Jun 7, 2009 1300 UTC Day 1 Convective Outlook
Updated: Sun Jun 7 12:34:14 UTC 2009
Probabilistic to Categorical Outlook Conversion Table (Effective Feb 14, 2006).
Categorical Graphic
20090607 1300 UTC Day 1 Outlook Graphic
Probabilistic Tornado Graphic
20090607 1300 UTC Day 1 Tornado Probabilities Graphic
Torndao Legend Image
Probabilistic Damaging Wind Graphic
20090607 1300 UTC Day 1 Damaging Wind Probabilities Graphic
Wind Legend Image
Probabilistic Large Hail Graphic
20090607 1300 UTC Day 1 Large Hail Probabilities Graphic
Hail Legend Image
   SPC AC 071230
   
   DAY 1 CONVECTIVE OUTLOOK  
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   0730 AM CDT SUN JUN 07 2009
   
   VALID 071300Z - 081200Z
   
   ...THERE IS A MDT RISK OF SVR TSTMS OVER PORTIONS OF NERN KS/SERN
   NEB/SWRN IA/NWRN MO...
   
   ...THERE IS A SLGT RISK OF SVR TSTMS FROM THE CENTRAL HIGH PLAINS
   INTO THE MID MS RIVER VALLEY...
   
   ...CENTRAL PLAINS ACROSS THE MID MS RIVER VALLEY...
   WV IMAGERY INDICATES MID/UPPER LEVEL VORT CENTER EJECTING NEWD
   ACROSS THE 4-CORNERS REGION THIS MORNING.  50-60 KT SWLY MID LEVEL
   JET ATTENDANT TO THIS SYSTEM WILL OVERSPREAD THE CENTRAL PLAINS
   THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AS IMPULSE EJECTS ACROSS THE CENTRAL ROCKIES. 
   INCREASING DEEP ASCENT...STRENGTHENING SHEAR AND PERSISTENT BOUNDARY
   LAYER MOISTENING ACROSS THE SRN PLAINS UNDER IMPRESSIVE EML /AS
   EVIDENCED ON 12Z SOUNDINGS/ SHOULD LEAD TO A REGIONAL OUTBREAK OF
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS LATE TODAY THROUGH TONIGHT.
   
   SURFACE FRONT NOW EXTENDING FROM SRN WI/NERN IA SWWD INTO SWRN KS
   WILL LIKELY STALL TODAY...WITH TRIPLE POINT LOW DEEPENING OVER SWRN
   KS AHEAD OF APPROACHING SYSTEM.  IN ADDITION....OUTFLOW BOUNDARY
   FROM SATURDAY NIGHT/S MCS SHOULD PERSIST OVER NERN KS/SERN NEB AND
   THE IA/MO BORDER REGION THROUGH THE AFTERNOON.  COLD FRONT WILL
   LIKELY SURGE SWD ACROSS THE CENTRAL HIGH PLAINS LATER THIS
   EVENING/OVERNIGHT BEHIND MAIN LOW CENTER WHICH WILL EJECT NEWD INTO
   CENTRAL IA ATTENDANT TO UPPER SYSTEM BY THE END OF THE PERIOD.
   
   CAPPING WILL LIKELY KEEP WARM SECTOR RELATIVELY VOID OF DEEP MOIST
   CONVECTION FOR MUCH OF THE DAY.  HOWEVER...STRONG HEATING AND
   INCREASING ASCENT SHOULD SUPPORT RAPID DEVELOPMENT OF SEVERE
   THUNDERSTORMS LATE IN THE DAY/THIS EVENING NEAR THE FRONT ONCE CAP
   BREAKS.  VERY STEEP LAPSE RATES AND PRESENCE OF STRONG INSTABILITY
   SHOULD FOSTER DEVELOPMENT OF VERY LARGE HAIL AS STORMS MATURE INTO
   SUPERCELLS QUICKLY GIVEN 40-50 KT EFFECTIVE SHEAR.  INCREASED SELY
   LOW LEVEL FLOW THROUGH THE EVENING /INVOF 35-45 KT LLJ/ WILL ALSO
   FAVOR LARGE LOW LEVEL HODOGRAPHS AND THE POTENTIAL FOR TORNADOES. 
   SEVERE THREAT WILL SPREAD ACROSS ERN KS/ERN NEB INTO IA/NRN MO
   DURING THE LATE EVENING...IMMEDIATELY AHEAD OF SFC LOW.  ONE OR MORE
   COMPLEXES /INCLUDING POSSIBILITY OF DAMAGING BOW ECHOES/ SHOULD
   EVOLVE INTO THE MID MS VALLEY DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS INVOF
   WSW-ENE ORIENTED SURFACE FRONT.  LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS WILL
   BECOME THE PRIMARY SEVERE THREATS AS MCS/S MATURE.
   
   ...CENTRAL HIGH PLAINS...
   APPEARS SURFACE FRONT WILL STALL ALONG THE FRONT RANGE AND SUSTAIN
   UPSLOPE FLOW INTO NERN CO AS SURFACE LOW NEAR N-CENTRAL CO ALLOWS
   FLOW TO BECOME MORE SELY.  INFLUX OF MID 50S F SURFACE DEW
   POINTS...STEEP LAPSE RATES AND STRENGTHENING VERTICAL MOTION AHEAD
   OF APPROACHING SHORTWAVE TROUGH SHOULD SUPPORT SECOND AREA OF
   SUPERCELLS INTO THIS REGION LATER TODAY.  HODOGRAPHS ARE FORECAST TO
   BE A BIT MORE STRAIGHT OVER THIS AREA AND SHOULD SUPPORT SPLITTING
   STORMS...WITH POTENTIAL FOR VERY LARGE HAIL AND ISOLATED TORNADOES. 
   THIS ACTIVITY WILL LIKELY EVOLVE AS A STRONG TO SEVERE MCS AND TRACK
   NEWD JUST BEHIND SURFACE COLD FRONT INTO ERN NEB OVERNIGHT.
   
   ...SRN HIGH PLAINS...
   ISOLATED-SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL ONCE AGAIN DEVELOP ALONG
   DRYLINE ACROSS WEST TX AS TEMPERATURES RISE INTO THE UPPER 90S TO
   NEAR 100F.  HIGH BASED CONVECTION MAY PRODUCE A FEW SEVERE WIND
   GUSTS OR LARGE HAIL BEFORE DIMINISHING DURING THE MID TO LATE
   EVENING.
   
   ...FL...
   A FEW STRONG STORMS MAY ALSO DEVELOP ALONG THE EAST COAST OF SOUTH
   FL.  FORECAST SOUNDINGS SUGGEST SUFFICIENT CAPE FOR ROBUST UPDRAFTS
   WITHIN MARGINAL SHEARED ENVIRONMENT.  ISOLATED LARGE HAIL OR
   MICROBURSTS ARE THE THREATS WITH THIS DIURNAL ACTIVITY.
   
   ..EVANS/HURLBUT.. 06/07/2009
   
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