Virginia Beach, VA...Kansas City, KS...Kansas City, MO...Omaha, NE...Raleigh, NC...
Probabilistic Tornado 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.
Tornado Risk
Area (sq. mi.)
Area Pop.
Some Larger Population Centers in Risk Area
2 %
115,785
5,633,140
Kansas City, KS...Kansas City, MO...Omaha, NE...Des Moines, IA...Overland Park, KS...
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.
Wind Risk
Area (sq. mi.)
Area Pop.
Some Larger Population Centers in Risk Area
15 %
154,469
13,984,973
Virginia Beach, VA...Kansas City, KS...Kansas City, MO...Omaha, NE...Raleigh, NC...
SPC AC 191628
DAY 1 CONVECTIVE OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
1128 AM CDT THU JUN 19 2014
VALID 191630Z - 201200Z
...THERE IS A SLGT RISK OF SVR TSTMS FROM SRN MN INTO NERN KS AND
NRN MO...
...THERE IS A SLGT RISK OF SVR TSTMS OVER WRN TX AND FAR ERN MN...
...THERE IS A SLGT RISK OF SVR TSTMS ACROSS PARTS OF THE CNTRL AND
SRN MID ATLANTIC STATES...
...SUMMARY...
CLUSTERS OF STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A FEW
DAMAGING GUSTS AND SOME LARGE HAIL...WILL BE POSSIBLE TODAY FROM
SOUTHERN MINNESOTA ACROSS IOWA...SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA...NORTHWEST
MISSOURI...TO NORTHEAST KANSAS. A FEW SEVERE STORMS WILL ALSO BE
POSSIBLE ACROSS PARTS OF THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MID ATLANTIC
STATES AND WESTERN TEXAS.
...SYNOPSIS...
A MID TO UPPER-LEVEL LOW OVER FAR SWRN SASKATCHEWAN WILL SLOWLY
TRACK EWD ALONG THE U.S.-CANADIAN BORDER WHILE AN ASSOCIATED
SHORT-WAVE TROUGH PIVOTS NEWD THROUGH THE DAKOTAS AND NRN MN INTO
SERN MANITOBA/WRN ONTARIO. ELSEWHERE...A CONVECTIVELY INDUCED
VORTICITY MAXIMUM WILL TRANSLATE FROM THE UPPER OH VALLEY TO OFF THE
MID ATLANTIC COAST IN ADVANCE OF A SHORT-WAVE TROUGH MOVING SEWD
THROUGH NEW ENGLAND.
AT THE SURFACE...A COLD FRONT CURRENTLY FROM N-CNTRL ND THROUGH THE
MID MO VALLEY INTO SRN HIGH PLAINS MAY SLOWLY SHIFT EWD TODAY BEFORE
STALLING. THE SRN EXTENSION OF THIS BOUNDARY WILL EVENTUALLY BEGIN
TO MOVE NWD AS A WARM FRONT IN RESPONSE TO LEE CYCLOGENESIS OVER THE
CNTRL HIGH PLAINS. MEANWHILE...A WARM FRONT WILL LIFT NWD TOWARD THE
UPPER GREAT LAKES WHILE THE ERN END OF THE BOUNDARY SETTLES SWD
THROUGH THE MID ATLANTIC STATES AS A COLD FRONT.
...SRN MN INTO NERN KS/NRN MO THIS AFTERNOON/EVENING...
BREAKS IN THE CLOUDS IN THE WAKE OF EARLY-DAY STORMS COUPLED WITH
BOUNDARY-LAYER DEWPOINTS IN THE UPPER 60S TO LOWER 70S WILL YIELD
MODERATE AFTERNOON INSTABILITY WITH MLCAPE APPROACHING 1000-2000
J/KG. LOW-LEVEL CONVERGENCE/UPLIFT ALONG THE COLD FRONT WILL BE
AUGMENTED BY THE GLANCING INFLUENCE OF THE DAKOTAS SHORT-WAVE TROUGH
TO YIELD A BROKEN BAND OF TSTMS. WHILE STRONGER MIDLEVEL FLOW
ASSOCIATED WITH THE MIGRATORY SHORT-WAVE TROUGH WILL BE DISPLACED TO
THE NW OF THE AREA...MODEL GUIDANCE SUGGESTS THAT A RIBBON OF 50-60
KT SSWLY UPPER-LEVEL WINDS WILL OVERLIE THE SURFACE
FRONT...POTENTIALLY AIDING IN UPDRAFT VENTILATION/INTENSITY.
FORECAST HODOGRAPHS EXHIBIT A VEER-BACK PATTERN WHICH MAY FOSTER A
MIXTURE OF STORM MODES WITH A RISK FOR DAMAGING WINDS AND SOME
HAIL.
...FAR ERN NM/WRN TX THIS AFTERNOON/EVENING...
SCATTERED AFTERNOON TSTMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP FROM THE VICINITY
OF THE DECELERATING COLD FRONT OVER THE TX PNHDL SWD ALONG THE
DRYLINE NEAR THE TX-NM BORDER. WHILE VERTICAL SHEAR WILL BE WEAKER
THAN THAT OBSERVED ON WEDNESDAY...THE PRESENCE OF STEEP MIDLEVEL
LAPSE RATES WITH MLCAPE OF 1500-2500 J/KG WILL PROMOTE STRONG
UP/DOWNDRAFTS CAPABLE OF HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND GUSTS.
...CNTRL/SRN MID ATLANTIC STATES THIS AFTERNOON/EVENING...
STRONG DAYTIME HEATING FROM THE DELMARVA SWD COUPLED WITH THE
PRESENCE OF A MOIST BOUNDARY LAYER /I.E. DEWPOINTS IN THE UPPER 60S
TO LOWER 70S/ WILL YIELD AFTERNOON MLCAPE VALUES OF 1500-3000 J/KG.
TSTMS HAVE ALREADY DEVELOPED AS OF MID MORNING OVER THE HIGH TERRAIN
OF WV...DUE IN PART TO THE FORCING FOR ASCENT ASSOCIATED WITH THE
ABOVE-MENTIONED MCV TRANSLATING SEWD FROM THE UPPER OH VALLEY.
EXPECT ADDITIONAL STORMS TO DEVELOP THROUGH THE AFTERNOON ALONG
FAVORED TERRAIN AND ALONG THE SWD-MOVING FRONT AND DEVELOPING LEE
TROUGH WITH DEEPER-LAYER FORCING FOR ASCENT AND VERTICAL SHEAR BEING
ENHANCED BY THE APPROACH OF THE MCV. UPSCALE GROWTH INTO SEWD-MOVING
LINE SEGMENTS MAY OCCUR WITH THE PRIMARY HAZARD BEING DAMAGING
WINDS.
FOR ADDITIONAL NEAR-TERM GUIDANCE ON THIS AREA...SEE MCD 1084.
...WRN/CNTRL SD THIS AFTERNOON...
STEEPENING LAPSE RATES AND INCREASED FORCING FOR ASCENT ASSOCIATED
WITH THE WELL-DEFINED VORTICITY MAXIMUM MOVING NEWD THROUGH THE
REGION MAY SUPPORT ISOLATED STORMS THIS AFTERNOON WITH A RISK FOR
MARGINALLY SEVERE HAIL AND PERHAPS LOCALLY DAMAGING WIND GUSTS.
..MEAD/COOK/ARM #26.. 06/19/2014
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