Aug 19, 2014 2000 UTC Day 1 Convective Outlook
Updated: Tue Aug 19 20:00:40 UTC 2014 (20140819 2000Z Day 1 shapefile | 20140819 2000Z Day 1 KML)
Probabilistic to Categorical Outlook Conversion Table
Categorical Graphic
20140819 2000 UTC Day 1 Outlook Graphic
Risk Area (sq. mi.) Area Pop. Some Larger Population Centers in Risk Area
SLIGHT 74,591 14,648,371 Detroit, MI...Indianapolis, IN...Toledo, OH...Louisville, KY...Fort Wayne, IN...
Probabilistic Tornado Graphic
20140819 2000 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.
Tornado Risk Area (sq. mi.) Area Pop. Some Larger Population Centers in Risk Area
No Risk Areas Forecast
Probabilistic Damaging Wind Graphic
20140819 2000 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.
Wind Risk Area (sq. mi.) Area Pop. Some Larger Population Centers in Risk Area
15 % 74,470 14,536,508 Detroit, MI...Indianapolis, IN...Toledo, OH...Louisville, KY...Fort Wayne, IN...
5 % 320,010 35,534,345 Chicago, IL...Columbus, OH...Denver, CO...Nashville, TN...St. Louis, MO...
Probabilistic Large Hail Graphic
20140819 2000 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.
Hail Risk Area (sq. mi.) Area Pop. Some Larger Population Centers in Risk Area
15 % 62,582 11,795,782 Detroit, MI...Indianapolis, IN...Toledo, OH...Fort Wayne, IN...Warren, MI...
5 % 192,265 24,544,964 Chicago, IL...Omaha, NE...St. Louis, MO...Cincinnati, OH...Louisville, KY...
   SPC AC 192000

   DAY 1 CONVECTIVE OUTLOOK  
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   0300 PM CDT TUE AUG 19 2014

   VALID 192000Z - 201200Z

   ...THERE IS A SLGT RISK OF SVR TSTMS SRN LOWER MI THROUGH IND...SRN
   IL...WRN KY AND EXTREME SERN MO...

   ...SUMMARY...
   A FEW SEVERE STORMS WITH DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL WILL PERSIST
   INTO THE EARLY EVENING FROM SOUTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN AND INDIANA AND
   EVENTUALLY WESTERN KENTUCKY. ISOLATED STRONG TO DAMAGING WIND GUSTS
   REMAIN POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS SOUTHERN ALABAMA AND
   GEORGIA...AS WELL AS FROM NORTHEAST ARIZONA AND SOUTHEAST UTAH INTO
   WESTERN COLORADO. ISOLATED LARGE HAIL MAY OCCUR OVERNIGHT ACROSS THE
   MIDDLE MISSOURI RIVER VALLEY.

   ...SRN LOWER MI...IND AND WRN KY...

   CURRENT FORECAST APPEARS ON TRACK WITH ONLY MINOR ADJUSTMENTS MADE
   TO THIS UPDATE. ONGOING CLUSTER OF STORMS OVER LOWER MI INTO NRN IND
   WILL CONTINUE TO POSE A THREAT FOR ISOLATED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS AND
   HAIL NEXT FEW HOURS. 

   FARTHER SOUTH...ADDITIONAL STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP FROM
   CNTRL/SRN IND INTO SRN IL IN ASSOCIATION WITH A COUPLE OF MCVS. THE
   ATMOSPHERE IN THIS REGION HAS BECOME QUITE UNSTABLE WITH 2500-3500
   J/KG MLCAPE INDICATED ON LATEST OBJECTIVE ANALYSIS. IN ADDITION
   VERTICAL SHEAR IS STRONGER FROM SRN IL...SRN IND AND WRN KY WHERE A
   BELT OF STRONGER WINDS WITHIN BASE OF UPPER TROUGH IS OVERSPREADING
   THIS REGION RESULTING IN 30-35 KT EFFECTIVE SHEAR. ISOLATED STORM
   THAT DEVELOPED OVER EXTREME SERN MO HAS ALREADY DEVELOPED MARGINAL
   SUPERCELL STRUCTURES.

