Nov 11, 2014 0600 UTC Day 1 Convective Outlook
Updated: Tue Nov 11 05:50:47 UTC 2014 (20141111 1200Z Day 1 shapefile | 20141111 1200Z Day 1 KML)
Probabilistic to Categorical Outlook Conversion Table
Categorical Graphic
20141111 1200 UTC Day 1 Outlook Graphic
Risk Area (sq. mi.) Area Pop. Some Larger Population Centers in Risk Area
No Risk Areas Forecast
Probabilistic Tornado Graphic
20141111 1200 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
20141111 1200 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
No Risk Areas Forecast
Probabilistic Large Hail Graphic
20141111 1200 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
No Risk Areas Forecast
   SPC AC 110550

   DAY 1 CONVECTIVE OUTLOOK  
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   1150 PM CST MON NOV 10 2014

   VALID 111200Z - 121200Z

   ...NO SVR TSTM AREAS FORECAST...

   ...SUMMARY...
   SCATTERED...GENERALLY WEAK...THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE FROM LATE
   THIS MORNING INTO THE EARLY EVENING ACROSS PARTS OF THE LOWER
   MISSISSIPPI VALLEY TO THE TEXAS GULF COAST.

   ...SYNOPSIS...
   A RELATIVELY BROAD CLOSED LOW WILL SHIFT SWD AND THEN EWD INTO THE
   NRN PLAINS AND UPPER GREAT LAKES...WITH A CYCLONIC FLOW REGIME
   EXTENDING FROM THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST THROUGH THE CENTRAL PLAINS TO
   OH VALLEY AND THE NORTHEAST.  MEANWHILE...A FLAT RIDGE WITH MAINLY
   ZONAL FLOW WILL EXTEND FROM NRN MEXICO ACROSS THE GULF COAST STATES
   WITH A CLOSED LOW CONTINUING TO MOVE NEWD AWAY FROM THE SRN ATLANTIC
   COAST.  AT 12Z...A COLD FRONT SHOULD EXTEND FROM LAKE MICHIGAN SWWD
   THROUGH IL...SERN MO...TO THE ARKLATEX AND INTO SOUTH-CENTRAL TX. 
   THIS BOUNDARY WILL REMAIN PROGRESSIVE TODAY ADVANCING TO CENTRAL
   PORTIONS OF NY/PA/VA...AND CENTRAL AL TO THE WRN GULF OF MEXICO BY
   12Z WEDNESDAY.

   ...PART OF THE LOWER MS VALLEY TO THE TX GULF COAST...
   A RELATIVELY NARROW CORRIDOR OF PRECIPITABLE WATER /1-1.25 INCHES/
   EXTENDING NEWD WITHIN THE WARM SECTOR COMBINED WITH SOME SURFACE
   HEATING AND MIDLEVEL LAPSE RATES OF 6.5-7 C/KM SHOULD RESULT IN
   MARGINAL INSTABILITY /MUCAPE 500-1000 J PER KG/.  DESPITE NEUTRAL OR
   WEAK HEIGHT RISES ACROSS THIS REGION /I.E. A LACK OF FORCING
   ALOFT/...TSTM DEVELOPMENT WILL BE POSSIBLE AS THE COLD FRONT
   UNDERCUTS THE POTENTIALLY UNSTABLE AIR MASS.  WEAK DEEP-LAYER SHEAR
   WILL LIMIT STORM ORGANIZATION...THOUGH SMALL HAIL WILL BE POSSIBLE
   GIVEN THE AVAILABLE INSTABILITY AND MIDLEVEL LAPSE RATES ADEQUATE
   FOR SOME ROBUST UPDRAFTS.

   ...CENTRAL IL TO SWRN LOWER MI...
   A PROGRESSIVE SHORTWAVE TROUGH...CURRENTLY MOVING THROUGH THE
   CENTRAL PLAINS PER MOISTURE-CHANNEL IMAGERY...IS EXPECTED TO MOVE
   NEWD THROUGH CENTRAL/NRN IL THIS MORNING AND REACH THE UPPER GREAT
   LAKES THIS AFTERNOON.  FORCING FOR ASCENT ATTENDANT TO THIS TROUGH
   AND WITHIN THE EXIT REGION OF AN ACCOMPANYING 80-KT 500-MB JET
   COMBINED WITH STEEP MIDLEVEL LAPSE RATES SUGGESTS SUFFICIENT
   ELEVATED INSTABILITY COULD EXIST FOR A LIGHTNING STRIKE OR TWO. 
   SINCE MODELS DIFFER ON THE LIKELIHOOD OF THIS TSTM POTENTIAL AND THE
   DURATION SHOULD BE SHORT /1-3 HOURS/...A CATEGORICAL TSTM AREA WILL
   NOT BE INCLUDED.

   ...EXTREME ERN NC...
   A LIGHTNING STRIKE OR TWO CANNOT BE RULED OUT ACROSS EXTREME ERN
   NC...INCLUDING THE OUTER BANKS...INTO THE AFTERNOON.  THIS VERY LOW
   POTENTIAL WILL BE ASSOCIATED WITH CONVECTION IN VICINITY OF A
   COASTAL BOUNDARY AND WITHIN THE NRN EXTENT OF FORCING ALOFT
   ATTENDANT TO A CLOSED LOW TRACKING NEWD PARALLEL TO...BUT OFF THE
   SRN- AND MID-ATLANTIC COAST.  GIVEN THE FAIRLY LOW PROBABILITY FOR
   LIGHTNING...A CATEGORICAL TSTM AREA WILL NOT BE INCLUDED FOR THIS
   REGION.

   ..PETERS/BUNTING.. 11/11/2014

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