Sep 4, 2014 1630 UTC Day 1 Convective Outlook
Updated: Thu Sep 4 16:25:39 UTC 2014 (20140904 1630Z Day 1 shapefile | 20140904 1630Z Day 1 KML)
Probabilistic to Categorical Outlook Conversion Table
Categorical Graphic
20140904 1630 UTC Day 1 Outlook Graphic
Risk Area (sq. mi.) Area Pop. Some Larger Population Centers in Risk Area
SLIGHT 52,871 1,789,639 Green Bay, WI...Appleton, WI...Wausau, WI...Manitowoc, WI...Superior, WI...
Probabilistic Tornado Graphic
20140904 1630 UTC Day 1 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.
Tornado Risk Area (sq. mi.) Area Pop. Some Larger Population Centers in Risk Area
2 % 28,891 1,180,774 Green Bay, WI...Appleton, WI...Wausau, WI...Stevens Point, WI...De Pere, WI...
Probabilistic Damaging Wind Graphic
20140904 1630 UTC Day 1 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.
Wind Risk Area (sq. mi.) Area Pop. Some Larger Population Centers in Risk Area
15 % 38,475 1,622,057 Green Bay, WI...Appleton, WI...Wausau, WI...Manitowoc, WI...Neenah, WI...
5 % 280,451 22,719,806 Chicago, IL...Milwaukee, WI...Omaha, NE...Minneapolis, MN...St. Paul, MN...
Probabilistic Large Hail Graphic
20140904 1630 UTC Day 1 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.
Hail Risk Area (sq. mi.) Area Pop. Some Larger Population Centers in Risk Area
15 % 52,719 1,833,887 Green Bay, WI...Duluth, MN...Appleton, WI...Wausau, WI...Manitowoc, WI...
5 % 282,344 22,384,370 Milwaukee, WI...Omaha, NE...Minneapolis, MN...St. Paul, MN...Lincoln, NE...
   SPC AC 041625

   DAY 1 CONVECTIVE OUTLOOK  
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   1125 AM CDT THU SEP 04 2014

   VALID 041630Z - 051200Z

   ...THERE IS A SLGT RISK OF SVR TSTMS THROUGH EARLY TONIGHT FROM
   CENTRAL/NRN WI TO PARTS OF UPPER AND LOWER MI...

   ...SUMMARY...
   A FEW SEVERE STORMS WITH DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL ARE EXPECTED
   TO MOVE FROM NORTHERN WISCONSIN INTO UPPER MICHIGAN AND NORTHERN
   LAKE MICHIGAN TODAY.  ISOLATED STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS MAY ALSO
   DEVELOP AGAIN THIS AFTERNOON OVER WESTERN AND CENTRAL
   WISCONSIN...AND PERHAPS SOUTHWESTWARD INTO IOWA AND THE CENTRAL
   PLAINS.

   ...WI/MI...
   A LONG-LIVED CLUSTER OF SEVERE STORMS IS TRACKING EAST-
   SOUTHEASTWARD ACROSS NORTHERN WI.  THESE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE
   INTO NORTHERN LAKE MI BY 18Z...AND THEN PROBABLY WEAKEN AS THEY
   PROGRESS INTO NORTHERN LOWER MI THIS AFTERNOON.  DAMAGING WINDS AND
   HAIL WILL REMAIN A THREAT WITH THESE STORMS FOR A FEW MORE HOURS.

   IN THE WAKE OF THIS THUNDERSTORM COMPLEX...RAPID DAYTIME HEATING AND
   DESTABILIZATION WILL OCCUR OVER PARTS OF EASTERN MN AND NORTHERN WI.
   AT THE SAME TIME...THE MID LEVEL CAPPING INVERSION WILL STRENGTHEN.
   WATER VAPOR IMAGERY DOES NOT SHOW ANY OBVIOUS SHORTWAVE TROUGHS
   APPROACHING THE AREA...AND THE MECHANISM FOR CONVECTIVE
   RE-DEVELOPMENT IS HIGHLY UNCERTAIN.  NEVERTHELESS...THE POTENTIAL
   FOR ISOLATED STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS IN THE AXIS OF HIGH INSTABILITY
   AND FAVORABLE SHEAR ACROSS WI IS SUFFICIENT TO MAINTAIN THE ONGOING
   SLIGHT RISK.  STORMS THAT FORMS IN THIS REGION WILL BE CAPABLE OF
   LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS.

   FARTHER SOUTHWEST...A LOW RISK OF AN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM OR TWO
   REMAINS ALONG AN AXIS FROM SOUTHWEST WI INTO THE CENTRAL PLAINS. 
   ANY STORM THAT FORMS COULD PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS.

   ..HART/ROGERS.. 09/04/2014

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