Short Range Forecast Discussion NWS Weather Prediction Center College Park MD 357 AM EDT Thu Jun 22 2017 Valid 12Z Thu Jun 22 2017 - 12Z Sat Jun 24 2017 ...Tropical storm Cindy is forecast to move northeastward and slowly weaken to a tropical depression producing heavy rain and embedded severe weather... ...There is a slight risk of severe thunderstorms over parts of Middle Mississippi Valley into the Upper Great Lakes and over the Central/Southern High Plains... ...Heavy rain is possible from the Ohio Valley/Central Appalachians to Lower Mississippi Valley... ...Heavy rain possible over parts of the Upper Great Lakes into parts of the Upper Mississippi Valley... Tropical storm Cindy will move northward over parts of the Lower Mississippi Valley then head northeast ward to the Tennessee Valley by Friday evening. The system will produce showers and thunderstorms over parts of the Lower/Middle Mississippi Valley/Western Gulf Coast into parts of the Tennessee Valley through Friday morning. See the latest advisory from the National Hurricane Center for the most up to date track and intensity. Ziegenfelder Graphics available at www.wpc.ncep.noaa.gov/basicwx/basicwx_ndfd.php