Jul 30, 2015 1630 UTC Day 1 Convective Outlook
Updated: Thu Jul 30 16:23:50 UTC 2015 (20150730 1630Z Day 1 shapefile | 20150730 1630Z Day 1 KML)
Probabilistic to Categorical Outlook Conversion Table
Categorical Graphic
20150730 1630 UTC Day 1 Outlook Graphic
Day 1 Risk Area (sq. mi.) Area Pop. Some Larger Population Centers in Risk Area
MARGINAL 273,856 65,550,040 New York, NY...Philadelphia, PA...Jacksonville, FL...Baltimore, MD...Washington, DC...
Probabilistic Tornado Graphic
20150730 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.
Day 1 Tornado Risk Area (sq. mi.) Area Pop. Some Larger Population Centers in Risk Area
No Risk Areas Forecast
Probabilistic Damaging Wind Graphic
20150730 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.
Day 1 Wind Risk Area (sq. mi.) Area Pop. Some Larger Population Centers in Risk Area
5 % 273,712 65,497,740 New York, NY...Philadelphia, PA...Jacksonville, FL...Baltimore, MD...Washington, DC...
Probabilistic Large Hail Graphic
20150730 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.
Day 1 Hail Risk Area (sq. mi.) Area Pop. Some Larger Population Centers in Risk Area
5 % 35,619 5,947,794 Springfield, MA...Manchester, NH...Lowell, MA...Albany, NY...Nashua, NH...
   SPC AC 301623

   DAY 1 CONVECTIVE OUTLOOK  
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   1123 AM CDT THU JUL 30 2015

   VALID 301630Z - 311200Z

   ...THERE IS A MRGL RISK OF SVR TSTMS ACROSS PARTS OF THE NORTHEAST
   AND MID-ATLANTIC REGIONS...

   ...THERE IS A MRGL RISK OF SVR TSTMS OVER THE LOWER MS VALLEY AND
   SOUTHEAST...

   ...SUMMARY...
   A FEW STRONG THUNDERSTORMS -- AND A COUPLE OF ISOLATED/MARGINALLY
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE NORTHEAST INTO THE
   MID-ATLANTIC STATES THIS AFTERNOON...WITH A SIMILAR SEVERE THREAT
   FROM THE SOUTHEAST STATES TO THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY.

   ...SYNOPSIS...
   A RELATIVELY STAGNANT MID-LEVEL PATTERN WILL PERSIST THE REMAINDER
   OF THE DAY 1 PERIOD...AS A POSITIVELY TILTED TROUGH LINGERS OVER
   CENTRAL AND ERN CANADA AND THE NORTHEAST U.S. AND RIDGING RESIDES
   OVER THE S CENTRAL AND WRN STATES.  AT THE SURFACE...A COLD FRONT
   WILL CONTINUE ITS ADVANCE EWD ACROSS THE ERN U.S. AND SWD TOWARD THE
   GULF COAST THROUGH THE END OF THE PERIOD.

   ...PORTIONS OF THE NORTHEAST AND MID-ATLANTIC...
   SHOWERS AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE ONGOING ATTM FROM ERN NY
   SSWWD INTO WRN VA...INVOF A COLD FRONT ADVANCING EWD ACROSS THE
   REGION.  ADDITIONAL HEATING/DESTABILIZATION OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL
   HOURS WILL SUPPORT AN INCREASE IN STORM COVERAGE...WITH A FEW
   STRONGER CELLS LIKELY TO EVOLVE -- AIDED BY MODERATE /AROUND 30 KT/
   MID-LEVEL WLYS.  A COUPLE OF THE STRONGEST STORMS COULD BRIEFLY
   PRODUCE MARGINAL HAIL AND/OR WIND GUSTS THROUGH LATE AFTERNOON.

   ...THE SOUTH...
   THUNDERSTORMS ARE FORECAST TO DEVELOP FROM THE LOWER MS VALLEY EWD
   ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST U.S. TODAY...IN THE VICINITY OF A COLD FRONT
   SAGGING SWD ACROSS THE AREA...AS HEATING OF THE MOIST LOW-LEVEL
   AIRMASS RESULTS IN MODERATE DESTABILIZATION.  WHILE MOST STORMS
   SHOULD REMAIN DISORGANIZED/SUB-SEVERE...SLIGHTLY ENHANCED /20 KT/
   MID-LEVEL NLY/NELY FLOW AT MID LEVELS MAY SUPPORT ONE OR TWO
   MULTICELL-TYPE STORMS AND/OR CLUSTERS OF STORMS CAPABLE OF BRIEF
   GUSTY WINDS THAT COULD APPROACH SEVERE LEVELS.  STORMS WILL DIMINISH
   THROUGH THE EVENING WITH THE ONSET OF BOUNDARY-LAYER COOLING.

   ..GOSS/GLEASON.. 07/30/2015

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