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Storm Prediction Center Mesoscale Discussion 2282

Published Date and Time: 2025-12-28 16:50:00



Mesoscale Discussion 2282
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   Mesoscale Discussion 2282
   NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
   0349 PM CST Sun Dec 28 2025

   Areas affected...Extreme southeast Missouri...southern and eastern
   Illinois...and western Indiana

   Concerning...Tornado Watch 643...

   Valid 282149Z - 282315Z

   The severe weather threat for Tornado Watch 643 continues.

   SUMMARY...The threat for occasional damaging gusts and tornadoes
   with embedded circulations will continue as storms consolidate and
   spread eastward across Illinois toward Indiana.

   DISCUSSION...Over the past hour, a line of thunderstorms has
   consolidated along the cold front moving quickly eastward across
   Illinois.  A corridor of weak buoyancy precedes the front, where
   surface temperatures peaked in the mid 60s to lower 70s, in the
   presence of lower 60s dewpoints.  Recent observations from KILX
   revealed a tornadic debris signature southeast-through-east of
   Decatur, IL, with a circulation embedded in the line.  Additional
   tornadoes will be possible given the long, low-level hodographs and
   substantial (200-300 m2/s2) SRH in the storm inflow, within a
   sufficiently moist and weakly unstable pre-storm environment.

   Additional storm development is expected farther south along the
   front toward extreme southeast MO and southern IL over the next 1-2
   hours.  Though the loss of surface heating will result in a gradual
   reduction in buoyancy with eastward extent, strong wind profiles
   will help maintain the potential for a few tornadoes and damaging
   gusts into late evening.

   ..Thompson.. 12/28/2025

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

   ATTN...WFO...IWX...IND...PAH...LOT...ILX...LSX...

   LAT...LON   40498806 41168761 41238685 40968628 39858691 38848759
               37878829 37198907 37038965 37149002 37898975 39228889
               40498806 

   MOST PROBABLE PEAK TORNADO INTENSITY...85-115 MPH
   MOST PROBABLE PEAK WIND GUST...55-70 MPH
   MOST PROBABLE PEAK HAIL SIZE...UP TO 1.25 IN


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