NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
0333 PM CDT Thu Apr 16 2026
AREAS AFFECTED...portions of southern Lower Michigan into
northeastern Indiana and northwestern Ohio
CONCERNING...Severe potential...Watch unlikely
VALID 162033Z - 162130Z
PROBABILITY OF WATCH ISSUANCE...5 percent
SUMMARY...A couple of DAMAGING WIND GUSTS are possible this
afternoon. Coverage of severe should be quite sparse at best, so a
WW issuance is not expected.
DISCUSSION...Multicells have intensified under a cold pocket aloft
associated with a mid-level trough as they overspread a mixed
boundary layer. 20Z mesoanalysis depicts 0-3 km lapse rates reaching
8 C/km ....... more