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A Slight Risk of Severe Thunderstorms is Forecast for Thu (05/26)

Isolated to widely scattered severe thunderstorms may occur Thursday over Ohio/eastern Kentucky and parts of northeastern Oregon, southeastern Washington, and Idaho. Severe wind gusts and large hail should be the primary severe hazards.

For additional details, see the latest Day 2 Convective Outlook.

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Hazard	Wed (05/25)	Thu (05/26)	Fri (05/27)	Sat (05/28)	Sun (05/29)	Mon (05/30)	Tue (05/31)	Wed (06/01)
Severe	Marginal	Slight	Slight	Severe	Severe	No Area	No Area	No Area
Fire	Elevated	Elevated	No Area	Critical	Critical	Critical	No Area	No Area

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Severe Weather Climatology (1982-2011)

Any Severe Probabilities: 26 May

Tornado Probabilities: 26 May

Damaging Wind Probabilities: 26 May

Severe Hail Probabilities: 26 May

Significant Tornado Probabilities: 26 May

Significant Wind Probabilities: 26 May

Significant Hail Probabilities: 26 May

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Wildfire Climatology (1992-2015)

100 Acres Wildfire Probabilities: 26 May

300 Acres Wildfire Probabilities: 26 May

1000 Acres Wildfire Probabilities: 26 May

5000 Acres Wildfire Probabilities: 26 May

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Latest SPC Publications

Bentley, E.S., R.L. Thompson, B.R. Bowers, J.G. Gibbs, and S.E. Nelson, 2021: An Analysis of 2016-18 Tornadoes and National Weather Service Tornado Warnings across the Contiguous United States. Published in Wea. Forecasting. [2942K PDF]
Edwards, R., H.E. Brooks, and H. Cohn, 2021: Changes in Tornado Climatology Accompanying the Enhanced Fujita Scale. Published in J. Appl. Meteor. Clim. [2250K PDF]
Krocak, M.J., M.D. Flournoy, and H.E. Brooks, 2021: Examining Subdaily Tornado Warning Performance and Associated Environmental Characteristics. Published in Wea. Forecasting. [888K PDF]
Krocak, M.J., and H.E. Brooks, 2021: The Influence of Weather Watch Type on the Quality of Tornado Warnings and Its Implications for Future Forecasting Systems. Published in Wea. Forecasting. [537K PDF]
Krocak, M.J., J.N. Allan, J.T. Ripberger, C.L. Silva, and H.C. Jenkins-Smith, 2021: An Analysis of Tornado Warning Reception and Response across Time: Leveraging Respondents' Confidence and a Nocturnal Tornado Climatology. Published in Wea. Forecasting. [938K PDF]
Trujillo-Falcon, J.E., O. Bermudez, K. Negron-Hernandez, J. Lipski, E. Leitman, and K. Berry, 2021: Hazardous Weather Communication en Espanol: Challenges, Current Resources, and Future Practices. Published in Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc. [5004K PDF]
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May 24, 2022	Tornado: 0	Wind: 71	Hail: 50

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