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
5 %
57,660
369,421
Rapid City, SD...Gillette, WY...Scottsbluff, NE...Spearfish, SD...Rapid Valley, SD...
2 %
155,147
14,850,089
Dallas, TX...Fort Worth, TX...Denver, CO...Oklahoma City, OK...Tulsa, OK...
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.
SPC AC 170600
DAY 1 CONVECTIVE OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0100 AM CDT WED JUN 17 2015
VALID 171200Z - 181200Z
...THERE IS A SLGT RISK OF SVR TSTMS ACROSS THE NORTHERN AND CENTRAL
HIGH PLAINS...
...THERE IS A SLGT RISK OF SVR TSTMS ACROSS THE OH VALLEY INTO WV...
...THERE IS A MRGL RISK OF SVR TSTMS FROM THE HIGH PLAINS TO THE
MIDDLE AND UPPER MS VALLEY TO WESTERN VA/NC...AND FROM THE EASTERN
PORTIONS OF THE SOUTHERN PLAINS TO THE OZARKS...
...SUMMARY...
SCATTERED STRONG STORMS ARE LIKELY ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE PLAINS TO
PARTS OF THE MIDDLE AND UPPER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY EASTWARD TO WESTERN
VIRGINIA/NORTH CAROLINA. THE MOST LIKELY AREA FOR SEVERE STORMS
SHOULD BE OVER THE NORTHERN AND CENTRAL HIGH PLAINS...AND ACROSS THE
OHIO VALLEY INTO WEST VIRGINA. MEANWHILE...ISOLATED SEVERE STORMS
CANNOT BE RULED OUT ACROSS EAST TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA AS THE REMNANTS
OF BILL TRACK FROM CENTRAL TEXAS TO SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA.
...HIGH PLAINS...
WEAK E/SELY UPSLOPE FLOW INTO PRIMARILY ERN WY/SERN MT...SWD ACROSS
THE FRONT RANGE OF CO...AND PERHAPS INTO ERN NM COMBINED WITH W/NWLY
500-MB WINDS WILL RESULT IN FAVORABLE DEEP-LAYER SHEAR FOR ORGANIZED
STORMS...INCLUDING SUPERCELLS. SUPERCELLS WILL BE MORE LIKELY
ACROSS SERN MT...ERN WY INTO PARTS OF WRN SD/WRN NEB WHERE BULK
SHEAR WILL BE STRONGER WITH VALUES UP TO 50 KT. PRECIPITABLE WATER
VALUES INCREASING TO 1 INCH NWD FROM ERN NM/CO TO FAR ERN
WY/MT...AND STRONG DIABATIC HEATING BENEATH THE ERN EXTENT OF STEEP
MIDLEVEL LAPSE RATES WILL RESULT IN MODERATE INSTABILITY. SHORTWAVE
RIDGING MAY TEND TO LIMIT THE OVERALL COVERAGE OF STORMS WITH
INITIAL ACTIVITY FORMING OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN AND SPREADING
E/SEWD ONTO THE HIGH PLAINS. THE STRONGER STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING ALL SEVERE HAZARDS...WITH THE GREATEST TORNADO THREAT
EXTENDING FROM ERN WY INTO WRN PORTIONS OF SD/NEB WHERE BULK SHEAR
WILL BE THE STRONGEST. DEPENDING ON THE NUMBER OF STORMS THAT
DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON INTO THE EARLY EVENING...A STRENGTHENING SLY
LLJ ACROSS THE CENTRAL HIGH PLAINS COULD SUPPORT UPSCALE GROWTH FOR
AN MCS TO ADVANCE SEWD ACROSS WRN SD/NEB AND PERHAPS INTO NWRN KS
WEDNESDAY NIGHT.
...OH VALLEY TO WEST VIRGINIA...
LINGERING STORMS ATTENDANT TO THE CURRENT SLOW EWD-MOVING CLUSTER OF
STORMS IN THE LOWER OH VALLEY SHOULD EXTEND FROM PARTS OF SRN
IND...NRN KY INTO SRN OH. THESE STORMS AND CLOUDINESS COULD LIMIT
BOUNDARY-LAYER DESTABILIZATION INTO THIS AFTERNOON...THOUGH EVEN
SOME DIABATIC HEATING WITHIN A MOIST AIR MASS /PRECIPITABLE WATER
VALUES OF AT LEAST 1.5 INCHES/ SHOULD RESULT IN MODERATE
INSTABILITY. A LACK OF CAPPING AND ANY LOW-LEVEL CONVERGENCE SHOULD
PROVE FAVORABLE FOR STORM DEVELOPMENT ACROSS A BROAD AREAS WITH
ACTIVITY MOVING E/SEWD. DEEP WLY WIND PROFILES AND 30-40 KT WIND
SPEEDS AT 500 MB SUGGEST MULTICELLS AND LINE SEGMENTS WITH STRONG
WIND GUSTS BEING THE PRIMARY SEVERE WEATHER THREAT.
...PARTS OF CENTRAL/EAST TX...ERN HALF OF OK AND WRN AR...
LATEST NHC FORECAST FOR THIS FORECAST PERIOD SHOWS THE REMNANTS OF
T.S. BILL WILL MOVE FROM CENTRAL TX NNEWD INTO SOUTH-CENTRAL AND
SERN OK BY 12Z THURSDAY. DESPITE LIMITED DESTABILIZATION ALONG AND
EAST OF THE TRACK OF THE LOW CENTER...35-50 KT SLY LOW-LEVEL WINDS
WITHIN THE ERN PERIPHERY OF BILL WILL ENHANCE LOW-LEVEL SHEAR SUCH
THAT A BRIEF TORNADO OR TWO CANNOT BE RULED OUT.
..PETERS/GLEASON.. 06/17/2015
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