Mar 31, 2008 0100 UTC Day 1 Convective Outlook
Updated: Mon Mar 31 01:05:10 UTC 2008
Probabilistic to Categorical Outlook Conversion Table (Effective Feb 14, 2006).
Categorical Graphic
20080331 0100 UTC Day 1 Outlook Graphic
Probabilistic Tornado Graphic
20080331 0100 UTC Day 1 Tornado Probabilities Graphic
Torndao Legend Image
Probabilistic Damaging Wind Graphic
20080331 0100 UTC Day 1 Damaging Wind Probabilities Graphic
Wind Legend Image
Probabilistic Large Hail Graphic
20080331 0100 UTC Day 1 Large Hail Probabilities Graphic
Hail Legend Image
   SPC AC 310101
   
   DAY 1 CONVECTIVE OUTLOOK  
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   0801 PM CDT SUN MAR 30 2008
   
   VALID 310100Z - 311200Z
   
   ...THERE IS A SLGT RISK OF SVR TSTMS ACROSS MUCH OF OK/KS INTO
   WESTERN/NORTHERN MO AND SOUTHEAST NEB/SOUTHERN IA...
   
   ...OK/KS INTO THE MISSOURI VALLEY...
   SEVERE STORMS CONTINUE TO DEVELOP ACROSS SOUTHWEST/WEST CENTRAL OK
   AT THIS TIME. DOWNSTREAM OF THE UPPER TROUGH SHIFTING EASTWARD
   ACROSS THE CENTRAL/SOUTHERN ROCKIES TONIGHT...A QUICKLY INCREASING
   SOUTHERLY LOW LEVEL JET/MOISTURE TRANSPORT REGIME IS LIKELY TO
   MAINTAIN THESE STORMS INTO NORTHERN OK/SOUTHERN KS THE REMAINDER OF
   THE EVENING. AS EVIDENCED BY THE 00Z OBSERVED RAOB FROM NORMAN...THE
   THERMODYNAMIC AND KINEMATIC ENVIRONMENT WILL REMAIN FAVORABLE FOR
   SUPERCELLS...AND THUS POTENTIAL FOR LARGE HAIL AND LOCALLY-DAMAGING
   WINDS...ALONG WITH A TORNADO THREAT MAINLY THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS.
   FARTHER NORTH...STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO BECOME MORE WIDESPREAD ACROSS
   CENTRAL/EASTERN KS...AND THEN EAST-NORTHEASTWARD WITH TIME INTO
   PORTIONS OF EASTERN NEB/MUCH OF MO/SOUTHERN IA/WESTERN IL. MOST OF
   THIS CONVECTION SHOULD REMAIN ELEVATED WITH LARGE HAIL AS THE
   PRIMARY HAZARD.
   
   ...LA/EAST TX...
   PERSISTENT CLUSTER OF STRONG/ISOLATED SEVERE STORMS CONTINUES TO
   SHIFT EASTWARD ACROSS CENTRAL LA EARLY THIS EVENING. A MARGINAL
   HAIL/WIND GUST POTENTIAL MAY CONTINUE THE NEXT FEW HOURS...HOWEVER
   THE OVERALL THREAT SHOULD CONTINUE TO DIMINISH WITH LOSS OF DAYTIME
   HEATING.
   
   ...SOUTHWEST/WEST CENTRAL TX...
   EARLIER ISOLATED STORMS THAT DEVELOPED ACROSS SOUTHWEST TX NEAR THE
   BIG BEND HAVE WANED WITH LOSS OF DAYTIME HEATING. HOWEVER...WITH THE
   DRYLINE LIKELY TO RETREAT THIS EVENING ACROSS WEST TX WITH ONSET OF
   LARGE SCALE HEIGHT FALLS...A RENEWED BOUT OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH AN
   ISOLATED SEVERE RISK COULD DEVELOP BY DAYBREAK EARLY MONDAY ACROSS
   PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL/SOUTHWEST TX.
   
   ..GUYER.. 03/31/2008
   
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