Jul 19, 2013 0730 UTC Day 3 Severe Thunderstorm Outlook
Updated: Fri Jul 19 07:29:48 UTC 2013 (20130719 0730Z Day 3 shapefile | 20130719 0730Z Day 3 KML)
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Probability of severe weather within 25 miles of a point.
Hatched Area: 10% or greater probability of significant severe within 25 miles of a point.
Risk Area (sq. mi.) Area Pop. Some Larger Population Centers in Risk Area
No Risk Areas Forecast
   SPC AC 190727

   DAY 3 CONVECTIVE OUTLOOK  
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   0227 AM CDT FRI JUL 19 2013

   VALID 211200Z - 221200Z

   ...NO SVR TSTM AREAS FORECAST...

   ...SYNOPSIS...
   A LARGE UPPER LOW WILL CONTINUE NEWD ACROSS ERN CANADA...WITH MORE
   ZONAL FLOW BUILDING INTO NEW ENGLAND. BEHIND THIS EXITING
   TROUGH...NWLY FLOW ALOFT WILL STRETCH FROM THE PACIFIC NW INTO THE
   MS VALLEY. A WEAK SHORTWAVE TROUGH WILL MOVE FROM THE MID MO VALLEY
   INTO THE MIDWEST DURING THE DAY...WHILE A STRONGER LOW AMPLITUDE
   TROUGH DIVES SEWD INTO THE NRN PLAINS OVERNIGHT. SCATTERED
   THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY ACROSS THE MO VALLEY WITH THE WEAK
   TROUGH...WITH ADDITIONAL ACTIVITY POSSIBLE DURING THE AFTERNOON.
   NOCTURNAL THUNDERSTORMS ARE ALSO EXPECTED ACROSS NRN ND.
   MEANWHILE...AN UPPER HIGH WILL REMAIN OVER THE SWRN STATES. 

   ...NEB...KS...IA...MO...WRN IL...
   SCATTERED RAIN AND STORMS SHOULD BE ONGOING EARLY IN THE PERIOD FROM
   ERN NEB/KS INTO IA AND MO ASSOCIATED WITH THE WEAK UPPER TROUGH.
   SOME OF THIS ACTIVITY COULD CONTAIN MARGINALLY SEVERE HAIL. IN ITS
   WAKE...STRONG HEATING WILL OCCUR UPSTREAM ACROSS KS. WITH STEEP
   LAPSE RATES IN PLACE...ADDITIONAL STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO FORM ALONG
   THE DIFFUSE WARM FRONT FROM SRN NEB INTO NRN KS...AND POSSIBLY ON
   ANY EXISTING OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES FROM NERN KS INTO MO. VEERING WIND
   PROFILES IN THE LOW LEVELS WILL FAVOR SLOW MOVING STORMS MOVING IN A
   SLY DIRECTION. THESE STORMS COULD BE MIXED MODE WITH HAIL AND WIND
   POSSIBLE.

   ...NRN ND...
   SLY SURFACE WINDS WILL PRECEDE THE UPPER TROUGH...AND WILL HELP TO
   BRING UPPER 50S F DEWPOINTS NWD INTO THE AREA. LOW PRESSURE WILL
   DEEPEN OVER FAR ERN MT DURING THE AFTERNOON...WITH FORCING FOR
   ASCENT INCREASING THROUGH EVENING AS A LOW LEVEL JET DEVELOPS AND
   THE COLD FRONT PROGRESSES EWD. THIS IS EXPECTED TO RESULT IN
   SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS...WITH A HAIL AND WIND THREAT MAINLY ACROSS
   NRN ND.

   ..JEWELL.. 07/19/2013

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