Cheyenne, WY...Idaho Falls, ID...Casper, WY...Pocatello, ID...Laramie, WY...
MARGINAL
629,712
120,341,891
New York, NY...Chicago, IL...Houston, TX...Philadelphia, PA...Detroit, MI...
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 %
55,359
26,947,847
New York, NY...Houston, TX...Newark, NJ...Jersey City, NJ...Yonkers, NY...
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 %
67,508
630,483
Cheyenne, WY...Idaho Falls, ID...Casper, WY...Pocatello, ID...Laramie, WY...
5 %
628,722
120,128,853
New York, NY...Chicago, IL...Houston, TX...Philadelphia, PA...Detroit, MI...
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 %
67,227
632,044
Cheyenne, WY...Idaho Falls, ID...Casper, WY...Pocatello, ID...Laramie, WY...
5 %
140,463
6,824,334
Denver, CO...Colorado Springs, CO...Aurora, CO...Salt Lake City, UT...Lakewood, CO...
SPC AC 151950
DAY 1 CONVECTIVE OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0250 PM CDT MON JUN 15 2015
VALID 152000Z - 161200Z
...THERE IS A SLGT RISK OF SVR TSTMS ACROSS MUCH OF WY AND ERN ID...
...THERE IS A MRGL RISK OF SVR TSTMS ACROSS MUCH OF THE CNTRL AND
NRN ROCKIES...
...THERE IS A MRGL RISK OF SVR TSTMS ACROSS THE UPPER TX COAST INTO
THE LOWER MS VALLEY...
...THERE IS A MRGL RISK OF SVR TSTMS ACROSS MUCH OF THE LOWER MO AND
OH VALLEYS EWD INTO THE MID ATLANTIC...
...SUMMARY...
SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS WILL COVER MUCH OF THE
CONTINENTAL U.S. THIS PERIOD...ESPECIALLY FROM THE ROCKIES TO THE
ATLANTIC COAST. A FEW OF THE STORMS COULD CONTAIN SEVERE HAIL AND
WIND OVER PARTS OF WYOMING AND THE NORTHERN GREAT BASIN. A FEW
STORMS WITH STRONG TO LOCALLY DAMAGING WINDS WILL CONTINUE FROM
PARTS OF THE LOWER MISSOURI VALLEY EAST-NORTHEAST THROUGH THE
MIDWEST/OHIO VALLEY TO THE MID-ATLANTIC COAST. A RISK FOR ISOLATED
STRONG GUSTS AND/OR BRIEF TORNADO MAY DEVELOP LATER TODAY THROUGH
EARLY TUESDAY OVER THE UPPER TEXAS COAST AND SOUTHERN LOUISIANA.
...SRN PLAINS INTO THE LOWER MS VALLEY...
AN EXPANSIVE AREA OF MOISTURE EXISTS OVER THE REGION WITH VARIOUS
AREAS OF STORMS FORMING. ONE ZONE IS ACROSS LA INTO SRN MS ALONG A
SURGING OUTFLOW. AHEAD OF THIS OUTFLOW...STRONG HEATING CONTINUES
AND SATELLITE TRENDS ALSO INDICATE VIGOROUS/TALL STORMS FORMING
ACROSS WRN MS AND ERN LA. THIS ACTIVITY COULD RESULT IN A LOCALIZED
WIND THREAT AND HAVE EXPANDED THE 5 PERCENT WIND INTO THESE AREAS.
TO THE W...A LESS UNSTABLE AIR MASS WITH WEAKER LOW-LEVEL FLOW
EXISTS ALONG A WEAK/STALLED FRONT FROM W TX INTO CNTRL OK. IT
APPEARS NOW THAT THE MAIN THREAT IN THESE AREAS WILL BE HEAVY RAIN
WITH ANY WINDS LIKELY REMAINING BELOW SEVERE LEVELS. A RELATIVELY
GREATER THREAT OF ISOLATED SEVERE REMAINS FROM NERN OK/SRN MO EWD
WHERE WIND FIELDS ARE A BIT STRONGER.
..JEWELL.. 06/15/2015
.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 1210 PM CDT MON JUN 15 2015/
...SYNOPTIC SETUP...
LITTLE LARGE-SCALE CHANGE EXPECTED THIS PERIOD...WITH DOMINANT RIDGE
OVER THE SOUTHEAST ONCE AGAIN KEEPING THE MAIN BELT OF WLYS CONFINED
TO THE NRN TIER OF STATES. RESIDUAL SRN STREAM JET WILL PERSIST FROM
THE SRN PLNS ENE INTO THE OH VLY/MID-ATLANTIC...WHILE A BROAD/LOW
AMPLITUDE TROUGH CONTAINING SEVERAL EMBEDDED DISTURBANCES PROGRESSES
SLOWLY E ACROSS THE NRN GRT BASIN.
