Virginia Beach, VA...Wichita, KS...Norfolk, VA...Louisville, KY...Chesapeake, VA...
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 231928
DAY 1 CONVECTIVE OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0228 PM CDT THU JUN 23 2016
VALID 232000Z - 241200Z
...THERE IS AN ENH RISK OF SVR TSTMS ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE OH
VALLEY INTO WRN VA...
...THERE IS A SLGT RISK OF SVR TSTMS ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE OH
VALLEY INTO THE MIDDLE ATLANTIC...
...THERE IS A SLGT RISK OF SVR TSTMS ACROSS SRN KS...
...THERE IS A SLGT RISK OF SVR TSTMS ACROSS THE CNTRL HIGH PLAINS...
...THERE IS A MRGL RISK OF SVR TSTMS FROM THE HIGH PLAINS TO THE
MIDDLE ATLANTIC COAST...
...SUMMARY...
SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WITH DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL...AND
POSSIBLY A TORNADO OR TWO...ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON INTO EARLY
TONIGHT FROM PARTS OF THE OHIO VALLEY INTO THE SOUTHERN MID
ATLANTIC. A MORE ISOLATED WIND AND HAIL RISK WILL EXTEND WEST TO
SOUTHERN KANSAS AND THE CENTRAL/NORTHERN HIGH PLAINS.
...DISCUSSION...
HAVE MADE ONE MINOR ADJUSTMENT TO 1630Z OUTLOOK BY LOWERING
PROBABILITIES OVER PORTIONS OF ERN WV AND WRN VA.
EXTENSIVE CONVECTIVE OVERTURNING HAS STABILIZED PORTIONS OF ERN WV
AND WRN VA THIS AFTERNOON. WHILE WLY TRAJECTORIES SUGGEST INFLOW
LAYER IS FROM MORE BUOYANT REGIONS OF THE LOWER OH VALLEY...IT
APPEARS ERN-MOST PORTIONS OF CAT3/ENH RISK CAN BE DOWNGRADED TO SLGT
FOR THIS AFTERNOON/EVENING. NUMEROUS TSTMS ARE DEVELOPING UPSTREAM
ALONG THE OH RIVER VALLEY AND THIS CONVECTION WILL PROPAGATE SEWD IN
LINE WITH EARLIER THINKING.
..DARROW.. 06/23/2016
.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 1130 AM CDT THU JUN 23 2016/
...OH VALLEY TO THE MID-ATLANTIC STATES...
THE REMNANTS OF A LONG-LIVED MCS CONTINUE TO PROGRESS SOUTHEASTWARD
AND DECAY ALONG THE VA/NC BORDER AT MIDDAY...WITH TRAILING OUTFLOW
EXTENDING NORTHWESTWARD ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS TOWARD SOUTHERN WV AND
NEAR/NORTH OF THE WV/OH BORDER VICINITY...WITH STORMS CONTINUING TO
REGENERATE MAINLY ACROSS WV. AS THE AIR MASS DESTABILIZES ON THE
SOUTHERN FRINGES OF PERSISTENT CLOUD COVER/OUTFLOW...ADDITIONAL
STORM DEVELOPMENT/INTENSIFICATION MAY OCCUR DOWNSTREAM ACROSS
SOUTHERN VA/NORTHERN NC THIS AFTERNOON WITH BOUTS OF WIND DAMAGE AS
THE MOST PROBABLE SEVERE HAZARD.
MEANWHILE...WEST OF THE MOUNTAINS/ACROSS THE OH VALLEY...THE
AFOREMENTIONED TRAILING OUTFLOW WILL STALL AND POTENTIALLY RETREAT
NORTHWARD TODAY. A FAST-MOVING/DEAMPLIFYING SHORTWAVE TROUGH
/CURRENTLY OVER LOWER MI/ WILL CONTRIBUTE TO RENEWED THUNDERSTORM
DEVELOPMENT AS IT APPROACHES THE LOWER GREAT LAKES LATER
TODAY...ESPECIALLY IN VICINITY OF THE REMNANT OUTFLOW BOUNDARY...BUT
POTENTIALLY ALSO NEAR A SURFACE LOW AND THE SYNOPTIC FRONT.
SEASONALLY /VERY/ STRONG DEEP-LAYER SHEAR WILL SUPPORT
WELL-ORGANIZED STORMS INCLUDING SUPERCELLS...PARTICULARLY ACROSS
WV/EASTERN KY AND FAR SOUTHERN OH. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS
WILL BE THE MOST PREVALENT HAZARDS...BUT A TORNADO OR TWO MAY BE
POSSIBLE...PARTICULARLY WITH LINGERING INFLUENCE OF THE EARLY-DAY
OUTFLOW BOUNDARY. THIS CONVECTION MAY ULTIMATELY GROW UPSCALE INTO A
SOUTHEASTWARD-MOVING CLUSTER OR TWO THROUGH THIS EVENING.
...CENTRAL/NORTHERN HIGH PLAINS...
A WEAK MID-LEVEL DISTURBANCE APPEARS TO BE PROGRESSING EASTWARD
ACROSS SOUTHERN WY/NORTHERN CO PER WATER VAPOR IMAGERY. AS THIS
IMPULSE PROGRESSES EASTWARD...ADDITIONAL LEE-SIDE LOW/TROUGH
DEVELOPMENT WILL INFLUENCE INCREASINGLY MOIST LOW-LEVEL UPSLOPE
FLOW. DIURNAL THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT IS EXPECTED ALONG THE CO/WY
FRONT RANGE...WITH THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED TO POSE AT LEAST SOME
SEVERE HAIL/WIND RISK AS THEY ENCOUNTER SOMEWHAT RICHER LOW-LEVEL
MOISTURE ACROSS EASTERN CO/NEB PANHANDLE. UPWARDS OF 25-35 KT OF
EFFECTIVE SHEAR WILL SUPPORT PRIMARILY MULTICELL CLUSTERS ALTHOUGH
SOME MARGINAL SUPERCELL STRUCTURES MAY OCCUR WITH A MODEST INCREASE
IN VERTICAL SHEAR THIS EVENING.
FARTHER NORTH...ISOLATED STORM DEVELOPMENT SHOULD OCCUR ACROSS
CENTRAL MT THIS AFTERNOON/EARLY EVENING AND MOVE INTO A MODESTLY
MOIST/UNSTABLE BOUNDARY LAYER ACROSS EAST-CENTRAL/SOUTHEAST MT. AT
LEAST A FEW INSTANCES OF MARGINALLY SEVERE HAIL AND GUSTY
OUTFLOW-RELATED WINDS ARE POSSIBLE LATE THIS AFTERNOON/EARLY
EVENING.
...SOUTHERN KS THIS AFTERNOON/EVENING...
A REMNANT MCV FROM OVERNIGHT CONVECTION WILL CONTINUE TO DRIFT
SLOWLY EASTWARD THIS AFTERNOON/EVENING OVER SOUTHERN KS...WITH
THUNDERSTORM REDEVELOPMENT/INTENSIFICATION EXPECTED TO BE
SEMI-FOCUSED AHEAD OF THE MCV AND NEAR A STALLED ROUGHLY
WEST/EAST-ORIENTED BOUNDARY ACROSS SOUTH-CENTRAL/SOUTHEAST KS.
MODEST VERTICAL SHEAR AND AN INCREASINGLY UNSTABLE AIR MASS IN THE
PRESENCE OF NEAR 70F SURFACE DEWPOINTS WILL SUPPORT AT LEAST SOME
POTENTIAL FOR DOWNBURST WINDS/PULSE-TYPE HAIL.
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