   ..DIAL.. 08/19/2014

   .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 1216 PM CDT TUE AUG 19 2014/

   ...SRN AND ERN IL TO SE LOWER MI THIS AFTERNOON...
   AN EARLIER CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS HAS WEAKENED OVER SE LOWER
   MI...WHILE A SEPARATE CLUSTER PERSISTS FARTHER TO THE SW IN IL AND E
   CENTRAL MO.  THE NRN PORTION OF THE IL CONVECTION IS EXPECTED TO
   DEVELOP NEWD AND MERGE WITH ANOTHER BAND OF CONVECTION DEVELOPING
   OVER SE LAKE MI...AND THE CONGLOMERATE OF STORMS WILL MOVE EWD
   ACROSS SRN LOWER/INDIANA/IL THROUGH THE AFTERNOON.

   A PLUME OF MIDLEVEL LAPSE RATES NEAR 7 C/KM EXTENDS AS FAR NE AS
   IL/INDIANA...IMMEDIATELY IN ADVANCE OF A MIDLEVEL TROUGH MOVING
   SLOWLY SEWD FROM THE UPPER MS VALLEY.  SURFACE HEATING WILL BE
   FOCUSED IMMEDIATELY E OF THE THICKER CLOUDS ASSOCIATION WITH ONGOING
   CONVECTION IN ADVANCE OF A WEAK SURFACE COLD FRONT.  AFTERNOON
   SURFACE TEMPERATURES IN THE 80S AND BOUNDARY LAYER DEWPOINTS OF
   68-70 F WILL COMBINE WITH THE MIDLEVEL LAPSE RATES TO RESULT IN
   MLCAPE VALUES OF 1500-2500 J/KG.  SOME ENHANCEMENT TO DEEP-LAYER
   VERTICAL SHEAR WITH THE APPROACHING MIDLEVEL TROUGH WILL SUPPORT
   ORGANIZED MULTICELL STRUCTURES AND ACCOMPANYING RISKS FOR A FEW
   DAMAGING GUSTS AND LARGE HAIL. 

   ...SRN AL/GA THIS AFTERNOON...
   A DIFFUSE SURFACE TROUGH AND OUTFLOW BOUNDARY WILL PERSIST FROM SE
   AL INTO S CENTRAL GA INTO EARLY AFTERNOON AND SERVE TO FOCUS
   THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT BY EARLY AFTERNOON.  MLCAPE NEAR 3000 J/KG
   AND A BELT OF 25-30 KT WLY FLOW NEAR 700 MB WILL FAVOR ISOLATED
   STRONG/DAMAGING GUSTS WITH WET MICROBURSTS AND SOME MOMENTUM
   TRANSFER IN MULTICELL CLUSTERS.

   ...NE AZ/SE UT/WRN CO THIS AFTERNOON/EVENING...
   A WEAK MIDLEVEL TROUGH OVER UT/NW AZ AND AN ASSOCIATED MONSOONAL
   MOISTURE PLUME WILL MOVE NEWD TOWARD THE CENTRAL HIGH PLAINS BY
   TONIGHT...IN ADVANCE OF A NRN STREAM TROUGH OVER SK/AB.  ISOLATED
   STRONG WIND GUSTS WILL BE POSSIBLE WHERE CLOUD BREAKS ALLOW SOMEWHAT
   STRONGER SURFACE HEATING/DESTABILIZATION THIS AFTERNOON/EVENING
   ACROSS SE UT/NE AZ/WRN CO.

   ...CENTRAL HIGH PLAINS TO THE LOWER MO VALLEY THROUGH TONIGHT...
   OVERNIGHT...A WARM ADVECTION REGIME WILL STRENGTHEN FROM NEB TO SW
   IA/NRN MO ON THE NOSE OF A 25-35 KT SWLY LLJ.  MUCAPE AOA 2000 J/KG
   AND EFFECTIVE BULK SHEAR OF 25-35 KT WILL SUPPORT SOME RISK FOR
   ISOLATED LARGE HAIL AFTER 06Z.

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