Apr 21, 2024 0730 UTC Day 3 Severe Thunderstorm Outlook
Updated: Sun Apr 21 07:16:56 UTC 2024 (20240421 0730Z Day 3 shapefile | 20240421 0730Z Day 3 KML)
Probabilistic to Categorical Outlook Conversion Table
Categorical Graphic
20240421 0730 UTC Day 3 Outlook Graphic
Day 3 Risk Area (sq. mi.) Area Pop. Some Larger Population Centers in Risk Area
MARGINAL 40,679 645,249 Wichita Falls, TX...Lawton, OK...Duncan, OK...Altus, OK...Chickasha, OK...
Probabilistic Graphic
20240421 0730 UTC Day Probabilitic Graphic
Probability of severe weather within 25 miles of a point.
Hatched Area: 10% or greater probability of significant severe within 25 miles of a point.
Day 3 Prob. Risk Area (sq. mi.) Area Pop. Some Larger Population Centers in Risk Area
5 % 40,805 649,727 Wichita Falls, TX...Lawton, OK...Duncan, OK...Altus, OK...Chickasha, OK...
   SPC AC 210716

   Day 3 Convective Outlook  
   NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
   0216 AM CDT Sun Apr 21 2024

   Valid 231200Z - 241200Z

   ...THERE IS A MARGINAL RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS PARTS OF
   THE SOUTHERN PLAINS...

   ...SUMMARY...
   Marginally severe thunderstorms, capable of producing strong wind
   gusts and hail, will be possible on Tuesday in parts of the southern
   Plains.

   ...Southern Plains...
   An upper-level ridge is forecast to gradually build into the Rockies
   on Tuesday. At the surface, a slow-moving front should be located
   from northwest Texas extending east-northeastward across Oklahoma
   into the Ozarks. Surface dewpoints near the front are forecast to be
   near 60 F. As surface temperatures warm during the day, a pocket of
   instability is forecast to develop across northwest Texas and
   southwestern Oklahoma. Within this pocket of instability, forecast
   soundings for 00Z/Wednesday have MUCAPE near 1500 J/kg, 40 knots of
   effective shear and 700-500 mb lapse rates above 8 C/km. This would
   support an isolated severe threat. However, a shallow capping
   inversion is evident around 750 mb. This will likely keep convective
   initiation very isolated, making any severe threat conditional.

   ..Broyles.. 04/21/2024

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