May 27, 2024 1730 UTC Day 2 Convective Outlook
Updated: Mon May 27 17:35:41 UTC 2024 (20240527 1730Z Day 2 shapefile | 20240527 1730Z Day 2 KML)
Probabilistic to Categorical Outlook Conversion Table
Categorical Graphic
20240527 1730 UTC Day 2 Outlook Graphic
Day 2 Risk Area (sq. mi.) Area Pop. Some Larger Population Centers in Risk Area
ENHANCED 64,067 3,537,856 Austin, TX...Waco, TX...Abilene, TX...Killeen, TX...Midland, TX...
SLIGHT 163,419 16,325,874 San Antonio, TX...Dallas, TX...Fort Worth, TX...Arlington, TX...Plano, TX...
MARGINAL 267,890 11,578,955 Houston, TX...Oklahoma City, OK...Tulsa, OK...Corpus Christi, TX...Brownsville, TX...
Probabilistic Tornado Graphic
20240527 1730 UTC Day 2 Tornado Probabilities 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 2 Tornado Risk Area (sq. mi.) Area Pop. Some Larger Population Centers in Risk Area
2 % 81,064 8,495,123 Dallas, TX...Fort Worth, TX...Arlington, TX...Plano, TX...Garland, TX...
Probabilistic Damaging Wind Graphic
20240527 1730 UTC Day 2 Damaging Wind Probabilities 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 2 Wind Risk Area (sq. mi.) Area Pop. Some Larger Population Centers in Risk Area
SIG SEVERE 87,049 6,088,592 San Antonio, TX...Austin, TX...Waco, TX...Abilene, TX...Killeen, TX...
30 % 64,282 3,508,149 Austin, TX...Waco, TX...Abilene, TX...Killeen, TX...Midland, TX...
15 % 141,253 16,104,408 San Antonio, TX...Dallas, TX...Fort Worth, TX...Arlington, TX...Plano, TX...
5 % 182,550 8,186,565 Houston, TX...Corpus Christi, TX...Amarillo, TX...Brownsville, TX...Pasadena, TX...
Probabilistic Large Hail Graphic
20240527 1730 UTC Day 2 Large Hail Probabilities 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 2 Hail Risk Area (sq. mi.) Area Pop. Some Larger Population Centers in Risk Area
SIG SEVERE 109,750 8,094,155 Dallas, TX...Fort Worth, TX...Arlington, TX...Plano, TX...Lubbock, TX...
15 % 181,043 14,691,608 San Antonio, TX...Dallas, TX...Austin, TX...Fort Worth, TX...Arlington, TX...
5 % 195,672 12,300,608 Houston, TX...Oklahoma City, OK...Tulsa, OK...Laredo, TX...Shreveport, LA...
   SPC AC 271735

   Day 2 Convective Outlook  
   NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
   1235 PM CDT Mon May 27 2024

   Valid 281200Z - 291200Z

   ...THERE IS AN ENHANCED RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER MUCH OF
   CENTRAL TEXAS...

   ...SUMMARY...
   Widespread strong to severe storms are expected over much of Texas
   on Tuesday, with potential for significant damaging wind and areas
   of very large hail.

   ..Most of Central and Northern Texas...southern OK...
   A large area of moisture and instability will be in place Tuesday
   morning across the southern Plains, especially south of a stationary
   front extending from the TX Panhandle across the Red River and into
   the ArkLaTex. Early day storms are expected due to substantial
   elevated instability across southern OK, and these may produce hail.
   An initial cluster/MCS may evolve out of this activity as it
   reinforced the boundary and moves into northern TX and perhaps as
   far as LA.

   South of the boundary, a very most and unstable air mass will exist
   with steep midlevel lapse rates beneath modest westerly flow aloft.
   Heating will lead to developing along a dryline over western TX,
   perhaps into far eastern NM, with a few large supercells producing
   damaging hail expected. As these cells progress east/southeast, and
   the main front shifts south, a focused corridor of damaging wind
   potential will develop into central TX.

   Given the degree of instability, favorable lapse rates aloft,
   sufficient westerly flow and strong model signal, several wind gusts
   over 80 mph are anticipated across the Enhanced Risk area as storms
   evolve into a highly organized MCS. These systems typically progress
   farther than depicted in model output, and therefore probabilities
   have been shunted eastward with lower probs to the TX Coast. Further
   details will be worked out in the Day 1 outlook.

   ...Northern ID/Western MT...
   A strong shortwave trough will move east across the region, with
   southwest midlevel flow around 50 kt. A surface trough/wind shift
   will develop into ID and western MT during the afternoon, with
   strong heating resulting in very steep lapse rates through a deep
   layer. The end result should be scattered convection developing
   after 21Z from far northeast OR across the central mountains of ID
   and into western MT. A few small bowing structures appear likely
   producing locally severe gusts, and some hail cannot be ruled out
   although overall shear will be marginal.

   ..Jewell.. 05/27/2024

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