Jul 13, 2015 0730 UTC Day 3 Severe Thunderstorm Outlook
Updated: Mon Jul 13 06:58:13 UTC 2015 (20150713 0730Z Day 3 shapefile | 20150713 0730Z Day 3 KML)
Probabilistic to Categorical Outlook Conversion Table
Categorical Graphic
20150713 0730 UTC Day 3 Outlook Graphic
Day 3 Risk Area (sq. mi.) Area Pop. Some Larger Population Centers in Risk Area
SLIGHT 41,623 3,504,959 Savannah, GA...Charleston, SC...Wilmington, NC...North Charleston, SC...Albany, GA...
MARGINAL 302,495 16,300,167 Atlanta, GA...Omaha, NE...Lincoln, NE...Montgomery, AL...Columbus, GA...
Probabilistic Graphic
20150713 0730 UTC Day Probabilitic Graphic
Probability of severe weather within 25 miles of a point.
Hatched Area: 10% or greater probability of significant severe within 25 miles of a point.
Day 3 Prob. Risk Area (sq. mi.) Area Pop. Some Larger Population Centers in Risk Area
15 % 42,085 3,516,990 Savannah, GA...Charleston, SC...Wilmington, NC...North Charleston, SC...Albany, GA...
5 % 301,121 16,103,736 Atlanta, GA...Omaha, NE...Lincoln, NE...Montgomery, AL...Columbus, GA...
   SPC AC 130658

   DAY 3 CONVECTIVE OUTLOOK  
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   0158 AM CDT MON JUL 13 2015

   VALID 151200Z - 161200Z

   ...THERE IS A SLGT RISK OF SVR TSTMS ACROSS SRN GA...SC...AND NC...

   ...THERE IS A MRGL RISK OF SVR TSTMS FROM ERN AL INTO ERN NC...

   ...THERE IS A MRGL RISK OF SVR TSTMS ACROSS THE CNTRL AND NRN
   PLAINS...

   ...SUMMARY...
   SCATTERED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON FROM
   SOUTHERN GEORGIA INTO THE EASTERN CAROLINAS. MORE ISOLATED STRONG
   STORMS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE CENTRAL AND NORTHERN PLAINS.

   ...SYNOPSIS...
   A SHORTWAVE TROUGH AXIS WILL BE NEAR THE SERN/MID ATLANTIC COAST ON
   WED WITH A SFC TROUGH ACROSS THE COASTAL CAROLINAS INTO SRN GA.
   AMPLE MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY NEAR THIS TROUGH AS WELL NWLY FLOW
   ALOFT WILL FAVOR SCATTERED SEVERE DAYTIME STORMS WITH WIND AND HAIL.

   TO THE W...AN UPPER HIGH WILL REMAIN OVER THE SRN PLAINS WITH A WEAK
   DISTURBANCE FLATTENING THE RIDGE ACROSS THE CNTRL/NRN PLAINS. A FEW
   STRONG STORMS ARE EXPECTED NEAR A SFC TROUGH HERE AS WELL.

   ...SRN GA INTO THE ERN CAROLINAS...
   CONVERGENCE NEAR A SFC TROUGH ALONG WITH DEWPOINTS IN THE 70S AND
   STRONG HEATING SHOULD YIELD SCATTERED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH A
   THREAT OF HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS FROM SRN GA INTO SC AND ERN NC BY
   LATE AFTERNOON. AIDING IN THE DAMAGING WIND THREAT WILL BE 700 MB
   FLOW AROUND 35 KT. WEAKLY VEERING WINDS IN THE LOWER 3KM SUGGEST
   THAT SOME CELLS COULD PROPAGATE SWD AND MAY EXHIBIT SUPERCELL
   CHARACTERISTICS BRIEFLY...POSSIBLY ENHANCING THE HAIL THREAT
   LOCALLY.

   ...CNTRL AND NRN PLAINS...
   SLY FLOW WILL RETURN TO THE PLAINS WITH A SURFACE HIGH OVER THE
   GREAT LAKES. DEWPOINTS INTO THE 60S WILL SPREAD WWD ACROSS THE CNTRL
   DAKOTAS...NEB AND KS...BENEATH MODEST WLY MIDLEVEL FLOW OF 25-30
   KTS. CAPPING WILL INHIBIT CONVECTION ROUGHLY S OF I-70...WITH A
   MARGINAL HAIL AND WIND THREAT ESPECIALLY INTO THE DAKOTAS WHERE
   TEMPERATURES ALOFT WILL BE A BIT COOLER. A FEW STORMS MAY PERSIST
   INTO THE EVENING...AIDED BY A SLY LOW-LEVEL JET...BUT OVERALL SEVERE
   COVERAGE IS EXPECTED TO BE MINIMAL.

   ..JEWELL.. 07/13/2015

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