DIURNALLY-ENHANCED CONVECTION/STORMS WILL ONCE AGAIN BE FAIRLY
WIDESPREAD OVER THE CONUS...ESPECIALLY FROM THE RCKYS E TO THE
ATLANTIC...ALONG WRN/NRN SIDES OF UPR RIDGE.
...NRN GRT BASIN/CNTRL RCKYS...
SCTD TSTMS EXPECTED TO STRENGTHEN WITH DAYTIME HEATING OVER ERN
ID/WRN WY TODAY WITH LEAD IMPULSE OF BROADER SCALE UPR TROUGH. AMPLE
MOISTURE/DEEP WLY SHEAR ON SRN EDGE OF THE WLYS SUGGEST POTENTIAL
FOR A FEW SUSTAINED STORMS AND EVEN A HIGH BASED SUPERCELL OR TWO
CAPABLE OF SVR HAIL/WIND...POSSIBLY SWD INTO NE UT. FARTHER
E...MOIST...LOW-LVL UPSLOPE FLOW IN WAKE OF LATEST NRN PLNS FRONTAL
SURGE...COUPLED WITH SFC HEATING AND THE CONTINUED EWD PROGRESSION
OF UPR IMPULSE...SHOULD SUPPORT STRONG TO SVR AFTN/EVE STORM
DEVELOPMENT OVER THE CNTRL WY MOUNTAINS AND ADJACENT PLNS. WITH PW
APPROACHING 1 INCH AND STEEPENING LOW TO MID-LVL LAPSE RATES...A FEW
SUPERCELLS WITH LARGE HAIL/LOCALLY DMGG WIND AND PERHAPS A TORNADO
COULD OCCUR. MORE ISOLD ACTIVITY MAY EXTEND S INTO NRN CO. THE WY
STORMS LIKELY WILL MERGE INTO A SMALL...EWD-MOVING MCS LATE TNGT.
...MIDWEST/OH VLY TO MID-ATLANTIC THIS AFTN/EVE...
A BELT OF ENHANCED...UNIDIRECTIONAL WSW FLOW ACCOMPANYING A SRN
STREAM UPR IMPULSE NOW IN IA WILL OVERSPREAD THE MIDWEST
TODAY...WITH 30-40 KT 700-500 MB OVER SRN WI/NRN IL INTO SRN MI/NRN
IND. MID-LVL LAPSE RATES WILL REMAIN WEAK. BUT GIVEN VERY HIGH PW
OVER REGION /AOA 2 INCHES/...SETUP COULD YIELD OCCASIONAL SMALL
BOWING SEGMENTS AS SFC HEATING ENHANCES LOW-LVL DESTABILIZATION.
FARTHER E...SOMEWHAT WEAKER THOUGH STILL DEEPLY UNIDIRECTIONAL
700-500 MB FLOW WILL PREVAIL OVER WARM SECTOR E TO THE MID-ATLANTIC
CST. A CONDITIONAL RISK WILL EXIST FOR A FEW STRONGER STORMS/STORM
CLUSTERS OVER THAT REGION...ESPECIALLY INVOF NNW-SSE WARM/STNRY
FRONT OVER THE LWR HUDSON VLY INTO NJ/ERN DELMARVA...WHERE LOW-LVL
DIRECTIONAL SHEAR ALSO WILL BE ENHANCED. WEAK MID-LVL LAPSE RATES
AND THE TENDENCY FOR STORMS TO MOVE EWD ATOP COOLER AIR E OF
BOUNDARY SHOULD...HOWEVER...LIMIT OVERALL SVR THREAT.
...LA/TX GULF CST LATE TODAY THROUGH EARLY TUE...
A LOW PROBABILISTIC THREAT FOR ISOLD...LOCALLY DMGG WIND GUSTS
AND/OR A BRIEF TORNADO WILL EXIST OVER PARTS OF SRN LA AND THE UPR
TX GULF CST LATER THIS PERIOD AS GULF TROPICAL SYSTEM PROGRESSES
NWWD. ACTIVITY ON OUTER FRINGES OF SYSTEM SHOULD REMAIN OUTFLOW
DOMINANT THIS AFTN/EVE...WITH THE MAIN RISK BEING LOCALLY
STRONG/GUSTY WINDS.
...WRN PORTIONS OF THE SRN PLNS THIS AFTN/EVE...
CONFLUENT LOW-LVL FLOW AND PROXIMITY OF SOMEWHAT GREATER MID-LVL
LAPSE RATES ON WRN FRINGE OF UPR RIDGE MAY YIELD A FEW STRONGER
MULTICELL STORMS CAPABLE OF LOCALLY DMGG WIND FROM PARTS OF KS/OK
SWWD INTO SW TX.
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