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
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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.
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
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SPC AC 111255
DAY 1 CONVECTIVE OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0755 AM CDT FRI SEP 11 2015
VALID 111300Z - 121200Z
...THERE IS A MRGL RISK OF SVR TSTMS FROM PARTS OF THE TN VLY WSW
INTO N TX...
...THERE IS A MRGL RISK OF SVR TSTMS OVER S GA/NRN FL...
...SUMMARY...
A FEW STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MAY OCCUR OVER PARTS OF TEXAS...THE
MID-SOUTH...THE TENNESSEE VALLEY...SOUTHERN GEORGIA...AND NORTHERN
FLORIDA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...ALTHOUGH SUSTAINED SEVERE
STORMS ARE UNLIKELY.
...SYNOPTIC SETUP...
WRN U.S. RIDGE/MS-LWR OH VLY TROUGH PATTERN SHOULD AMPLIFY THIS
PERIOD AS JET STREAKS NOW TOPPING THE RIDGE OVER NRN BC/AB INDUCE
STRENGTHENING AND SSE ACCELERATION OF DOWNSTREAM DISTURBANCE NOW
OVER THE MB-ONT BORDER. BY 12Z SAT EXPECT THE MB-ONT IMPULSE TO BE
CENTERED OVER ERN IA...WHILE A SERIES OF LESSER DISTURBANCES FURTHER
WEAKEN AS THEY CONTINUE GENERALLY ESE ACROSS THE LWR OH AND TN VLYS.
COLD FRONT ASSOCIATED WITH THE LARGER-SCALE TROUGH...NOW EXTENDING
FROM THE LWR GRT LKS THROUGH THE LWR OH VLY AND OZARKS INTO W
TX...WILL ADVANCE STEADILY E/SE THROUGH SAT. PARTS OF THE
FRONT...AND COMPOSITE OUTFLOW BOUNDARY AHEAD OF IT...MAY SERVE AS A
FOCUS FOR A FEW POTENTIALLY STRONG TSTMS LATER TODAY.
...PARTS OF THE TN/LWR MS VLYS WSW INTO NRN/CNTRL TX THIS AFTN...
COMPOSITE OUTFLOW BOUNDARY ASSOCIATED WITH OVERNIGHT SHOWERS/STORMS
IN IL/MO/AR/OK SHOULD DECELERATE AS IT CONTINUES GENERALLY SEWD
LATER TODAY. BY MAX HEATING...THE BOUNDARY SHOULD EXTEND ROUGHLY
FROM ERN MIDDLE TN SW THROUGH NRN AL INTO N CNTRL MS....AND THEN WSW
INTO N TX. A NARROW...RESIDUAL EML PLUME SHOULD OVERLIE THIS
REGION. COUPLED WITH SFC HEATING AND WEAK DCVA ASSOCIATED WITH WEAK
UPR IMPULSE...SETUP SHOULD SUPPORT SCTD AFTN STORM DEVELOPMENT ALONG
THE OUTFLOW BOUNDARY. A FEW OF THE STORMS COULD YIELD STRONG TO
PERHAPS LOCALLY DMGG WIND GUSTS GIVEN 25-30 KT CYCLONIC MID-LVL FLOW
ALONG SRN FRINGE OF LARGE-SCALE TROUGH IN THE TN VLY...AND HIGH
PW/STEEP LOW-LVL LAPSE RATES IN TX. ORGANIZED/SUSTAINED SVR
WEATHER...HOWEVER...IS NOT EXPECTED.
...S GA/NRN FL THIS AFTN...
CLUSTERS/BANDS OF STRONG DIURNAL STORMS MAY ARISE ALONG W-E
DIFFERENTIAL HEATING ZONE LYING PARALLEL TO BELT OF ENHANCED /30 KT/
WLY MID-LVL FLOW OVER NRN FL/S GA. COUPLED WITH 2.00 INCH PW...SETUP
COULD FOSTER A FEW WET MICROBURSTS.
..CORFIDI/COOK.. 09/11/2015
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