Omaha, NE...Lincoln, NE...Sioux Falls, SD...Topeka, KS...Charleston, SC...
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.
Day 1 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.
Day 1 Wind Risk
Area (sq. mi.)
Area Pop.
Some Larger Population Centers in Risk Area
5 %
36,355
2,202,527
Charleston, SC...Wilmington, NC...North Charleston, SC...Jacksonville, NC...Rapid City, SD...
Probabilistic Large Hail 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.
Day 1 Hail Risk
Area (sq. mi.)
Area Pop.
Some Larger Population Centers in Risk Area
5 %
115,251
3,402,759
Omaha, NE...Lincoln, NE...Sioux Falls, SD...Topeka, KS...Lawrence, KS...
SPC AC 261931
DAY 1 CONVECTIVE OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0231 PM CDT WED AUG 26 2015
VALID 262000Z - 271200Z
...THERE IS A MRGL RISK OF SVR TSTMS FROM THE N CNTRL HIGH PLNS SE
INTO THE LWR MO VLY...
...THERE IS A MRGL RISK OF SVR TSTMS ALONG THE NC/SC COAST...
...SUMMARY...
A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WITH STRONG WIND GUSTS MAY AFFECT THE COASTAL
CAROLINAS THIS AFTERNOON. SCATTERED STRONG TO BRIEFLY SEVERE LATE
AFTERNOON AND EVENING STORMS MAY OCCUR FROM NORTHEAST WYOMING INTO
CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA. A FEW LATE-NIGHT STORMS WITH HAIL MAY OCCUR
FROM PARTS OF SOUTH DAKOTA SOUTHEAST INTO THE LOWER MISSOURI VALLEY.
NO CHANGES REQUIRED TO PREVIOUS OUTLOOK.
..JEWELL.. 08/26/2015
.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 1123 AM CDT WED AUG 26 2015/
...SYNOPTIC SETUP...
ERN NORTH AMERICAN UPR LOW/TROUGH EXPECTED TO DEAMPLIFY AS IT
ADVANCES SLOWLY E ACROSS QUE AND THE NERN STATES...WHILE BROAD RIDGE
REMAINS ANCHORED OVER THE SRN RCKYS/SRN HIGH PLNS. WITHIN THE
RIDGE...FAIRLY SUBSTANTIAL SHORTWAVE COMPLEX NOW OVER ERN NV SHOULD
MOVE NE TO NEAR SLC THIS EVE...BEFORE TURNING E ACROSS WY EARLY THU.
SFC COLD FRONT ASSOCIATED WITH THE ERN TROUGH...NOW EXTENDING FROM
WRN ME ACROSS CAPE COD AND THE CSTL CAROLINAS TO NRN FL...WILL
ADVANCE SLOWLY E/SE THROUGH THE DAY. THE WRN PART OF THE SAME
BOUNDARY SHOULD CONTINUE TO DISSIPATE OVER THE SRN PLNS...WHILE A
NEW BOUNDARY/WEAK WARM FRONT BECOMES ESTABLISHED LATER TODAY/TNGT
FROM CNTRL KS NNW INTO LEE TROUGH OVER THE NRN HIGH PLNS.
...NRN/ERN WY ESE INTO SD AND THE LWR MO VLY TODAY/TNGT...
LOW-LVL WAA/MOISTURE TRANSPORT WILL PERSIST/STRENGTHEN THROUGH THE
PERIOD ALONG LEE TROUGH AND DEVELOPING WARM FRONT FROM THE N CNTRL
HIGH PLNS SSE INTO THE LWR MO VLY. ASCENT WILL LIKELY WILL BE
AUGMENTED TNGT/EARLY THU AS GRT BASIN SHORTWAVE COMPLEX APPROACHES
THE REGION. OVERALL SETUP MAY RESULT IN SEVERAL
SPATIALLY-OVERLAPPING EPISODES OF STRONG TO PERHAPS LOCALLY SVR
STORMS.
APPROACH OF LEAD MEMBER OF GRT BASIN UPR IMPULSE...AND SFC
HEATING...AND TERRAIN CIRCULATIONS MAY SUPPORT LATE AFTN/EVE STORM
DEVELOPMENT OVER NRN/ERN WY AND THE BLACK HILLS REGION. IF STORMS
FORM...COMBINATION OF STEEP LOW TO MID-LVL LAPSE RATES...INCREASING
PW /TO AOA 1.00 INCH/...AND 15-20 KT WLY MID-LVL FLOW ON N SIDE OF
UPR RIDGE MAY SUPPORT SMALL CLUSTERS OF STORMS CAPABLE OF SVR
HAIL/LOCALLY DMGG WIND.
LATER TNGT AND EARLY THU...NOCTURNAL STRENGTHENING OF SSW LLJ AND
CONTINUED ENE ADVANCE OF SHORTWAVE COMPLEX MAY SUPPORT ADDITIONAL
STORM DEVELOPMENT OVER WRN SD AND...MORE LIKELY EARLY THU...OVER ERN
NEB/WRN IA. THIS ELEVATED ACTIVITY MAY YIELD SPORADIC LARGE
HAIL...ESPECIALLY DURING EARLY STAGES OF STORM GROWTH...GIVEN
EXPECTED DEEP EML...INCREASING MOISTURE /PW TO 1.50 INCHES/...AND
SIZABLE DEEP SHEAR /WITH A LARGE DIRECTIONAL COMPONENT/ INVOF
DEVELOPING WARM FRONT.
...CSTL CAROLINAS THIS AFTN...
SCTD TSTMS EXPECTED TO DIURNALLY INCREASE IN COVERAGE AND STRENGTH
ALONG VERY SLOWLY PROGRESSIVE COLD FRONT NOW OVER ERN PORTIONS OF
THE NC/SC CSTL PLN. HI PW /AOA 1.75 INCHES/ AND MODEST /25 KT/
UNIDIRECTIONAL SWLY CLOUD-LAYER FLOW SUGGEST THE POTENTIAL FOR
SLOWLY-MOVING...BACK-BUILDING LINE SEGMENTS/SMALL STORM CLUSTERS
WITH ISOLD LOCALLY DMGG GUSTS.
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