Probability of a tornado within 25 miles of a point. Hatched Area: 10% or greater probability of EF2 - EF5 tornadoes within 25 miles of a point.
Day 1 Tornado Risk
Area (sq. mi.)
Area Pop.
Some Larger Population Centers in Risk Area
2 %
55,288
1,610,278
Lubbock, TX...Amarillo, TX...Sioux Falls, SD...Clovis, NM...Hobbs, NM...
Probabilistic Damaging Wind Graphic
Probability of damaging thunderstorm winds or wind gusts of 50 knots or higher within 25 miles of a point. Hatched Area: 10% of greater probability of wind gusts 65 knots or greater within 25 miles of a point.
SPC AC 141630
DAY 1 CONVECTIVE OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
1130 AM CDT SUN JUN 14 2015
VALID 141630Z - 151200Z
...THERE IS A SLGT RISK OF SVR TSTMS FROM THE LWR GRT LKS/OH VLY TO
MID-ATLANTIC...
...THERE IS A SLGT RISK OF SVR TSTMS OVER PARTS OF THE SRN HIGH
PLNS...
...THERE IS A SLGT RISK OF SVR TSTMS OVER PARTS OF THE NRN/CNTRL
PLNS AND UPR MS VLY...
...THERE IS A MRGL RISK OF SVR TSTMS FROM THE MID-MS VLY TO THE
MID-ATLANTIC CST...
...THERE IS A MRGL RISK OF SVR TSTMS OVER THE SRN HIGH PLNS...
...THERE IS A MRGL RISK OF SVR TSTMS OVER PARTS OF THE NRN/CNTRL
PLNS AND UPR MS VLY...
...SUMMARY...
SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF LOCALLY DAMAGING WIND WILL OCCUR
FROM THE SOUTHERN GREAT LAKES INTO THE OHIO VALLEY AND THE CENTRAL
APPALACHIANS. A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ALSO WILL OCCUR OVER THE
SOUTHERN HIGH PLAINS...AND OVER PARTS OF SOUTH
DAKOTA...MINNESOTA...NEBRASKA...AND WYOMING.
...SYNOPTIC SETUP...
MINIMAL LARGE SCALE CHANGE EXPECTED OVER THE CONUS THROUGH MON AS
RIDGE ANCHORED OVER THE SOUTHEAST KEEPS THE MAIN BELT OF WLYS
CONFINED TO THE PAC NW...THE NRN RCKYS/PLNS...AND THE UPR GRT LKS. A
WEAKER SRN STREAM JET WILL...HOWEVER...PERSIST FROM THE SRN PLNS
THROUGH THE MID-MS VLY/LWR GRT LKS TO THE MID-ATLANTIC CST. SEVERAL
IMPULSES IN THIS FLOW WILL TRACK E ACROSS THE MID/UPR OH VLY TODAY.
FARTHER SW IN THE SAME BRANCH OF FLOW...SATELLITE SUGGESTS THAT
WRN-MOST PORTION OF SRN RCKYS TROUGH IS CONSOLIDATING OVER NM ATTM.
THIS FEATURE SHOULD CONTINUE E ACROSS THE SRN/CNTRL HIGH PLNS BY
EVE.
...LWR GRT LKS/OH VLY TO MID-ATLANTIC THIS AFTN/EVE...
