Jun 24, 2013 1300 UTC Day 1 Convective Outlook
Updated: Mon Jun 24 12:32:36 UTC 2013
Probabilistic to Categorical Outlook Conversion Table
Categorical Graphic
20130624 1300 UTC Day 1 Outlook Graphic
Probabilistic Tornado Graphic
20130624 1300 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
20130624 1300 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
20130624 1300 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
SLIGHT 453,860 9,536,145 Omaha, NE...Lincoln, NE...Des Moines, IA...Amarillo, TX...Sioux Falls, SD...
   SPC AC 241229

   DAY 1 CONVECTIVE OUTLOOK  
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   0729 AM CDT MON JUN 24 2013

   VALID 241300Z - 251200Z

   ...THERE IS A SLGT RISK OF SVR TSTMS ACROSS MUCH OF THE PLAINS
   STATES AND MIDWEST REGION...

   ...EASTERN NEB INTO WESTERN IL...
   MORNING SATELLITE/RADAR IMAGERY SHOW MULTIPLE CLUSTERS OF
   THUNDERSTORMS ONGOING ACROSS PARTS OF THE UPPER MS VALLEY AND
   MIDWEST STATES.  THESE STORMS ARE LIKELY TO PERSIST THROUGH THE
   MORNING HOURS AND SPREAD EASTWARD INTO PARTS OF THE GREAT LAKES
   REGION.  THE BOUNDARY LAYER IS QUITE MOIST AHEAD OF THIS
   CONVECTION...AND VERTICAL SHEAR PROFILES ARE MARGINALLY FAVORABLE
   FOR INCREASED ORGANIZATION AND SOME SEVERE RISK.  THE MAIN LIMITING
   FACTOR IN THESE AREAS APPEARS TO BE CONSIDERABLE CLOUD COVER WHICH
   WILL SUPPRESS THE DEVELOPMENT OF STRONG INSTABILITY. 
   NEVERTHELESS...ISOLATED STORMS IN THIS REGION WILL BE CAPABLE OF
   DAMAGING WINDS AND HAIL.

   ...CNTRL AND WRN KS/TX AND OK PANHANDLES...
   WATER VAPOR IMAGERY SHOWS A RATHER FAST-MOVING SHORTWAVE TROUGH
   MOVING INTO WESTERN NM.  GIVEN ITS CURRENT MOTION...THE TROUGH AXIS
   SHOULD BE OVER THE CENTRAL TX PANHANDLE AROUND 21Z...PROMOTING RAPID
   THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT.  12Z RAOBS AND FORECAST SOUNDINGS FOR
   LATER THIS AFTERNOON SHOW VERY STEEP LOW/MID LEVEL LAPSE RATES ALONG
   A SURFACE DRYLINE OVER WESTERN KS AND THE TX/OK PANHANDLES.
   FAVORABLE THERMODYNAMICS COMBINED WITH SUFFICIENT LOW LEVEL AND DEEP
   LAYER VERTICAL SHEAR WILL POSE A RISK OF DISCRETE SUPERCELLS CAPABLE
   OF LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS FOR A FEW HOURS THIS EVENING.  AN
   ISOLATED TORNADO CANNOT BE RULED OUT IN THIS AREA.

   ...CENTRAL/NORTHERN HIGH PLAINS...
   STRONG DAYTIME HEATING WILL WEAKEN THE CAPPING INVERSION AND LIKELY
   RESULT IN SCATTERED AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORMS FROM EASTERN MT
   SOUTHWARD INTO EASTERN WY/WESTERN SD.  THESE STORMS WILL ALSO HAVE
   THE POTENTIAL TO BECOME SUPERCELLS WITH HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS
   POSSIBLE.

   ..HART/ROGERS.. 06/24/2013

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