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May 18, 2013 0600 UTC Day 2 Convective Outlook
Updated: Sat May 18 06:13:49 UTC 2013  (Print Version)
Probabilistic to Categorical Outlook Conversion Table
Categorical Probabilistic
 Population  Cities  CWAs  Interstates  Counties  ARTCC  FEMA Regions

Risk Area (sq. mi.) Area Pop. Some Larger Population Centers in Risk Area
MODERATE 49,321 5,145,447 Kansas City, MO...Tulsa, OK...Wichita, KS...Overland Park, KS...Kansas City, KS...
SLIGHT 281,275 17,660,432 Oklahoma City, OK...Omaha, NE...Minneapolis, MN...St. Paul, MN...Lincoln, NE...
 Forecast Discussion

   SPC AC 180611
   
   DAY 2 CONVECTIVE OUTLOOK CORR 1
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   0111 AM CDT SAT MAY 18 2013
   
   VALID 191200Z - 201200Z
   
   ...THERE IS A MDT RISK OF SVR TSTMS ACROSS PARTS OF ECNTRL OK...ERN
   KS AND WRN MO...
   
   ...THERE IS A SLGT RISK OF SVR TSTMS ACROSS PARTS OF THE GREAT
   PLAINS AND LOWER TO MID MO VALLEY...
   
   CORRECTED TO MAKE MINOR WORDING CHANGES
   
   ...REGIONAL SEVERE WEATHER OUTBREAK POSSIBLE ACROSS PARTS OF THE SRN
   PLAINS...CNTRL PLAINS AND LOWER MO VALLEY...
   
   ...SRN AND CNTRL PLAINS/LOWER MO VALLEY...
   A NEGATIVELY-TILTED UPPER-LEVEL TROUGH WILL TRANSLATE EWD INTO THE
   SRN AND CNTRL PLAINS ON SUNDAY AS A MID-LEVEL JET MOVES EWD THROUGH
   THE CENTER OF THE TROUGH. AT THE SFC...A LOW IS FORECAST TO DEEPEN
   AND MOVE NEWD FROM CNTRL KS INTO ERN NEB AS A COLD FRONT ADVANCES
   SEWD ACROSS ECNTRL KS AND CNTRL OK. SFC DEWPOINTS TO THE EAST OF THE
   FRONT SHOULD BE IN THE MID TO UPPER 60S F WITH MODERATE TO STRONG
   DESTABILIZATION LIKELY ACROSS THE MODERATE RISK AREA BY MID TO LATE
   AFTERNOON. FORECAST SOUNDINGS AROUND MIDDAY SHOW A CAPPING INVERSION
   IN PLACE ACROSS MUCH OF THE WARM SECTOR. THE MODELS WEAKEN THE CAP
   BY 21Z ALLOWING FOR CONVECTIVE INITIATION ALONG AND AHEAD OF THE
   FRONT. STORMS SHOULD FIRST INITIATE IN NRN AND CNTRL KS...QUICKLY
   EXPANDING SWD INTO NRN AND CNTRL OK. AS STORM COVERAGE INCREASES
   DURING THE EARLY EVENING...A SEVERE PRODUCING MCS MAY ORGANIZE
   ACROSS ERN KS AND ECNTRL OK...MOVING ESEWD ACROSS THE MODERATE RISK
   AREA.
   
   FORECAST SOUNDINGS BY 21Z SUNDAY AT TULSA...OKLAHOMA CITY AND KANSAS
   CITY SHOW STRONG INSTABILITY WITH MLCAPE VALUES OF 2500 TO 3500
   J/KG. DEEP LAYER SHEAR IS FORECAST TO INCREASE DURING THE LATE
   AFTERNOON ACROSS THE MODERATE RISK AREA AS A MID-LEVEL JET MOVES
   INTO THE REGION FROM THE WEST. THIS COMBINED WITH 850 TO 500 MB
   LAPSE RATES EXCEEDING 8.0 C/KM SHOULD BE VERY FAVORABLE FOR
   SUPERCELLS WITH LARGE HAIL. HAILSTONES OF GREATER THAN 2 INCHES IN
   DIAMETER WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THE MORE INTENSE SUPERCELLS. IN
   ADDITION...A LOW-LEVEL JET IS FORECAST TO BECOME FOCUSED BY EARLY
   SUNDAY EVENING FROM SW MO SWWD INTO ECNTRL OK. SUPERCELLS ON THE WRN
   EDGE OF THE LOW-LEVEL JET WILL HAVE A CHANCE TO BECOME TORNADIC WITH
   A CLUSTER OF TORNADOES POSSIBLE ACROSS THE MODERATE RISK AREA. THE
   GREATEST CHANCE FOR STRONG TORNADOES SHOULD EXIST ACROSS ECNTRL OK
   AND SE KS WHERE 0-3 KM STORM RELATIVE HELICITIES ARE FORECAST TO
   REACH 400 M2/S2 IN THE 00Z TO 03Z TIMEFRAME. DUE TO THE STRONG DEEP
   LAYER SHEAR...CELLS SHOULD REMAIN DISCRETE DURING MUCH OF THE EVENT.
   SUPERCELLS COULD ALSO PRODUCE SWATHS OF WIND DAMAGE. THE WIND DAMAGE
   THREAT COULD BECOME ENHANCED DURING THE EVENING IF A LINEAR MCS CAN
   ORGANIZE.
   
