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
No Risk Areas Forecast
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 300056
DAY 1 CONVECTIVE OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0756 PM CDT MON JUN 29 2015
VALID 300100Z - 301200Z
...THERE IS A SLGT RISK OF SVR TSTMS SERN MN/NERN IA...
...THERE IS A MRGL RISK OF SVR TSTMS UPPER MS VALLEY...
...THERE IS A MRGL RISK OF SVR TSTMS NRN ROCKIES...
...THERE IS A MRGL RISK OF SVR TSTMS TN VALLEY TO SRN GREAT
PLAINS...
...THERE IS A MRGL RISK OF SVR TSTMS AZ...
...SUMMARY...
STORMS WITH ISOLATED SEVERE WIND/HAIL WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE THIS
EVENING OVER THE UPPER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY...NORTHERN ROCKIES...AND
FROM THE TENNESSEE VALLEY TO PARTS OF THE SOUTHWEST STATES.
...UPPER MS VALLEY...
SCATTERED TSTMS DOWNSTREAM OF A MINOR SHORTWAVE IMPULSE OVER WRN LK
SUPERIOR SHOULD CONTINUE TO POSE A RISK FOR ISOLATED SEVERE HAIL AND
WIND OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS ALONG THE ERN FRINGE OF MODERATE
INSTABILITY AND 30-40 EFFECTIVE SHEAR /MOST FAVORABLY SAMPLED BY
MODIFIED 00Z MPX RAOB/. AS NOCTURNAL SURFACE COOLING ENSUES AND
MLCIN INCREASES...TSTM INTENSITY WILL DIMINISH BY LATE EVENING.
...NRN ROCKIES...
RIDGE-TOPPING LEAD TSTM CLUSTER PROGRESSING FROM THE SWRN MT MTNS
TOWARDS CNTRL MT SHOULD POSE MAINLY A RISK FOR ISOLATED SEVERE WINDS
WITHIN A VERY DEEPLY-MIXED ENVIRONMENT CHARACTERIZED BY 40-60 DEG F
SURFACE DEW POINT DEPRESSIONS. THE POOR QUALITY OF BOUNDARY-LAYER
MOISTURE ACROSS S-CNTRL/ERN MT /SURFACE DEW POINTS IN THE UPPER 30S
TO MIDDLE 40S/ AND DEARTH OF BUOYANCY IN 00Z GGW RAOB SUGGEST THIS
ACTIVITY WILL DIMINISH JUST AFTER SUNSET. REGENERATIVE TSTM
DEVELOPMENT TO CNTRL ID MAY CONTINUE FOR THE REST OF THE EVENING
WITHIN A PLUME OF PW VALUES AROUND 1.25 INCH PER RAOBS/GPS DATA.
THIS ACTIVITY MAY POSE A RISK FOR SEVERE HAIL IN ADDITION TO SEVERE
WIND GIVEN EFFECTIVE SHEAR AROUND 40 KT.
...TN VALLEY/SRN GREAT PLAINS...
NUMEROUS ONGOING TSTM CLUSTERS MAY HAVE A RISK FOR ISOLATED DAMAGING
WINDS AND PERHAPS HAIL THROUGH THE REST OF THE EVENING. ACTIVITY
WILL MAINLY BE THERMODYNAMIC-SUPPORTED BY MODERATE TO STRONG
INSTABILITY WITHIN A WEAK TO MODEST DEEP-LAYER SHEAR ENVIRONMENT.
WHILE SOME STORMS SHOULD PERSIST INTO THE OVERNIGHT...THE DEGREE OF
SHEAR AND SUBTLE FORCING FOR ASCENT SUGGEST TSTM INTENSITY WILL
PROBABLY WANE.
...AZ...
25-35 KT MID-LEVEL ELYS SAMPLED IN 00Z TUS/FGZ RAOBS HAVE GENERALLY
FOSTERED CELLULAR TO SMALL CLUSTER CONVECTIVE MODES WITH SCATTERED
CONVECTION ACROSS THE STATE. THIS MODERATE SHEAR ENVIRONMENT APPEARS
SUPPORTIVE OF RISKS FOR BOTH ISOLATED SEVERE WIND/HAIL. STORM-SCALE
AMALGAMATION COULD YET LEAD TO A POTENTIAL DEEPENING COLD POOL OVER
PARTS OF THE LOWER DESERTS BUT PROBABILITY OF THIS OCCURRING APPEARS
TOO LOW TO WARRANT A GREATER CATEGORICAL RISK.
..GRAMS.. 06/30/2015
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