Subj : MESO: Nws Weather Prediction Center College Park Md To : wx-storm@lists.illinois.edu From : COD Weather Processor Date : Fri May 02 2025 18:40:12 AWUS01 KWNH 021839 FFGMPD TNZ000-ALZ000-MSZ000-LAZ000-ARZ000-030037- Mesoscale Precipitation Discussion 0211 NWS Weather Prediction Center College Park MD 238 PM EDT Fri May 02 2025 Areas affected...Portions of the Lower MS Valley and Mid-South Concerning...Heavy rainfall...Flash flooding possible Valid 021837Z - 030037Z SUMMARY...Showers and thunderstorms with heavy rainfall rates will be capable of producing isolated to widely scattered areas of flash flooding this afternoon and evening. DISCUSSION...A low-amplitude shortwave trough traversing portions of the lower OH Valley and Mid-South will be interacting with a moist and unstable airmass pooling along and just ahead of a frontal zone and will be favoring an expansion of heavy showers and thunderstorms over the next several hours. MLCAPE values of 1500 to 2500 J/kg are in place across northern LA through through northern MS/AL and into middle TN. Coinciding with this is as much as 30 to 40 kts of effective bulk shear, and this should yield a combination of multicell and occasional supercell convection. Given the moist environment with PWs approaching and locally exceeding 1.5 inches, and organized character of the convection, the rainfall rates should be rather high and capable of reaching 1.5 to 2 inches/hour. Some cell-merger activity is expected as the convection evolves over the next several hours, with multiple convective clusters likely materializing by this evening. Colliding outflow boundaries will be a facilitator of this as well. This coupled with locally slow cell-motions in general may allow for some of the rainfall totals to reach as high as 2 to 4+ inches, and this is consistent with a consensus of the latest hires model guidance. Given the relatively moist antecedent conditions and high rainfall rates, there a concern for isolated to widely scattered areas of flash flooding. The bigger concern generally will be for the more sensitive urbanized locations. Orrison ....Please see https://urldefense.com/v3/__http://www.wpc.ncep.noaa.gov__;!!= DZ3fjg!-xmxM_9lHwfIZTHzCYDF5q8hzCyses-xFYtMIq6SWKBkM4mhUm3IUjQUJzujEHRMoUHz= 1UmjpAwyNgvM7_sv_qvutT0$ for graphic product... ATTN...WFO...BMX...HUN...JAN...LCH...LZK...MEG...MRX...OHX... SHV... ATTN...RFC...LMRFC...OHRFC...SERFC...NWC... LAT...LON 36488617 36328520 35598491 34718610 33938733=20 32828936 31869089 30979224 30899295 31869279=20 32709305 33089270 33989115 34808968 35608826=20 =20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20 =3D =3D =3D To unsubscribe from WX-STORM and you already have a login, go to https://lists.illinois.edu and use the "Unsubscribe" link. Otherwise email Chris Novy at cnovy@cox.net and ask to be removed from WX-STORM. --- SBBSecho 3.20-Linux * Origin: capitolcityonline.net * Telnet/SSH:2022/HTTP (1:2320/105) .