Sat, March 27th Severe T'Storm Risk

(8:00PM - 3/25/21) A storm system will move through the region on Saturday, bringing an isolated severe t'storm threat to Central and Southern Illinois, Saturday afternoon through Saturday night.

Summary...
A storm system will move through the Midwest and Great Lakes, Saturday through Saturday night, bringing an isolated severe t'storm threat to Central and Southern Illinois Saturday afternoon through Saturday night. Model guidance is in good agreement regarding all aspects of this potential at this time...Including timing, placement and significance.

​Forecast...
Scattered showers and isolated t'storms will be possible across Northwest Illinois Saturday morning. In the wake of this early activity, a marginal environment develop across a large potion of the state. This marginal environment will feature low instability, modest moisture, and decent shear and forcing. As a cold front pushes into Northern and Central Illinois during the afternoon, scattered showers and t'storms will develop. This activity will this activity will then spread eastward across much of the state, Saturday afternoon into Saturday night. Given the aforementioned marginal environment in place, a low end severe t'storm risk will be possible across much of Central and Southern Illinois, where an isolated severe t'storm will be possible. Hail and damaging winds will be the main threats with any severe t'storm.

Below is the severe t'storm forecast for this event.

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