May 21, 2013 0600 UTC Day 1 Convective Outlook | |||||||||||||
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Probabilistic to Categorical Outlook Conversion Table |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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SPC AC 210559 DAY 1 CONVECTIVE OUTLOOK NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK 1259 AM CDT TUE MAY 21 2013 VALID 211200Z - 221200Z ...THERE IS A MDT RISK OF SVR TSTMS ACROSS PARTS OF SW AR...SE OK...NW LA...CNTRL TX AND NE TX... ...THERE IS A SLGT RISK OF SVR TSTMS ACROSS PARTS OF THE SRN PLAINS...OZARKS...MID MS VALLEY...OH VALLEY AND GREAT LAKES... ...SRN PLAINS/ARKLATEX/MID-MS VALLEY... AN UPPER-LEVEL TROUGH WILL MOVE EWD FROM THE SRN ROCKIES INTO THE SRN PLAINS TODAY. AT THE SFC...A COLD FRONT WILL ADVANCE SEWD ACROSS CNTRL OK AND WCNTRL TX. AHEAD OF THE FRONT...SFC DEWPOINTS ACROSS THE WARM SECTOR SHOULD BE IN THE MID TO UPPER 60S F RESULTING IN MODERATE TO STRONG INSTABILITY BY THIS AFTERNOON. THUNDERSTORMS ARE FORECAST TO BE ONGOING AT THE START OF THE PERIOD ACROSS ERN OK WHERE AN ISOLATED THREAT FOR HAIL AND WIND DAMAGE MAY EXIST THIS MORNING. WITH SFC HEATING...NEW THUNDERSTORMS ARE FORECAST TO INITIATE ALONG AND AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT FROM WRN AR SWWD INTO NORTH TX AROUND MIDDAY. THE MODELS QUICKLY EXPAND THUNDERSTORM COVERAGE WITH AN MCS ORGANIZING AND MOVING SEWD ACROSS THE MODERATE RISK AREA. STRONG INSTABILITY...STEEP MID-LEVEL LAPSE RATES AND MODERATE TO STRONG DEEP LAYER SHEAR SHOULD BE SUPPORTIVE OF WIDESPREAD SEVERE THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT ACROSS THE MODERATE RISK AREA WHERE A SIGNIFICANT SEVERE WEATHER EVENT WILL BE POSSIBLE. FORECAST SOUNDINGS AT 00Z/WED FROM LITTLE ROCK SWWD TO AROUND THE DALLAS FORT WORTH METROPLEX SHOW MLCAPE VALUES OF 2500 TO 4000 J/KG WITH 0-6KM SHEAR OF 45 TO 55 KT. THIS ALONG WITH 850 TO 500 MB LAPSE RATES AROUND 7.5 C/KM SHOULD RESULT IN A POTENTIAL FOR SUPERCELLS WITH LARGE HAIL. HAILSTONES OF GREATER THAN 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THE MORE INTENSE SUPERCELLS. IN ADDITION...THE MORE DOMINANT SUPERCELLS SHOULD BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING TORNADOES AS THE LOW-LEVEL JET STRENGTHENS. A FEW STRONG TORNADOES COULD OCCUR NEAR THE LOW-LEVEL JET AS BOUNDARY LAYER SHEAR BECOMES MORE FAVORABLE DURING THE EARLY EVENING. THE MODELS SUGGEST CELLS MAY BE DISCRETE AT THE START OF THE EVENT WITH A TRANSITION TO A SQUALL-LINE. THIS WOULD MAKE THE WIND DAMAGE THREAT INCREASINGLY DOMINANT AS A LINEAR MCS ORGANIZES EARLY THIS EVENING. FOR THIS REASON...AN ENHANCED WIND DAMAGE THREAT WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE MODERATE RISK AREA. ...GREAT LAKES/OH VALLEY... SOUTHWEST FLOW WILL BE IN PLACE TODAY FROM THE MID-MS VALLEY NEWD INTO THE GREAT LAKES REGION. AT THE SFC...A LOW IS FORECAST TO MOVE EWD ACROSS THE UPPER MS VALLEY WITH A CORRIDOR OF LOW-LEVEL MOISTURE EXTENDING NNEWD FROM THE LOWER OH VALLEY INTO LOWER MI. SFC DEWPOINTS ACROSS SRN IL...NW IND AND LOWER MI SHOULD BE IN THE MID 60S F RESULTING IN MODERATE DESTABILIZATION. MODEL FORECASTS INITIATE STORMS BY MID AFTERNOON ALONG THE INSTABILITY AXIS WITH STORMS MOVING NEWD ACROSS THE REGION. FORECAST SOUNDINGS ALONG THE INSTABILITY AXIS WEST OF DETROIT AND NORTH OF INDIANAPOLIS AT 21Z SHOW MLCAPE VALUES IN THE 1000 TO 2000 J/KG RANGE WITH STEEP LOW-LEVEL LAPSE RATES AND UNIDIRECTIONAL WIND PROFILES. THIS ENVIRONMENT SHOULD BE FAVORABLE FOR WIND DAMAGE AS CELLS INCREASE IN COVERAGE THIS AFTERNOON. SEVERAL MODEL FORECASTS SHOW AN ENHANCED SEVERE THREAT ACROSS LOWER MI TO THE SOUTHEAST OF THE SFC LOW AND ON THE NOSE OF THE LOW-LEVEL JET. FOR THIS REASON...AN ENHANCED WIND DAMAGE THREAT WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH BOWING LINE-SEGMENTS IN LOWER MI LATE THIS AFTERNOON. LARGE HAIL AND A FEW TORNADOES MAY ALSO OCCUR WITH THE MORE INTENSE CELLS. ...NRN APPALACHIAN MTNS... AN UPPER-LEVEL RIDGE WILL BE IN PLACE TODAY ACROSS THE APPALACHIAN MTNS. IN SPITE OF THE RIDGE...MODERATE INSTABILITY IS FORECAST TO DEVELOP FROM PA NEWD ACROSS CNTRL NY WHERE SFC DEWPOINTS SHOULD BE IN THE LOWER TO MID 60S F. THE MODELS APPEAR TO MOVE A DISTURBANCE OVER THE TOP OF THE RIDGE WHICH WOULD HELP WITH CONVECTIVE INITIATION THIS AFTERNOON. IF STORMS CAN DEVELOP IN SPITE OF THE WEAK LARGE-SCALE ASCENT...THEN STEEP LOW-LEVEL LAPSE RATES COUPLED WITH MODERATE INSTABILITY AND SUFFICIENT DEEP LAYER SHEAR COULD BE SUPPORTIVE OF A MARGINAL WIND DAMAGE THREAT. ..BROYLES/MEAD.. 05/21/2013 CLICK TO GET WUUS01 PTSDY1 PRODUCT NOTE: THE NEXT DAY 1 OUTLOOK IS SCHEDULED BY 1300Z |