VERY MOIST AIR...WITH PW AOA 1.75 INCHES...WILL PERSIST OVER MUCH OF
THE OH VLY AND ADJACENT PORTIONS OF THE LWR GRT LKS/CNTRL
APPALACHIANS/MID-ATLANTIC TODAY. ALTHOUGH AREA RAOBS SUGGEST THAT
MID-LVL LAPSE RATES WILL BE WEAK...POCKETS OF FAIRLY STRONG SFC
HEATING WILL OCCUR IN WEAKLY CONFLUENT WARM SECTOR SWLY FLOW FROM
CNTRL IL EWD TO THE WRN SLOPES OF THE APPALACHIANS. COUPLED WITH
ENHANCED LOW-LVL UPLIFT ALONG DIFFUSE WARM/STNRY FRONT EXTENDING
FROM SRN LWR MI ESE INTO CNTRL PA...EXPECT BANDS/SMALL CLUSTERS OF
STORMS TO FORM IN WEAKLY-CAPPED ENVIRONMENT BY EARLY-MID AFTN. OTHER
STORMS MAY ARISE ALONG DIFFERENTIAL HEATING GRADIENT/LEE TROUGH FROM
S CNTRL PA INTO PARTS OF MD/WV/VA. BELT OF 30-40 KT WSW 700-500 MB
FLOW OVER THE OH VLY...AND 25-30 KT WNW FLOW OVER PA /ASSOCIATED
WITH SRN STREAM JET/...COULD FOSTER DEVELOPMENT OF SMALL BOWING
SEGMENTS/WET MICROBURSTS THROUGH EARLY EVE GIVEN HIGH PW.
...SRN HIGH PLNS THIS AFTN/EVE...
DESPITE WEAKENED ELY COMPONENT TO SFC WINDS...FAIRLY RICH MOISTURE
/PW 1.00-1.50 INCHES/ WILL REMAIN IN PLACE OVER ERN NM AND W TX
TODAY...BENEATH 20 KT WLY 500 MB FLOW. VERY STRONG SFC HEATING AND
MODEST MID-LVL COOLING/FORCING FOR ASCENT ASSOCIATED WITH NM UPR
VORT SHOULD PROMOTE STORM DEVELOPMENT OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN OF ERN
NM BY EARLY AFTN...WITH OTHER STORMS LIKELY TO FORM ALONG OUTFLOW
BOUNDARY/LEE TROUGH/DIFFERENTIAL HEATING GRADIENTS IN W CNTRL TX AND
THE WRN/SRN TX PANHANDLE. STEEP LOW- TO MID-LVL LAPSE RATES AND
EXPECTED WIND PROFILES SHOULD SUPPORT SMALL CLUSTERS OF SUSTAINED
STORMS AND PERHAPS A FEW TRANSIENT SUPERCELLS WITH LARGE
HAIL/LOCALLY DMGG WIND. THIS ACTIVITY LIKELY WILL MERGE INTO ONE OR
TWO LARGER MCSS THAT MOVE GENERALLY SE ACROSS SE NM/W TX THROUGH
LATE EVE.
...NRN PLNS THIS AFTN INTO TNGT...
TRAILING COLD FRONT ASSOCIATED WITH SLOWLY-PROGRESSIVE NRN STREAM
TROUGH IN MB/ONT WILL ADVANCE STEADILY S/E ACROSS THE NRN PLNS/UPR
MS VLY TODAY. THE STRONGEST WINDS ALOFT WITH THE TROUGH WILL REMAIN
WELL BEHIND THE FRONT. NEVERTHELESS...GIVEN PRESENCE OF AMPLE
MOISTURE /PW AOA 1.25 INCHES/ AND MODERATELY STEEP MID-LVL LAPSE
RATES...THE BOUNDARY WILL SERVE AS A FOCUS FOR STORM DEVELOPMENT
WITH SFC HEATING LATER TODAY. ALTHOUGH THERE MAY A TENDENCY FOR THE
CONVECTION TO BE UNDERCUT BY POST-FRONTAL FLOW...DEGREE OF BUOYANCY
/MUCAPE OF 1500 TO PERHAPS 2000 J PER KG/ SUGGESTS THE POTENTIAL FOR
A NARROW CORRIDOR OF QUASI-LINEAR MULTICELLS WITH HAIL/LOCALLY DMGG
WIND FROM CNTRL NEB NE INTO SE SD AND PARTS OF MN. FARTHER
W...SUFFICIENTLY MOIST POST-FRONTAL FLOW ALSO MAY FOSTER STORM
DEVELOPMENT OF OVER ERN WY. THIS ACTIVITY COULD YIELD A FEW SPOTS OF
SVR HAIL...AND PERSIST THROUGH LATE TNGT/EARLY MON EWD INTO THE WRN
NEB PANHANDLE.
..CORFIDI/PICCA.. 06/14/2015
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