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 %
56,484
3,058,170
Kansas City, MO...Overland Park, KS...Kansas City, KS...Olathe, KS...Independence, MO...
2 %
303,619
14,139,064
St. Louis, MO...Lexington-Fayette, KY...Louisville, KY...Sioux Falls, SD...Topeka, 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.
SPC AC 211727
DAY 1 CONVECTIVE OUTLOOK CORR 1
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
1227 PM CDT SUN JUN 21 2015
VALID 211630Z - 221200Z
...THERE IS AN ENH RISK OF SVR TSTMS ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE DAKOTAS
LATE TODAY AND TONIGHT...
...THERE IS AN ENH RISK OF SVR TSTMS FROM CENTRAL MO EAST TO
SOUTHERN IL...
...THERE IS A SLGT RISK OF SVR TSTMS ACROSS THE NORTHERN PLAINS TO
UPPER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY...
...THERE IS A SLGT RISK OF SVR TSTMS FROM THE LOWER MISSOURI RIVER
VALLEY TO THE MIDWEST/OHIO VALLEY...
...THERE IS A MRGL RISK OF SVR TSTMS FROM THE NORTHERN HIGH PLAINS
ACROSS THE NORTHERN PLAINS/MIDDLE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY TO OH
VALLEY/MID ATLANTIC AND SOUTH...
CORRECTED TO ADD MARGINAL RISK TO SOUTH.
...SUMMARY...
SEVERE STORMS CAPABLE OF VERY LARGE HAIL...TORNADOES...AND
POTENTIALLY WIDESPREAD DAMAGING WINDS ARE PROBABLE THIS AFTERNOON
INTO TONIGHT FROM THE NORTHERN HIGH PLAINS INTO UPPER MISSISSIPPI
VALLEY. SCATTERED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH A RISK FOR MAINLY LARGE
HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS ARE POSSIBLE FROM THE LOWER MISSOURI VALLEY
TO CENTRAL APPALACHIANS.
...LOWER MO VALLEY TO MIDWEST/LOWER OH VALLEY...
BROKEN BAND OF LOCALLY INTENSE STORMS/SUPERCELLS FROM EXTREME
NORTHEAST KS ACROSS NORTHERN MO WERE SITUATED ON THE LEADING EDGE OF
PRONOUNCED EML PLUME EMANATING FROM CENTRAL PLAINS HEAT DOME. LIFT
ACROSS WEST-EAST QUASI-STATIONARY BOUNDARY WAS LIKELY BEING ENHANCED
AS A LOW AMPLITUDE SHORT WAVE TROUGH APPROACHES THE AREA FROM NEB.
CONTINUED STRONG HEATING ACROSS SOUTHWEST AND CENTRAL MO SHOULD
REMOVE ANY REMAINING CONVECTIVE INHIBITION AND RESULT IN ABUNDANT
INSTABILITY TO FUEL ADDITIONAL INTENSE CONVECTION...EVENTUAL
CONSOLIDATION...AND UPSCALE GROWTH. THE TIMING OF THIS TRANSITION
INTO ONE OR MORE FORWARD PROPAGATING SYSTEMS...AND AN INCREASING
THREAT FOR DAMAGING WINDS...REMAINS SOMEWHAT UNCERTAIN GIVEN
RELATIVELY EARLY STORM INITIATION AND CURRENT DISCRETE AND ELEVATED
NATURE OF ONGOING STORMS. HOWEVER...MAGNITUDE OF AVAILABLE
INSTABILITY AND PRESENCE OF 40-50 KT MID-LEVEL FLOW DIRECTED INTO
POSSIBLE DEVELOPING/INCREASING CONVECTIVE COLD POOLS...SHOULD FAVOR
ORGANIZED LINES/BOWS SPREADING EAST-SOUTHEAST FROM CENTRAL MO INTO
IL AND POSSIBLY THE LOWER OH VALLEY THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING.
...MT ACROSS DAKOTAS TO UPPER MS VALLEY LATE...
