A dangerous severe weather outbreak may be underway in the Midwest today(High Risk, SPC).

[AverageJoe90]

Hey fellas. I've been looking at this setup for a while and it appears the Storm Prediction Center is starting to get a little cpncerned about the severe weather setup today. There is now a High Risk area including not only virtually the whole state of Indiana, but a good chunk of Ill. and western Ohio as well; the Moderate Risk area goes up thru most of the southern half of Lower Michigan, back out west to St. Louis and all the way out east as far as Buffalo, N.Y. and the Erie, Pa. area.

They were discussing the possibility of at least a few strong tornadoes as well as a widespread damaging wind(derecho?) event last night. Here's the Public Weather Outlook:

http://www.spc.noaa.gov/products/outlook/pwo.html

ZCZC SPCPWOSPC ALL
WOUS40 KWNS 171639
ILZ000-INZ000-MIZ000-OHZ000-180200-

PUBLIC SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
1039 AM CST SUN NOV 17 2013

...OUTBREAK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER PARTS OF THE OHIO AND
MIDDLE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY REGION AND SOUTHERN GREAT LAKES REGION FOR
THE REMAINDER OF TODAY INTO TONIGHT...

The NWS Storm Prediction Center in Norman, OK is forecasting an
outbreak of severe thunderstorms, including strong tornadoes,
widespread damaging winds, and large hail, over parts of the Ohio
and middle Mississippi Valley region and southern Great Lakes region
for the remainder of today into tonight.

The areas most likely to experience this activity include:

eastern Illinois
Indiana
southern Lower Michigan
western Ohio

Elsewhere, severe storms are also possible from parts of Wisconsin,
Iowa, Missouri, Arkansas, Mississippi, Alabama, and Tennessee
northeastward across much of the Appalachians to the lower Great
Lakes and southern New England.

Numerous fast-moving thunderstorms, capable of producing strong
tornadoes along with widespread damaging winds and large hail, will
move across portions of the middle Mississippi and Ohio Valley
region and the southern Great Lakes region for the remainder of
today into this evening. Damaging winds will remain a concern as
storms move across the Appalachians and portions of the Northeast
tonight, while severe storms will also be possible this afternoon
into tonight across parts of the Tennessee and lower Mississippi
Valleys.

State and local emergency managers are monitoring this potentially
very dangerous situation. Those in the threatened area are urged to
review severe weather safety rules and to listen to radio,
television, and NOAA Weather Radio for possible watches, warnings,
and statements later today.

..Cohen.. 11/17/2013

Scary stuff. Tornado warnings already out for parts for Ill. and Ind. and it's not even noon yet.....

Stay safe, everybody. It looks like this could be possibly as bad as the 11/9/02 event or even May 31st of this year, possibly.

[Bluzmann57]

1. I'm in eastern Iowa and there is rain and wind here.

We are outside the extreme area, but things are happening here. Just east of here, in Western Illinois, there have been numerous warnings issued during the football games. And it's cooling off. A lot. Crazy weather.

[AverageJoe90]

3. Yeah, I saw that earlier, too.

I live in Texas so I'll be fine myself, but I've been keeping an eye on this for a while anyhow.....

[RainDog]

2. One tornado touched down near Peoria

12:00 p.m. CST Sunday: Winds gusted to 51 mph at Chicago's O'Hare International Airport as a line of damaging thunderstorms presses toward the city's Lakefront.