ACUS11 KWNS 150046
SWOMCD
SPC MCD 150045 
INZ000-ILZ000-MOZ000-ARZ000-150245-

Mesoscale Discussion 0177
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
0745 PM CDT Fri Mar 14 2025

Areas affected...northern Arkansas into southern and eastern
Missouri and into southwestern and central Illinois

Concerning...Tornado Watch 32...

Valid 150045Z - 150245Z

The severe weather threat for Tornado Watch 32 continues.

SUMMARY...Hazardous weather potential -- including strong/damaging
winds, large hail, and a few, possibly strong tornadoes -- continues.

DISCUSSION...Latest radar loop shows a gradual change in storm
character over the past hour or so across south-central Missouri in
particular, where substantially more robust supercells have evolved.
 Development has also increased southward into northern Arkansas.

The change in storm character coincides with -- and is likely
resulting from -- low-level moistening which is ongoing/spreading
northward with time.  Storms increased substantially as dewpoints
rose into the low 50s, and now mid 50s dewpoints have overspread
much of southeastern Missouri and upper 50s to low 60s across
northern Arkansas and into the MO Bootheel.  Given the highly
favorable flow field (veering and strongly increasing with height),
this increase in low-level moisture will likely support
corresponding increases in severe/tornado potential, including risk
for strong tornadoes potential evolving with time.

With storms now crossing the Mississippi River in west-central
Illinois, and in the next couple of hours farther south including
the St. Louis Metro area, a new Tornado Watch will likely be needed
across central Illinois and possibly into western Indiana.

..Goss.. 03/15/2025

ATTN...WFO...IND...PAH...LOT...ILX...LSX...DVN...LZK...SGF...
TSA...

LAT...LON   35239373 36459314 37019308 37969200 38849180 38979176
            40499038 40888917 40928752 40278721 38858740 38538769
            38128936 36649133 35119160 35239373 

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