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Numerous severe thunderstorms are expected this afternoon into tonight, with the peak threat centered over Illinois and Indiana. Intense tornadoes, swaths of damaging gusts over 75 mph and damaging wind-driven large hail will all be possible.
THERE ARE MODERATE RISKS FOR EXCESSIVE RAINFALL FOR PORTIONS OFILLINOIS/INDIANA AS WELL AS THE MISSISSIPPI DELTA...
Between an expansive large-scale trough encompassing the northern half of the CONUS and an upper ridge centered over the Southwest, a belt of strong midlevel northwesterly flow will extend from the Northwest into the Great Plains. To the south/southwest of this strong midlevel flow, diurnal heating of a dry antecedent air mass across the Great Basin into the central/southern Rockies and adjacent High Plains will yield widespread 5-15 percent RH during the afternoon. Moderate deep-layer flow along the periphery of the primary belt of midlevel northwesterlies will overspread this well-mixed boundary layer, resulting in 15-20 mph sustained west-northwesterly surface winds across the region. Given an expansive area of increasingly dry/receptive fuels, elevated fire-weather conditions are expected, with locally critical conditions possible within terrain-favored areas.
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