May 19, 2013 0600 UTC Day 1 Convective Outlook
Updated: Sun May 19 06:04:35 UTC 2013
Probabilistic to Categorical Outlook Conversion Table
Categorical Graphic
20130519 1200 UTC Day 1 Outlook Graphic
Probabilistic Tornado Graphic
20130519 1200 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.
Probabilistic Damaging Wind Graphic
20130519 1200 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.
Probabilistic Large Hail Graphic
20130519 1200 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.
Risk Area (sq. mi.) Area Pop. Some Larger Population Centers in Risk Area
MODERATE 66,358 6,311,713 Oklahoma City, OK...Kansas City, MO...Tulsa, OK...Wichita, KS...Overland Park, KS...
SLIGHT 377,702 29,355,035 Dallas, TX...Ft. Worth, TX...Omaha, NE...Minneapolis, MN...Arlington, TX...
   SPC AC 190601
   
   DAY 1 CONVECTIVE OUTLOOK  
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   0101 AM CDT SUN MAY 19 2013
   
   VALID 191200Z - 201200Z
   
   ...THERE IS A MDT RISK OF SVR TSTMS ACROSS PARTS OF KS/OK/MO AND
   SOUTHEAST NEB...
   
   ...THERE IS A SLGT RISK OF SVR TSTMS ACROSS THE PLAINS TO UPPER
   MIDWEST/MIDDLE MS VALLEY...
   
   ...SYNOPSIS...
   ANOTHER RELATIVELY ACTIVE SEVERE WEATHER DAY IS EXPECTED ACROSS A
   BROAD PORTION OF THE PLAINS/MIDWEST TODAY AND TONIGHT. THE LEAD
   PORTION OF A PROMINENT UPPER TROUGH WILL SPREAD NORTHEASTWARD OVER
   THE CENTRAL PLAINS...WITH AN INCREASINGLY CLOSED UPPER LOW OVER THE
   NORTH-CENTRAL PLAINS/MIDDLE MO VALLEY BY TONIGHT. A CORRESPONDING
   SURFACE FRONTAL ZONE WILL SLOWLY SHIFT EASTWARD ACROSS KS/NEB/SD
   DURING THE PERIOD....WITH HEAT-AIDED SECONDARY SURFACE LOW
   DEVELOPMENT ANTICIPATED ACROSS SOUTHERN KS/WESTERN OK/NORTHWEST TX
   IN VICINITY OF A DRYLINE.
   
   ...PLAINS/OZARKS/MO VALLEY TO MIDDLE/UPPER MS VALLEY...
   A PLUME OF STEEP MID-LEVEL LAPSE RATES WILL REMAIN IN PLACE /AND-OR
   QUICKLY BE REESTABLISHED FROM SATURDAY PM CONVECTION/ ACROSS MOST OF
   THE CENTRAL/SOUTHERN PLAINS TO THE MIDDLE MS VALLEY. A RELATIVELY
   MOIST AIRMASS WITH MIDDLE/UPPER 60S AND SOME LOWER 70S F SURFACE
   DEWPOINTS WILL BE IN PLACE TODAY WITHIN THE WARM SECTOR TO THE EAST
   OF A NORTH-CENTRAL PLAINS COLD FRONT AND SOUTHERN PLAINS DRYLINE. 
   
   AIDED BY A SUSTAINED LOW LEVEL JET/WARM ADVECTION...SCATTERED
   CONVECTION WILL LIKELY BE ONGOING EARLY TODAY ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE
   MIDDLE MO VALLEY AND UPPER MIDWEST. CONVECTIVE REMNANTS/OUTFLOW
   BOUNDARIES WILL BE A POTENTIAL FACTOR FOR
   REDEVELOPMENT/RE-INTENSIFICATION INTO THIS AFTERNOON FOR AREAS SUCH
   AS THE UPPER MIDWEST/UPPER MS VALLEY WITHIN A RELATIVELY
   MOIST/UNSTABLE AIRMASS ALONG/SOUTHWEST OF A NORTHWARD-SHIFTING WARM
   FRONT. 
   
   SOUTH OF THE EARLY DAY/ONGOING ACTIVITY...STRONG HEATING/AGGRESSIVE
   DESTABILIZATION WILL TAKE PLACE ESPECIALLY FROM PARTS OF THE
   MIDDLE/LOWER MO VALLEY INCLUDING SOUTHEAST NEB/SOUTHERN IA
   SOUTH-SOUTHWESTWARD TO THE EAST OF THE DRYLINE ACROSS OK AND
   NORTH-CENTRAL/WEST-CENTRAL TX. HERE...MLCAPE VALUES ARE LIKELY TO
   EXCEED 3000 J/KG. AIDED BY STEADY HEIGHT FALLS AND AN INCREASING
   DEEP LAYER WIND FIELD /40-45 KT EFFECTIVE SHEAR/...SURFACE BASED
   TSTM/DISCRETE SUPERCELL DEVELOPMENT APPEARS MOST PROBABLE TO
   INITIALLY OCCUR ACROSS AREAS SUCH AS CENTRAL/NORTHEAST KS AND
   SOUTHEAST NEB INTO FAR NORTHERN OK...PERHAPS BY EARLY OR
   MID-AFTERNOON. FARTHER SOUTH...NEAR/SOUTH OF THE SURFACE
   LOW/FRONT/DRYLINE INDUCED TRIPLE POINT...SOMEWHAT MORE
   ISOLATED/HIGHER-BASED DEEP CONVECTIVE DEVELOPMENT IS ANTICIPATED BY
   LATE AFTERNOON/EARLY EVENING ACROSS CENTRAL/SOUTHERN OK SOUTHWARD
   INTO NORTH/WEST-CENTRAL TX.
   
   WITH AID OF A DIURNALLY STRONG SOUTH-SOUTHWESTERLY LOW LEVEL
   JET...FORECAST SHEAR PROFILES STRONGLY FAVOR LONG-LIVED SUPERCELLS
   CAPABLE OF VERY LARGE HAIL...IN ADDITION TO TORNADOES /PERHAPS ONE
   OR TWO STRONG/ ESPECIALLY WHERE DEWPOINTS HOLD IN THE UPPER
   60S/LOWER 70S. BY EARLY/MID-EVENING...THE PROXIMITY OF THE SLOWLY
   ADVANCING COLD FRONT AND BACKING MID-LEVEL FLOW SHOULD LEAD TO
   UPSCALE QUASI-LINEAR DEVELOPMENT AND AN INCREASING DAMAGING WIND
   THREAT ACROSS PARTS OF THE LOWER MO VALLEY/OZARKS AND MIDWEST.
   MEANWHILE...NEAR THE DRYLINE...A MORE DISCRETE MODE OF SUSTAINED
   SUPERCELLS /AGAIN SOMEWHAT HIGHER-BASED ESPECIALLY WITH SOUTHWARD
   EXTENT/ CAPABLE OF LARGE HAIL WILL BE THE PRIMARY CONCERN...BUT A
   LIMITED TORNADO THREAT AND SOME DAMAGING WIND POTENTIAL MAY EXIST AS
   WELL DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS.
   
   ...SOUTHEAST STATES/FL...
   A REMNANT MID-LEVEL SHORTWAVE TROUGH WILL SHIFT SOUTHEASTWARD ACROSS
   THIS REGION. THIS FEATURE MAY CONTRIBUTE TO SOME STRONG/POTENTIALLY
   SEVERE TSTMS ON AN ISOLATED BASIS ESPECIALLY DURING THE
   AFTERNOON/EARLY EVENING HOURS.
   
   ..GUYER/MARSH.. 05/19/2013
   
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