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
15 %
301,952
53,046,681
New York, NY...Philadelphia, PA...Indianapolis, IN...Columbus, OH...Baltimore, MD...
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
SIG SEVERE
65,035
331,199
Rapid City, SD...North Platte, NE...Lexington, NE...Rapid Valley, SD...
15 %
216,512
11,517,851
Indianapolis, IN...Kansas City, MO...St. Louis, MO...Lincoln, NE...Overland Park, KS...
5 %
299,216
49,953,231
New York, NY...Philadelphia, PA...Columbus, OH...Baltimore, MD...Omaha, NE...
SPC AC 031959
Day 1 Convective Outlook
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
0259 PM CDT Wed Jun 03 2020
Valid 032000Z - 041200Z
...THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM THE CENTRAL
HIGH PLAINS VICINITY EASTWARD TO THE MID ATLANTIC COAST...
...SUMMARY...
Scattered clusters of strong to severe storms will continue to
develop through tonight from the central Great Plains through the
Midwest and Mid-Atlantic States. Damaging winds and large hail will
be the primary hazards.
...Discussion...
Little change appears necessary with respect to the ongoing outlook,
as convection continues to evolve as expected. The ENH risk area
has been removed from the Mid Atlantic region, as the prior line of
severe storms has moved well offshore. SLGT risk is being
maintained across the area however -- in tandem with newly issued WW
244, as new storms develop as anticipated in the wake of the earlier
MCS. Damaging winds will be the primary risk into this evening.
Elsewhere, storms continue to develop across the central High Plains
and into South Dakota, where WW 243 is now in effect, with this
convection expected to expand and progress southeastward with time.
Additional storm development is also expected farther east, into the
MO/IL vicinity later this afternoon/evening. Hail and locally
damaging winds will be possible across these areas.
..Goss.. 06/03/2020
.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 1131 AM CDT Wed Jun 03 2020/
...Mid-Atlantic States...
Fast-moving line segment over far eastern PA should progress
east-southeast off the NJ coast in the next couple hours. While
buoyancy is scant, steep low-level lapse rates and
MCV-enhanced/rear-inflow jet 2-5 km AGL winds greater than 70 kt
will support severe gusts with a pronounced swath of damaging winds
until it exits the coast.
Destabilization in the wake of this activity is underway amid low to
mid 60s surface dew points with potential for redevelopment towards
peak heating along the trailing outflow of the ongoing MCS. 30-40 kt
effective shear and weak forcing for ascent should yield a few
discrete cells with mid-level updraft rotation capable of producing
locally strong gusts and marginally severe hail.
...Mid-MS to Upper OH Valleys...
With ample heating underway to the south/southeast of lingering
stratiform across northern IL, scattered convective development is
expected in a west/east-orientation during the late afternoon along
a convergent surface front. On the fringe of modest mid-level
westerlies generally paralleling the initiation boundary, multicell
clusters will be the dominant mode with general risks of isolated
damaging winds and hail.
A longer-lived cluster/MCS this evening into tonight is anticipated
across parts of IL/MO which should backbuild southwestward given
modest low-level warm advection beneath increasingly weak northwest
mid-level flow with southern extent. Regenerative updrafts on the
western flank on the periphery of the central Great Plains EML will
pose the best chance for severe hail, otherwise strong to isolated
severe gusts should be the main threat. A broader merging of MCSs
may occur overnight with consolidation of upstream activity
spreading east in NE/KS.
...SD/NE/KS...
A low-amplitude mid-level impulse near the Black Hills should
continue east-southeast. The primary severe risk should initially
develop by mid to late afternoon across south-central South Dakota
southwest towards the CO/KS/NE border area as very steep
mid-level lapse rates atop mid to upper 50s surface dew points
support moderate buoyancy.
A few supercells are likely in the presence of 35-40 kt effective
shear where significant severe hail will be possible. With time,
upscale growth into multiple clusters that may evolve into a broader
southeast-moving MCS tonight is depicted by several CAMs towards the
plume of strong buoyancy over eastern KS and MO, despite only weak
low-level warm advection. This would yield potential for severe
wind/isolated hail persisting overnight.
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