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Alright, here's the promised model breakdown and forecast.
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There is currently an Enhanced (level 3/5) risk for parts of Illinois, Indiana and Missouri, with a Slight (level 2/5) risk extending southward into Kansas, Oklahoma, Arkansas and Texas. The main threat is several tornadoes (some strong) and hail in Illinois and parts of Missouri, as well as a lesser threat of the two localized around west Texas.
Personally, I'd be surprised if the Enhanced risk wasn't upgraded to a Moderate risk, considering the environment being forecasted (which I will get into now, focusing on Illinois and the surrounding area)
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In Illinois and parts of Missouri and Indiana, an unusually volatile environment for March standards is being depicted by models, with surface CAPE values (which represent instability in the atmosphere) in the 3,000 to 4,000 J/kg range, which is extremely high for March, which usually sits around 1,500 to 2,000 J/kg in a higher-end severe weather setup around this time. Combined with strong wind shear (spin in the atmosphere) indicated by effective SRH values around 300 m²/s², any organized storm will have sufficient atmospheric conditions to produce a tornado, and any supercell that remains discrete enough will have the chance to produce a strong tornado, and a violent (EF4+) tornado cannot be ruled out in my opinion.
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Regarding the formation of storms, there is very little capping for storms (indicated by surface-based CIN) and ample lift in the atmosphere (indicated by surface-based LI), meaning that any storm that does initiate should not have difficulty organizing itself. The only question in regards to this is the coverage of storms, the storm mode (whether it's individual supercells or a cluster of storms) and at what time they will initiate. Current models show that storm coverage is limited and convective initiation may occur only after 0000 UTC, but it's entirely possible that won't be the case, since CAMs are pretty inconsistent until the day of the event.
Once the new Day 2 outlook comes out, and models start to paint a clearer picture of what may occur, I will (probably) give another update.
 
Upgrade to moderate risk! Tornado outbreak appears likely across N IL to NW IN. Strong to intense (EF2-EF3) tornadoes are possible.
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I'll never get people who live in tornado-prone places. I know tornadoes are heavily localized despite their huge size, like the Michigan tornado a week back looks forest size but all it did was destroy a small part of a neighborhood, and the chances of getting directly hit are laughably low, but I can't wrap my head around outbreak places.
I get it when its like a tornado once a year, but mildly dangerous to life-threatening outbreaks being a normal part of the weather is absurd to me.
 
Aib Ld said:
I'll never get people who live in tornado-prone places. I know tornadoes are heavily localized despite their huge size, like the Michigan tornado a week back looks forest size but all it did was destroy a small part of a neighborhood, and the chances of getting directly hit are laughably low, but I can't wrap my head around outbreak places.
I get it when its like a tornado once a year, but mildly dangerous to life-threatening outbreaks being a normal part of the weather is absurd to me.
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At the end of the day you have to pick your natural disaster as almost everyplace has one.
Tornadoes, Massive Winter Storms, Scorching Hot, Hurricane, Earthquake, Forest Fire, Plagues of Californians.
 
Aib Ld said:
I'll never get people who live in tornado-prone places. I know tornadoes are heavily localized despite their huge size, like the Michigan tornado a week back looks forest size but all it did was destroy a small part of a neighborhood, and the chances of getting directly hit are laughably low, but I can't wrap my head around outbreak places.
I get it when its like a tornado once a year, but mildly dangerous to life-threatening outbreaks being a normal part of the weather is absurd to me.
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Because the likelihood of you being one of the average of 70 fuckers who get slurped off by the finger of god is still good odds and the places that usually have tornadoes are also low cost of living and peaceful otherwise.

Every geographic location has something that will kill you: floods, tornadoes, hurricanes, lightning, niggers, blizzards, or ice storms. Pick your poison, because something is going to fuck you somewhere.
 
Aib Ld said:
I'll never get people who live in tornado-prone places. I know tornadoes are heavily localized despite their huge size, like the Michigan tornado a week back looks forest size but all it did was destroy a small part of a neighborhood, and the chances of getting directly hit are laughably low, but I can't wrap my head around outbreak places.
I get it when its like a tornado once a year, but mildly dangerous to life-threatening outbreaks being a normal part of the weather is absurd to me.
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Why would I not want to live in the general area where I might witness the finger of God in all its awesome power?
 
DavidS877 said:
At the end of the day you have to pick your natural disaster as almost everyplace has one.
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Winter storms are commonplace where I live, so I'm more thinking as tornadoes being normalized is such a jump from 'freezing to death' to 'wiped off the earth by the finger of God'. Always interesting to look at the other places of the world.

Still Anonymous For This said:
the places that usually have tornadoes are also low cost of living
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Is that factor because of the tornadoes or what?
 
Aib Ld said:
I'll never get people who live in tornado-prone places. I know tornadoes are heavily localized despite their huge size, like the Michigan tornado a week back looks forest size but all it did was destroy a small part of a neighborhood, and the chances of getting directly hit are laughably low, but I can't wrap my head around outbreak places.
I get it when its like a tornado once a year, but mildly dangerous to life-threatening outbreaks being a normal part of the weather is absurd to me.
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I feel the same way, but about hurricanes, and far more people choose to live in areas prone to those. Hurricanes may not be as flashy as god flattening you with his wrathful skycock but hurricanes regularly cause far more damage. I worry for the day that an F5 hits a metropolitan area, though.
 