ANOTHER ROUND OF SEVERE STORMS APPEARS LIKELY ACROSS THE NORTHERN
HIGH PLAINS COMMENCING LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUING INTO LATE
TONIGHT. IN THE WAKE OF NUMEROUS RECENT DAILY/NIGHTLY
EVENTS...RICHER LOW LEVEL MOISTURE HAS BEEN SHUNTED WELL SOUTH OF
THE REGION THIS MORNING. HOWEVER...A NARROW RIBBON OF RETURN FLOW
HAS ALREADY BECOME ESTABLISHED FROM WESTERN NEB NORTHWARD TO THE
WESTERN DAKOTAS WHILE PERSISTENT WESTERLY FLOW ALOFT ACTS TO
MAINTAIN STEEPER LAPSE RATE PLUME FROM THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE
EASTWARD.
LEE-TROUGHING IN THE PRESENCE OF MODEST WESTERLY FLOW ALOFT WILL ACT
TO FOCUS LOW LEVEL FORCING AND STORM INITIATION OVER EASTERN MT AS
DIURNAL DESTABILIZATION AND STORM INITIATION OCCURS THROUGH THE
AFTERNOON. ADDITIONAL STORMS ARE LIKELY ACROSS THE HIGHER TERRAIN AS
UPSTREAM SHORT WAVE TROUGHS ACROSS PACIFIC NORTHWEST AND SOUTHERN BC
BEGIN TO PHASE AND PRODUCE WEAK HEIGHT FALLS ACROSS THE REGION. BOTH
AREAS OF CONVECTION WILL LIKELY PERSIST AS LEE CYCLONE ORGANIZES AND
TRACKS EAST TO THE DAKOTAS TONIGHT.
PRONOUNCED MASS AND MOISTURE FLUXES ARE INDICATED IN LATEST GUIDANCE
ACROSS THE NORTHERN PLAINS THROUGH LATE TONIGHT AS STRONGER HEIGHT
FALLS EMERGE ACROSS THE REGION AND AID DEEP-LAYER ASCENT AND FURTHER
INTENSIFICATION OF SURFACE LOW. CONSOLIDATION OF LATE DAY/EVENING
STORMS INTO ONE OR MULTIPLE MCSS WILL LIKELY OCCUR AS THIS ACTIVITY
ACCELERATES EASTWARD TOWARD THE UPPER MS VALLEY THROUGH EARLY MONDAY
ON THE NOSE OF THE STRENGTHENING MID-LEVEL JET STREAK. VERY STEEP
LAPSE RATES ALOFT...MUCAPE OF 2000-4000+ J/KG AND INTENSE VERTICAL
SHEAR WILL SUPPORT ELEVATED SUPERCELLS CAPABLE OF LARGE HAIL AND
POSSIBLE UPSCALE EVOLUTION INTO SEVERE BOW ECHO FORMATION WITH
ATTENDANT RISK FOR SIGNIFICANT WIND DAMAGE.
...OH/KY/WV TO MID ATLANTIC...
A NUMBER OF WEAK PERTURBATIONS EMBEDDED WITHIN A BROAD ZONE OF
40-50KT CYCLONIC FLOW ALOFT MAY ACT TO ENHANCE ASCENT ALONG REMNANT
CONVECTIVE OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES/WEAK FRONTAL SEGMENTS AND ZONES OF
DIFFERENTIAL HEATING TO SPUR AT LEAST A FEW STRONG/SEVERE STORMS
THIS AFTERNOON. GREATEST RISK OF MARGINALLY SEVERE HAIL AND DAMAGING
WINDS WILL BE IN THOSE AREAS WITH GREATEST ONGOING HEATING AND
DESTABILIZATION FROM SOUTHERN AND EASTERN OH TO KY/WV TO THE MID
ATLANTIC. GIVEN LACK OF STRONGER FORCING FOR ASCENT...OVERALL SEVERE
STORM COVERAGE AND MODE/EVOLUTION REMAINS SOMEWHAT UNCERTAIN.
...SOUTH/SOUTHEAST...
ISOLATED PULSE STORMS FORMING IN THE HEAT OF THE AFTERNOON WILL POSE
SOME CHANCE FOR RANDOM STRONG TO LOCALLY SEVERE DOWNBURST WINDS.
..CARBIN/COOK.. 06/21/2015
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