of the Professional Football Hall of Fame. Graduated from Mississippi State University with a Masters of Science in Broadcast Meteorologist. Prior to that, a graduate of Kent State University with a Bachelors of Arts in Political Science and a minor in Geography.
Actively involved and is a member of the National Weather Association, the American Meteorological Society, the 4-Rivers Chapter of the National Weather Association, an avid storm chaser, 2nd place Kentucky AP winner for best weathercast 2006, and a recent Emmy Nominee for coverage of April 2006's Tornado Outbreak across the NewsChannel 6 area.
Her husband Brian is the Assistant Director of Environmental Education at Murray State. They are the proud parents of their first son, born August 2006.
