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
No Risk Areas Forecast
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.
SPC AC 130554
DAY 1 CONVECTIVE OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
1254 AM CDT SUN JUL 13 2014
VALID 131200Z - 141200Z
...THERE IS A SLGT RISK OF SVR TSTMS FROM THE MID MS/LOWER OH VALLEY
EWD INTO WRN NY...
...SUMMARY...
SCATTERED STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF STRONG WIND
GUSTS AND PERHAPS AN ISOLATED HAIL REPORT ARE LIKELY FROM THE
MID-MISSISSIPPI VALLEY ACROSS THE OHIO VALLEY AND INTO WESTERN NEW
YORK DURING THE AFTERNOON. OTHER ISOLATED SEVERE WIND GUSTS WILL BE
POSSIBLE OVER OREGON...AS WELL AS FROM THE TEXAS PANHANDLE ACROSS
OKLAHOMA.
...SYNOPSIS...
A BROAD AREA OF CYCLONIC FLOW ALOFT WILL BE MAINTAINED FROM THE NRN
PLAINS EWD ACROSS THE GREAT LAKES WITH UPPER LOW CENTERED OVER
ONTARIO. AT THE SURFACE...A DIFFUSE BOUNDARY WILL EXTEND FROM THE
LOWER GREAT LAKES SWWD ACROSS THE OH VALLEY...AND WWD ACROSS NRN OK
INTO THE TX PANHANDLE. A WARM AND MOIST AIR MASS WILL BE MAINTAINED
AHEAD OF THIS FRONT...WITH SUFFICIENT INSTABILITY FOR A FEW SEVERE
STORMS CAPABLE OF MAINLY WIND.
TO THE W...A COMPACT AND SLOW-MOVING SHORTWAVE TROUGH WILL AFFECT
OREGON...WITH ISOLATED SEVERE WIND GUSTS POSSIBLE. A FEW STRONG WIND
GUSTS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS SERN AZ AS WELL AS DAYTIME STORMS MOVE
WWD OFF THE HIGHER TERRAIN.
...SERN MO EWD ACROSS MUCH OF THE OH VALLEY INTO WRN NY...
ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY BE ONGOING NEAR THE COMPOSITE
FRONT/OUTFLOW BOUNDARY FROM PREVIOUS NIGHTS STORMS FROM LAKE ERIE
SWWD ACROSS OH/IND/IL. THE MOIST AIR MASS TO THE E WILL DESTABILIZE
DURING THE DAY WITH AROUND 1000-1500 J/KG MLCAPE DEVELOPING.
DEEP-TROPOSPHERIC MEAN WINDS OF 25-30 KT WITH SIMILAR 0-6 KM SHEAR
VALUES SUGGEST MIXED-MODE SEVERE WITH DAMAGING WINDS AND MARGINALLY
SEVERE HAIL. THE MOST FAVORABLE CORRIDOR WILL BE FROM NRN KY INTO
PA.
...CNTRL OREGON...
STRONG HEATING WILL LEAD TO STEEP LAPSE RATES THROUGH A DEEP LAYER.
INCREASING SPEED SHEAR WITH HEIGHT IN THE CLOUD BEARING LAYER ABOVE
600 MB WILL ALSO EXIST AS THE WAVE APPROACHES. FORCING FOR ASCENT
WITH THE UPPER TROUGH WILL INCREASE RAPIDLY DURING THE
AFTERNOON...WITH A RASH OF HIGH-BASED THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING
ACROSS CNTRL OREGON AND PERHAPS INTO SRN WA. THE INVERTED-V
SOUNDINGS SUGGEST A FEW SEVERE WIND GUSTS WILL BE POSSIBLE. SMALL
HAIL WILL BE POSSIBLE...BUT MOST LIKELY NOT SEVERE. IN ADDITION TO
ISOLATED SEVERE WIND POTENTIAL...NUMEROUS LIGHTNING STRIKES WITH
LITTLE RAIN ARE LIKELY.
...SERN CO...TX PANHANDLES EWD ACROSS KS AND OK...
STRONG HEATING WILL OCCUR NEAR A STALLED BOUNDARY WITH ISOLATED
THUNDERSTORMS BY LATE AFTERNOON. THE WEAK WIND PROFILES WILL FAVOR
MICROBURSTS CAPABLE OF LOCALLY DAMAGING WINDS...AND MAINLY SMALL
HAIL.
...ERN NEB INTO SWRN IA...
A SECONDARY COLD FRONT WILL ENHANCE LOW-LEVEL CONVERGENCE BY LATE
AFTERNOON WITH HEATING AND RESIDUAL MOISTURE HELPING TO CREATE WEAK
INSTABILITY. A SIGNIFICANT MIDLEVEL SUBSIDENCE INVERSION WILL
EXIST...BUT A FEW SHALLOW STORMS MAY FORM WITH GUSTY WINDS AND EVEN
SMALL HAIL. HOWEVER...SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT ANTICIPATED WITH THIS
ACTIVITY.
..JEWELL/MOSIER.. 07/13/2014
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