Billings, MT...Great Falls, MT...Idaho Falls, ID...Pocatello, ID...Minot, ND...
MARGINAL
671,843
95,078,910
New York, NY...Philadelphia, PA...Jacksonville, FL...Baltimore, MD...Charlotte, 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.
Day 1 Tornado Risk
Area (sq. mi.)
Area Pop.
Some Larger Population Centers in Risk Area
2 %
43,830
319,843
Rapid City, SD...Minot, ND...Dickinson, ND...Spearfish, SD...Rapid Valley, SD...
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.
Day 1 Wind Risk
Area (sq. mi.)
Area Pop.
Some Larger Population Centers in Risk Area
15 %
141,735
1,088,982
Billings, MT...Great Falls, MT...Idaho Falls, ID...Pocatello, ID...Minot, ND...
5 %
679,924
94,992,735
New York, NY...Philadelphia, PA...Jacksonville, FL...Baltimore, MD...Charlotte, NC...
Probabilistic Large Hail 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 1 Hail Risk
Area (sq. mi.)
Area Pop.
Some Larger Population Centers in Risk Area
15 %
144,437
1,091,805
Billings, MT...Great Falls, MT...Idaho Falls, ID...Pocatello, ID...Minot, ND...
SPC AC 010552
DAY 1 CONVECTIVE OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
1252 AM CDT MON JUN 01 2015
VALID 011200Z - 021200Z
...THERE IS A SLGT RISK OF SVR TSTMS ACROSS MUCH OF MT INTO THE WRN
DAKOTAS AND ERN ID...
...THERE IS A MRGL RISK OF SVR TSTMS ACROSS MUCH OF THE NRN ROCKIES
INTO THE CNTRL HIGH PLAINS...
...THERE IS A MRGL RISK OF SVR TSTMS OVER MUCH OF THE SERN AND
MID-ATLANTIC STATES...
...SUMMARY...
SCATTERED SEVERE STORMS WITH HAIL AND WIND ARE LIKELY ACROSS MUCH OF
MONTANA...EASTERN IDAHO AND THE WESTERN DAKOTAS MONDAY AFTERNOON AND
EVENING. A MORE MARGINAL AND ISOLATED THREAT OF WIND AND HAIL WILL
EXIST ACROSS MUCH OF THE SOUTHEASTERN AND MID-ATLANTIC STATES...AS
WELL AS ACROSS THE LENGTH OF THE HIGH PLAINS.
...SYNOPSIS...
A SHORTWAVE TROUGH WILL MOVE ACROSS THE GREAT BASIN INTO THE NRN AND
CNTRL ROCKIES THROUGH THE PERIOD WITH A SURFACE TROUGH DEVELOPING
FROM ERN MT SWWD INTO THE GREAT BASIN. ENHANCED LIFT WITH THIS WAVE
WILL RESULT IN A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM MT INTO THE WRN
DAKOTAS. TO THE E...HIGH PRESSURE WILL REMAIN ENTRENCHED ACROSS THE
GREAT LAKES WITH SLY FLOW ACROSS THE PLAINS BRINGING MOISTURE NWD
AND INTERACTING WITH A LEE TROUGH FOR A FEW STRONG STORMS INTO THE
HIGH PLAINS. ELSEWHERE...A LARGE AREA OF DAYTIME STORMS WILL EXIST
ACROSS THE SERN AND MID-ATLANTIC STATES IN ASSOCIATION WITH A WEAK
UPPER LOW PROVIDING COOL AIR ALOFT AND A MOIST AIR MASS.
...ERN ID/MT INTO THE WRN DAKOTAS...
STRONG HEATING AND COOLING ALOFT WILL RESULT IN DESTABILIZATION
ACROSS A LARGE AREA FROM OREGON/ID INTO MT AND WY DURING THE DAY
WITH MODEST SWLY FLOW ALOFT ELONGATING HODOGRAPHS. A RAPID INCREASE
IN STORM COVERAGE AND INTENSITY IS EXPECTED BY MID AFTERNOON WITH
SWLY LOW-LEVEL FLOW FAVORING UPSLOPE FLOW INTO SERN ID AND SWRN MT.
A MIXED-STORM MODE WITH HAIL AND WIND IS LIKELY...PROGRESSING EWD
INTO ERN MT DURING THE EVENING.
FARTHER E...A SECONDARY AREA OF STORMS IS EXPECTED TO FORM NEAR THE
LEE TROUGH INTO THE WRN DAKOTAS WHERE A FEW SLOW-MOVING SUPERCELLS
ARE POSSIBLE GIVEN VEERING WINDS WITH HEIGHT. LARGE HAIL WILL BE THE
PRIMARY THREAT.
...HIGH PLAINS...
ISOLATED SEVERE STORMS CAPABLE OF HAIL ARE LIKELY ACROSS AN
EXTENSIVE AREA FROM ERN WY ACROSS ERN CO AND INTO ERN NM AND WRN TX
DURING THE HEAT OF THE DAY. INSTABILITY WILL BE FAVORABLE IN A
RELATIVELY NARROW ZONE...WITH CELLS LIKELY DISSIPATING DURING THE
EVENING WHEN CIN INCREASES.
...MUCH OF THE SE INTO THE MID ATLANTIC...
SCATTERED STORMS WILL FORM BY MIDDAY AND INCREASE THROUGH THE
AFTERNOON FROM THE MID ATLANTIC SWWD ACROSS THE APPALACHIANS AND SWD
INTO FL. WIND SHEAR WILL BE WEAK IN MOST CASES...SUGGESTING ONLY
MARGINALLY SEVERE PULSE OR MULTICELL HAIL AND WIND ON A LOCALIZED
LEVEL.
ONE AREA THAT MAY EXPERIENCE A RELATIVELY GREATER RISK OF STRONG TO
SEVERE STORMS WILL BE FROM NRN VA INTO MD AND SERN PA WITHIN A WEAK
LOW PRESSURE TROUGH AND WEAK FRONT. INSTABILITY WILL BE A BIT
STRONGER IN THESE AREAS WITH A POCKETS OF MID TO UPPER 60S F
DEWPOINTS AND STRONG HEATING. HOWEVER...ANTICIPATED STORM INTENSITY
MAY NOT APPEAR TO WARRANT A SLIGHT RISK AT THIS TIME GIVEN LACK OF
SHEAR.
..JEWELL/COOK.. 06/01/2015
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