Possible SVR 1/20-1/21

[Conservative1]

And all this time I thought Wilson County was the doorway to God's Country... hmmm...

[Kevin]

In all seriousness...there's been some perception that Monroe County gets ignored by MEG because of its location. Many may not remember...but MEG used to cover Clay and Lowndes Counties just south of Monroe (including Columbus) and they asked to be moved to JAN's area (which they were) because they felt MEG wasn't appropriately covering them.

Until this year...Monroe County was the only county in the MEG area which didn't have official NWR coverage. They finally got a transmitter in Aberdeen late this year...though unfortunately it came after the Smithville EF5. FWIW - MEG did have great warning coverage of that event...and I don't think they insufficiently cover Monroe County.

If there was any problem...its that its very hard to get info out of there in a lot of events even from officials. Hopefully after Smithville...we'll see that change in the future.

[@NashSevereWx]

In all seriousness...there's been some perception that Monroe County gets ignored by MEG because of its location. Many may not remember...but MEG used to cover Clay and Lowndes Counties just south of Monroe (including Columbus) and they asked to be moved to JAN's area (which they were) because they felt MEG wasn't appropriately covering them.

Until this year...Monroe County was the only county in the MEG area which didn't have official NWR coverage. They finally got a transmitter in Aberdeen late this year...though unfortunately it came after the Smithville EF5. FWIW - MEG did have great warning coverage of that event...and I don't think they insufficiently cover Monroe County.

If there was any problem...its that its very hard to get info out of there in a lot of events even from officials. Hopefully after Smithville...we'll see that change in the future.

I had no idea.

I hope my comments didn't offend or bother anyone. I'm glad to take them down if need be. Just trying/failing to be funny.

[Kevin]

I had no idea.

I hope my comments didn't offend or bother anyone. I'm glad to take them down if need be. Just trying/failing to be funny.

Oh no, not at all. I was just wondering what you meant by bringing up a more "romantic" answer.

I just added that last post to add some perspective about the situation there over the years.

[@NashSevereWx]

WCM at OHX advises maintenance is done and their radar is now fully functional, including dual-pol. For tonight, only OHX mets will have it. Should be accessible through vendors tomorrow morning.

[Kevin]

WCM at OHX advises maintenance is done and their radar is now fully functional, including dual-pol. For tonight, only OHX mets will have it. Should be accessible through vendors tomorrow morning.

Great news. When you say OHX mets will only have acccess...is that just for dual-pol products or the entire radar?

[Charles L.]

HRRR's latest runs keep the convection at bay until after midnight...and then the atmosphere decides to go boom.

If that model is right, I like SPC's current SLGT zone placement.

[StormNine]

Interesting little storm.  Winter threat from Ohio River northward and just about 150 miles southward a severe weather threat. 

[StormNine]

The 7pm outlook holds serve with the 2pm outlook. 

[@NashSevereWx]

Great news. When you say OHX mets will only have acccess...is that just for dual-pol products or the entire radar?

Entire radar.  All must be tested for 18 hours. Kudos to the install guys. Really must have busted it to get it operational for tonight and (gulp) Sunday.

[Farris_TN]

Nashville temp went from 49 to 58 in a hour when warm front went by. I live in Neely's Bend (Madison) which is a little over 8 miles NE of Downtown Nashville and I'm still at 48

[@NashSevereWx]

Td at my Franklin HQs at 7 pm was 55F.

[chaser2b]

It looks like things are finally starting to kick off to the west at this time.

[Kevin]

So far...everything that's forming is forming north of the warm front...meaning no severe threat. Models insisting that moves further south into the better airmass over the next couple hours...we'll see...at least in the Memphis metro things are getting to the wire fast now.

[Kevin]

One of the problems I'm seeing is we don't have any of the surface-based instability in the warm sector over our area that was being modeled by the NAM/RUC for this time. Going to be tough to get anything other than the elevated convection like across the North right now if that doesn't change.