Rapid City, SD...Aberdeen, SD...Watertown, SD...Brookings, SD...Sheridan, WY...
SLIGHT
165,580
2,188,385
Sioux Falls, SD...Billings, MT...Fargo, ND...Bismarck, ND...Minot, ND...
MARGINAL
340,474
35,342,693
Memphis, TN...Charlotte, NC...Nashville, TN...Virginia Beach, VA...Minneapolis, MN...
Probabilistic Tornado Graphic
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
5 %
57,520
383,120
Billings, MT...Rapid City, SD...Spearfish, SD...Miles City, MT...Rapid Valley, SD...
2 %
246,164
9,937,977
Memphis, TN...Nashville, TN...Lexington-Fayette, KY...Louisville, KY...Sioux Falls, SD...
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.
Day 1 Wind Risk
Area (sq. mi.)
Area Pop.
Some Larger Population Centers in Risk Area
SIG SEVERE
38,810
172,242
Rapid City, SD...Pierre, SD...Spearfish, SD...Rapid Valley, SD...Sturgis, SD...
30 %
75,589
457,111
Rapid City, SD...Aberdeen, SD...Watertown, SD...Brookings, SD...Mitchell, SD...
15 %
168,287
2,244,259
Sioux Falls, SD...Billings, MT...Fargo, ND...Bismarck, ND...Minot, ND...
5 %
346,980
35,265,903
Memphis, TN...Charlotte, NC...Nashville, TN...Virginia Beach, VA...Minneapolis, MN...
Probabilistic Large Hail Graphic
Probability of hail 1" or larger within 25 miles of a point. Hatched Area: 10% or greater probability of hail 2" or larger within 25 miles of a point.
Day 1 Hail Risk
Area (sq. mi.)
Area Pop.
Some Larger Population Centers in Risk Area
SIG SEVERE
38,785
131,381
Gillette, WY...Sheridan, WY...Spearfish, SD...Miles City, MT...Sturgis, SD...
30 %
60,988
281,305
Rapid City, SD...Sheridan, WY...Spearfish, SD...Miles City, MT...Rapid Valley, SD...
Minneapolis, MN...St. Paul, MN...Sioux Falls, SD...Bloomington, MN...Plymouth, MN...
SPC AC 191630
DAY 1 CONVECTIVE OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
1130 AM CDT FRI JUN 19 2015
VALID 191630Z - 201200Z
...THERE IS AN ENH RISK OF SVR TSTMS ACROSS THE NORTHERN PLAINS...
...THERE IS A SLGT RISK OF SVR TSTMS ACROSS THE NORTHERN
PLAINS/UPPER MIDWEST...
...THERE IS A MRGL RISK OF SVR TSTMS ACROSS THE NORTHERN
PLAINS/UPPER MIDWEST...
...THERE IS A MRGL RISK OF SVR TSTMS FROM THE MID-SOUTH TO
VA/CAROLINAS...
...SUMMARY...
SCATTERED SEVERE STORMS INITIALLY WITH VERY LARGE HAIL AND A FEW
TORNADOES ARE EXPECTED OVER PARTS OF THE NORTHERN HIGH PLAINS THIS
AFTERNOON INTO EVENING. THIS ACTIVITY IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP INTO A
FAST-MOVING SQUALL LINE OVER PARTS OF THE DAKOTAS WITH INTENSE
SEVERE WIND GUSTS TONIGHT.
...MT/NORTHERN HIGH PLAINS TO UPPER MIDWEST...
LARGE-SCALE HEIGHT FALLS AND A STRENGTHENING OF MID/HIGH-LEVEL
WESTERLIES WILL OCCUR ACROSS THE REGION TODAY AHEAD OF A SUBSTANTIAL
TROUGH OVER BRITISH COLUMBIA AND THE ADJACENT PACIFIC NORTHWEST.
WITH AID OF LEE-SIDE CYCLOGENESIS AND A SOUTHEASTWARD-MOVING
FRONT/HIGHER TERRAIN...THE MAIN SCENARIO WILL BE FOR SURFACE-BASED
STORMS TO INCREASE LATER THIS AFTERNOON/EARLY EVENING...INITIALLY
ACROSS SOUTHEAST/EAST-CENTRAL MT AND FAR NORTHEAST WY...WITH OTHER
STORMS POTENTIALLY MOVING EAST-SOUTHEASTWARD OUT OF SASKATCHEWAN.
STRENGTHENING DEEP-LAYER SHEAR AND A MODERATELY UNSTABLE ENVIRONMENT
WILL SUPPORT INITIAL SUPERCELLS CAPABLE OF LARGE HAIL AND A COUPLE
OF TORNADOES. SUBSEQUENTLY...UPSCALE QUASI-LINEAR GROWTH INTO A
FORWARD-PROPAGATING/ACCELERATING MCS SEEMS HIGHLY LIKELY BY
EVENING...PARTICULARLY WITHIN A CORRIDOR FROM SOUTHEAST MT INTO
PORTIONS OF SD WHERE A RELATIVE CONCENTRATION OF WIND
DAMAGE/SEVERE-CALIBER WIND GUSTS IS POSSIBLE. ALTHOUGH OVERALL
INTENSITY SHOULD DIMINISH LATE TONIGHT OWING TO INCREASINGLY
ELEVATED INFLOW...SEVERE-CALIBER WIND GUSTS MAY BE POSSIBLE AS FAR
EAST AS PORTIONS OF MN/NORTHERN IA IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE
FAST-MOVING CONVECTIVE LINE.
...MID-SOUTH AND TN/LOWER OH RIVER VALLEYS...
THE REMNANTS OF BILL...LOCATED OVER THE OZARKS/NEARING THE MIDDLE MS
RIVER VALLEY LATE THIS MORNING...WILL CONTINUE A SLOW EASTWARD
PROGRESSION TODAY WITH A MODERATELY STRONG LOW-LEVEL WIND FIELD
REMAINING ON ITS EASTERN PERIPHERY. THIS ENHANCED LOW-LEVEL WIND
FIELD WILL AT LEAST PARTIALLY INTERACT WITH A FRONTAL ZONE THAT
EXTENDS WSW-ENE ACROSS THE OH RIVER VALLEY. A BRIEF TORNADO OR TWO
COULD OCCUR THIS AFTERNOON/EARLY EVENING...WITH THE MAIN CORRIDOR OF
ANY SUCH POTENTIAL EXPECTED TO BE LOCATED ACROSS PORTIONS OF FAR
SOUTHERN IL/INDIANA AND WESTERN KY AND POSSIBLY WESTERN TN. BOUTS OF
LOCALLY DAMAGING WINDS WILL OTHERWISE BE A CONCERN PRIMARILY THIS
AFTERNOON/EARLY EVENING.
...CENTRAL/SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS INTO VA/CAROLINAS...
HEATING OF THE ELEVATED TERRAIN COUPLED WITH CONVERGENCE ALONG A LEE
TROUGH...RESIDUAL OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES AND THE DEVELOPING SEA BREEZE
FRONT WILL CONTRIBUTE TO THE FORMATION OF SCATTERED STORMS THIS
AFTERNOON. MODEST /25-30 KT/ DEEP-LAYER SHEAR ALIGNED WITH MLCAPE OF
1000-2000 J/KG WILL PROMOTE THE DEVELOPMENT OF MULTICELL CLUSTERS
CAPABLE OF MAINLY ISOLATED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS INTO EARLY EVENING.
..GUYER/COOK.. 06/19/2015
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