   ...MID-MO VALLEY/NRN PLAINS/UPPER MS VALLEY...
   SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST FLOW WILL BE IN PLACE ACROSS THE NCNTRL U.S.
   SUNDAY AS AN UPPER-LEVEL TROUGH MOVES INTO THE SRN AND CNTRL PLAINS.
   AT THE SFC...A LOW IS FORECAST TO DEEPEN AND MOVE NEWD INTO THE
   MID-MO VALLEY DURING THE DAY. A MODERATELY UNSTABLE AIRMASS SHOULD
   BE IN PLACE BY MID AFTERNOON TO THE EAST AND NORTHEAST OF THE LOW
   ACROSS ERN NEB...SERN SD...IA AND SRN MN WHERE SFC DEWPOINTS MAY
   REACH THE LOWER TO MID 60S F. THE AIRMASS SHOULD BE UNCAPPED ACROSS
   MUCH OF THE REGION ALLOWING FOR CONVECTIVE INITIATION TO TAKE PLACE
   EARLY IN THE DAY. THUNDERSTORMS COULD BE ONGOING DURING THE MORNING
   ACROSS IA AND MN ALONG WRN EDGE OF THE LOW-LEVEL JET WITH ADDITIONAL
   THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT TAKING PLACE BENEATH THE UPPER-LEVEL LOW
   EARLY SUNDAY AFTERNOON. SEVERAL CLUSTERS OF ORGANIZED THUNDERSTORMS
   APPEAR LIKELY TO PERSIST THROUGH THE AFTERNOON WITH MCS DEVELOPMENT
   POSSIBLE ACROSS PARTS OF THE REGION BY EVENING.
   
   FORECAST SOUNDINGS AT OMAHA AND DES MOINES AT 21Z SHOW MODERATE
   INSTABILITY WITH MLCAPE VALUES IN THE 2000 TO 3000 J/KG RANGE. THIS
   COMBINED WITH 30 TO 40 KT OF 0-6 KM SHEAR SHOULD SUPPORT SUPERCELL
   DEVELOPMENT WITH A THREAT FOR LARGE HAIL. HAILSTONES OF GREATER THAN
   2 INCHES IN DIAMETER WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THE MORE DOMINANT
   SUPERCELLS MAINLY IN SE NEB AND SRN IA WHERE INSTABILITY IS FORECAST
   TO BE THE GREATER THAN IN AREAS TO THE NORTH. A FEW TORNADOES MAY
   ALSO OCCUR WITH THE MORE INTENSE SUPERCELLS AS THE LOW-LEVEL JET
   STRENGTHENS EARLY SUNDAY EVENING. WIND DAMAGE WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
   SUPERCELLS AND BOWING LINE-SEGMENTS ESPECIALLY IF AN MCS CAN
   ORGANIZE DURING THE EARLY EVENING.
   
   ...TN VALLEY/CNTRL AND ERN GULF COAST STATES...
   AN UPPER-LEVEL TROUGH IS FORECAST TO MOVE SEWD ACROSS THE ERN GULF
   COAST STATES SUNDAY AFTERNOON. THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD DEVELOP ALONG
   AND AHEAD OF THE TROUGH AXIS AS SFC TEMPS WARM. FORECAST SOUNDINGS
   FROM MIDDLE TN SEWD ACROSS NCNTRL AL INTO WRN GA AT 21Z SUNDAY SHOW
   MLCAPE VALUES IN THE 1500 TO 2500 J/KG RANGE WITH STEEP LOW-LEVEL
   LAPSE RATES. THIS COULD BE ENOUGH FOR A MARGINAL WIND DAMAGE THREAT
   WITH MULTICELL STORMS THAT DEVELOP DURING THE AFTERNOON.
   
   ..BROYLES.. 05/18/2013
   
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