Denver, CO...Colorado Springs, CO...Wichita, KS...Aurora, CO...Lakewood, CO...
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.
Tornado Risk
Area (sq. mi.)
Area Pop.
Some Larger Population Centers in Risk Area
2 %
202,430
26,381,814
Indianapolis, IN...Columbus, OH...Denver, CO...Cleveland, OH...Colorado Springs, CO...
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.
Wind Risk
Area (sq. mi.)
Area Pop.
Some Larger Population Centers in Risk Area
15 %
106,752
5,326,535
Denver, CO...Colorado Springs, CO...Wichita, KS...Aurora, CO...Lakewood, CO...
SPC AC 241958
DAY 1 CONVECTIVE OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0258 PM CDT TUE JUN 24 2014
VALID 242000Z - 251200Z
...THERE IS A SLGT RISK OF SVR TSTMS ACROSS THE CENTRAL HIGH PLAINS
REGION EWD INTO KS/NWRN OK AND THE OK/NRN TX PANHANDLES...
...SUMMARY...
A FEW SEVERE STORMS WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS WILL CONTINUE
INTO TONIGHT ACROSS THE HIGH PLAINS FROM EXTREME SOUTHEAST WYOMING
ACROSS EASTERN COLORADO TO NORTHEAST NEW MEXICO...AND EASTWARD INTO
THE KANSAS/OKLAHOMA AREA. MORE ISOLATED SEVERE STORMS WILL EVOLVE
FROM WITHIN DEVELOPING CONVECTION FARTHER TO THE SOUTH ACROSS
EASTERN NEW MEXICO AND WILL EVENTUALLY SPREAD INTO WEST TEXAS.
STRONG/ISOLATED SEVERE STORMS WITH ISOLATED RISK FOR HAIL/WIND WILL
LIKEWISE CONTINUE MOVING EASTWARD ACROSS NORTH TEXAS...AND
FINALLY...A CORRIDOR WITH STRONG/ISOLATED SEVERE STORMS CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE POSSIBLE FROM THE OHIO VALLEY TO
WESTERN AND NORTHERN NEW YORK STATE.
...DISCUSSION...
ONGOING FORECAST REMAINS GENERALLY VALID...THOUGH 15% HAIL AND WIND
PROBABILITY/SLIGHT RISK IS BEING EXPANDED ACROSS MUCH OF KS AND THE
NWRN OK VICINITY...AS SCATTERED SEVERE STORMS CONTINUE TO DEVELOP
AND MOVE SEWD/SWD ACROSS THIS AREA. AN EXTENSION OF LOW PROBABILITY
SEVERE RISK IS ALSO BEING INCLUDED ACROSS N TX...WHERE A BAND OF
STRONG EWD-MOVING STORMS CONTINUES.
OTHERWISE...STORM DEVELOPMENT HAS BEGUN ACROSS THE CENTRAL HIGH
PLAINS...WHERE SLIGHT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT. STRONG/ISOLATED
SEVERE STORMS ARE ALSO ONGOING FROM THE OH VALLEY NEWD INTO THE
LOWER GREAT LAKES REGION...WHERE LOW-PROBABILITY SEVERE RISK REMAINS
EVIDENT THROUGH EARLY EVENING.
..GOSS.. 06/24/2014
.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 1120 AM CDT TUE JUN 24 2014/
...SYNOPSIS...
A BROAD...CYCLONIC FLOW REGIME WILL BE MAINTAINED OVER THE CONUS
THROUGH THE DAY ONE PERIOD. WITHIN THIS LARGE-SCALE PATTERN...A
SHORT-WAVE TROUGH WILL AMPLIFY FROM THE UPPER MS VALLEY INTO UPPER
GREAT LAKES WITH A DOWNSTREAM PERTURBATION PROGRESSING THROUGH THE
LOWER GREAT LAKES AND OH/TN VALLEYS. UPSTREAM FROM THESE
DEVELOPMENTS...A SHORT-WAVE TROUGH WILL PROGRESS FROM THE PACIFIC NW
TO THE NRN INTER-MOUNTAIN REGION...AHEAD OF A STRONGER IMPULSE WHICH
WILL APPROACH THE PACIFIC NW COAST LATE.
AT THE SURFACE...A WEAK FRONT/WIND SHIFT WILL ADVANCE SLOWLY EWD
ACROSS PARTS OF THE OH/TN VALLEYS AND UPPER GREAT LAKES. THE WRN
EXTENSION OF THIS BOUNDARY WILL ASSUME WARM FRONTAL PROPERTIES AS IT
MOVES NWD THROUGH THE SRN AND CNTRL HIGH PLAINS IN RESPONSE TO LEE
CYCLOGENESIS OVER SERN CO.