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Aib Ld said:
Is that factor because of the tornadoes or what?
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The midwest is cheap because it is far away from the coast and rural, not because of tornadoes.

The chance of being hit is so low, much less getting 'acked. They can be scary, I had one that formed over me last year, big tree branches were whipping around a 180 degree arc. I bunkered down and ended up with just some tree branches down. 10 minutes out of the last few years where I was actually worried. Most decent houses will handle the average tornado without much damage. It's only when you get into the EF4s that you routinely see deaths.
 
Aib Ld said:
I'll never get people who live in tornado-prone places. I know tornadoes are heavily localized despite their huge size, like the Michigan tornado a week back looks forest size but all it did was destroy a small part of a neighborhood, and the chances of getting directly hit are laughably low, but I can't wrap my head around outbreak places.
I get it when its like a tornado once a year, but mildly dangerous to life-threatening outbreaks being a normal part of the weather is absurd to me.
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That laughably low chance is why.... lightening kills more then tornadoes yearly on average in the US. You don't really get much lower then that for natural disasters.
 
Being in the deep south, I'm not a stranger to the mid-70s in March but the fact that it's going to go from that down to just below 40 in one day tomorrow is incredible. Like there has to be so much potential energy in the atmosphere right now.

Aib Ld said:
I'll never get people who live in tornado-prone places. I know tornadoes are heavily localized despite their huge size, like the Michigan tornado a week back looks forest size but all it did was destroy a small part of a neighborhood, and the chances of getting directly hit are laughably low, but I can't wrap my head around outbreak places.
I get it when its like a tornado once a year, but mildly dangerous to life-threatening outbreaks being a normal part of the weather is absurd to me.
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There are people who live their entire lives in these tornado prone regions and never see one. It's a bit like lottery odds that you'll ever actually get hit by a tornado. Plus despite their reputation, tornadoes are actually fairly low lethality. Even big tornadoes that directly hit towns struggle to exceed 20 fatalities.

Funnily enough, the record for deaths from a single tornado is actually from Bangladesh, An F3 there killed about 1300 people. This kinda illustrates the point - if you're properly warned and not a dung-eating jugaad jeet, your odds of being able to survive a tornado are actually fairly good.
 
Significant tornado imminent near Kankakee, IL. This storm dropped the largest hailstone in IL history (5 inches) less than an hour ago, too
 
Heads up to any Mizzouruh Kiwis. Looking rather ripe this evening.

Mesoscale Discussion 0192
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
0541 PM CDT Tue Mar 10 2026

Areas affected...portions of eastern kansas into north/northwestern
Missouri

Concerning...Severe potential...Tornado Watch likely

Valid 102241Z - 110045Z

Probability of Watch Issuance...80 percent

SUMMARY...Supercells and line segments capable of all severe hazards
are becoming increasingly likely over portions of northern MO this
afternoon/evening. A New Tornado Watch is likely needed.

DISCUSSION...Afternoon visible imagery and surface obs show strong
heating occurring along and southeast of a modified frontal zone
stretching from northeast KS into northern MO and southeastern IA.
Low-level convergence has increased over the last two hours as a
weak surface cyclone has deepend along the inflection of the front.
With large-scale ascent increasing from the west amid moderate to
strong destabilization and strong deep-layer shear, severe storms
development appears likely.

Initial development is likely to cross the front and become
elevated. However, this will maintain a risk for large to very large
hail and some damaging gusts across far northern MO into southern
IA. Additional surface-based storms are likely to follow in the warm
sector with a mixed mode of supercells and line segments given
slightly veered surface winds, but elongated hodographs. Large to
very large hail, damaging gusts and tornadoes (some strong) are
possible.

There remains some uncertainty on when more robust convective
initiation will occur. Initial towers along the front have shown
signs of deepening, and recent CAM guidance suggests development is
probable in the next 1-2 hours. Additional storms developing across
central KS may also move into portions of MO after 00z with a
continued risk for all hazards. Given this, a new Tornado Watch is
likely needed, though exactly when remains unclear.

..Lyons.. 03/10/2026

...Please see www.spc.noaa.gov for graphic product...

ATTN...WFO...ILX...LSX...DVN...SGF...DMX...EAX...TOP...ICT...

LAT...LON 40619086 40549053 40129037 39409030 38899042 38669120
37519481 37659520 37949539 38499539 39539474 40049432
40519360 40769290 40739205 40699148 40619086

MOST PROBABLE PEAK TORNADO INTENSITY...120-150 MPH
MOST PROBABLE PEAK WIND GUST...55-70 MPH
MOST PROBABLE PEAK HAIL SIZE...2.00-3.50 IN
 

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Delightfully pronounced hook on this bad boy. Lotta dumb motherfuckers trying to get in the bear's cage as well.
 

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Extremely violent tornado about to hit Knox, IN. There NEEDS to be a tornado emergency
EDIT: Tornado Emergency issued. Cataclysmic tornado about to hit Knox, IN
 
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