Nov 22, 2011 0100 UTC Day 1 Convective Outlook | |
Updated: Tue Nov 22 00:51:07 UTC 2011 | |
Probabilistic to Categorical Outlook Conversion Table |
Categorical Graphic |
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Probabilistic Tornado 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. |
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. |
Probabilistic Large Hail 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. |
SPC AC 220047 DAY 1 CONVECTIVE OUTLOOK NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK 0647 PM CST MON NOV 21 2011 VALID 220100Z - 221200Z ...THERE IS A SLGT RISK OF SVR TSTMS FROM AR SWWD INTO ERN AND CENTRAL TX... ...AR...SERN OK AND CENTRAL/ERN TX... QUASI-STATIONARY FRONT EXTENDED FROM CENTRAL AR SWWD THROUGH THE ARKLATEX AND INTO CENTRAL TX. THUS FAR...THE UPPER FORCING ASSOCIATED WITH THE UPPER WAVE...NOW MOVING THROUGH THE TX PANHANDLE...HAS RESULTED IN CONVECTION TO OCCUR PRIMARILY ON THE COLD SIDE OF THE FRONT. WIDESPREAD CONVECTION EARLIER TODAY ACROSS NWRN TX AND INTO OK HAS WEAKENED MID LEVEL LAPSE RATES... ESPECIALLY WEST OF A TUL-ADM-SJT LINE...DECREASING THE THREAT FOR SEVERE HAIL. THE PORTION OF THE FRONT IN ERN TX HAS BEEN LIFTING SLOWLY NWWD THE PAST FEW HOURS...LIKELY IN RESPONSE TO PRESSURE FALLS OVER NRN TX/SRN OK IN ASSOCIATED WITH THE UPPER TROUGH. EVENTUALLY THE STORMS FROM SERN AR SWWD INTO CENTRAL TX WILL SHIFT EWD INTO THE WARMER AND MORE UNSTABLE AIR MASS. ALSO...AS THE UPPER TROUGH LIFTS NEWD INTO KS AND BECOMES SLIGHTLY NEGATIVELY TILTED... CYCLOGENESIS IS EXPECTED ALONG THE FRONT IN NRN AR LATER TONIGHT. EXPECT SURFACE BASED STORMS TO EVENTUALLY EVOLVE/DEVELOP ALONG THE FRONT OVERNIGHT AS IT BEGINS TO HEAD EWD...WITH A LITTLE HIGHER THREAT FOR WIND DAMAGE AND HAIL. AN ISOLATED TORNADO IS ALSO POSSIBLE FROM NERN TX INTO SWRN AR WHERE LARGE HODOGRAPHS WILL EXIST AS SURFACE LOWS DEVELOP AND LOW LEVEL JET OF 40-50 KT OVERSPREADS THE REGION LATER TONIGHT. ..IMY.. 11/22/2011 CLICK TO GET WUUS01 PTSDY1 PRODUCT NOTE: THE NEXT DAY 1 OUTLOOK IS SCHEDULED BY 0600Z