...CNTRL HIGH PLAINS THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT...
MORNING WATER VAPOR IMAGERY SUGGESTS THE PRESENCE OF A WEAK
PERTURBATION OVER WRN/CNTRL NEB INTO NRN KS WHICH WILL CONTINUE SEWD
TODAY ALONG THE SRN PERIPHERY OF THE AMPLIFYING SHORT-WAVE TROUGH
OVER THE UPPER MS VALLEY INTO UPPER GREAT LAKES. FORCING FOR ASCENT
AND AN ENHANCED BELT OF MIDLEVEL FLOW WILL INTERACT WITH A
WARMING/DESTABILIZING BOUNDARY LAYER /I.E. MLCAPE INCREASING TO
1000-1500 J PER KG/ TO SUPPORT ISOLATED TO WIDELY SCATTERED
AFTERNOON TSTMS ACROSS PORTIONS OF WRN AND CNTRL KS.
ADDITIONAL ISOLATED STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE LATER THIS AFTERNOON
INTO EVENING OVER ERN CO...ESPECIALLY WITHIN THE LOW-LEVEL UPSLOPE
REGIME TO THE N OF THE SERN CO LEE CYCLONE. ORGANIZED MULTICELL AND
SUPERCELL MORPHOLOGIES ARE EXPECTED GIVEN THE FAVORABLE OVERLAP OF
MODERATE INSTABILITY AND 30-40 KT OF EFFECTIVE BULK SHEAR WITH THE
PRIMARY HAZARDS BEING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. THIS WIND AND
HAIL THREAT MAY PERSIST INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS ON AN ISOLATED
BASIS IN CONJUNCTION WITH AN EVOLVING NOCTURNAL MCS WHICH WILL
PROGRESS SEWD INTO THE SRN HIGH PLAINS.
...SRN PLAINS THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT...
A COUPLE OF CONVECTIVE SYSTEMS ARE ONGOING AS OF MID MORNING...ONE
IN A STATE OF DECAY OVER THE TX CONCHO VALLEY INTO EDWARDS
PLATEAU...AND THE OTHER MORE INTENSE AND PROGRESSIVE OVER THE TX
SOUTH PLAINS INTO LOW ROLLING PLAINS. LATEST RAP-BASED GUIDANCE
SUGGESTS THAT THE LATTER MCS IS MOVING SEWD ALONG AN INSTABILITY
AXIS SITUATED ALONG THE IMMEDIATE COOL SIDE OF THE SURFACE FRONT
WHERE MLCAPE HAS ALREADY RISEN TO 2000-2500 J/KG. GIVEN THE TIME OF
DAY AND RELATIVELY WEAK TROPOSPHERIC WIND FIELD...IT REMAINS UNCLEAR
WHETHER THIS CONVECTIVE SYSTEM WILL BECOME FIRMLY ROOTED WITHIN THE
BOUNDARY LAYER AND BEGIN TO ACCELERATE SEWD. DUE TO THESE
UNCERTAINTIES...ONLY LOW WIND AND HAIL PROBABILITIES WILL BE
MAINTAINED IN THIS FORECAST.
AS MENTIONED IN THE PREVIOUS SECTION...AN ISOLATED WIND/HAIL THREAT
MAY PERSIST TONIGHT IN CONJUNCTION WITH AN MCS TRACKING FROM ERN
CO/WRN KS INTO WRN PARTS OF TX/OK.
...LOWER GREAT LAKES AND OH VALLEY THIS AFTERNOON/EVENING...
IN ADDITION TO THE BROADER-SCALE TROUGHING PRESENT OVER THE
REGION...RADAR MOSAIC DATA INDICATE AN MCV OVER SRN IL WHICH WILL
PROGRESS NEWD TODAY ENHANCING LIFT WITHIN A MOIST AND AT LEAST
MARGINALLY UNSTABLE AIR MASS. WHEN COUPLED WITH A BELT OF 30-40 KT
SWLY MIDLEVEL FLOW ATTENDING THE SHORT-WAVE TROUGH...THE SETUP MAY
SUPPORT BRIEFLY ORGANIZED STORM CLUSTERS OR LINE SEGMENTS CAPABLE OF
LOCALLY DAMAGING WIND GUSTS.
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