Jul 15, 2020 0100 UTC Day 1 Convective Outlook
Updated: Wed Jul 15 01:10:09 UTC 2020 (20200715 0100Z Day 1 shapefile | 20200715 0100Z Day 1 KML)
Probabilistic to Categorical Outlook Conversion Table
Categorical Graphic
20200715 0100 UTC Day 1 Outlook Graphic
Day 1 Risk Area (sq. mi.) Area Pop. Some Larger Population Centers in Risk Area
SLIGHT 97,892 2,789,305 Des Moines, IA...Cedar Rapids, IA...St. Joseph, MO...Waterloo, IA...Ames, IA...
MARGINAL 176,164 12,377,581 Denver, CO...Kansas City, MO...Omaha, NE...Colorado Springs, CO...Wichita, KS...
Probabilistic Tornado Graphic
20200715 0100 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.
Day 1 Tornado Risk Area (sq. mi.) Area Pop. Some Larger Population Centers in Risk Area
2 % 17,138 1,168,354 Des Moines, IA...Waterloo, IA...Ames, IA...West Des Moines, IA...Cedar Falls, IA...
Probabilistic Damaging Wind Graphic
20200715 0100 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.
Day 1 Wind Risk Area (sq. mi.) Area Pop. Some Larger Population Centers in Risk Area
SIG SEVERE 33,141 255,816 Garden City, KS...Dodge City, KS...Liberal, KS...Woodward, OK...Guymon, OK...
15 % 94,823 2,713,827 Des Moines, IA...Cedar Rapids, IA...St. Joseph, MO...Waterloo, IA...Ames, IA...
5 % 173,110 11,914,126 Denver, CO...Kansas City, MO...Omaha, NE...Colorado Springs, CO...Wichita, KS...
Probabilistic Large Hail Graphic
20200715 0100 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.
Day 1 Hail Risk Area (sq. mi.) Area Pop. Some Larger Population Centers in Risk Area
15 % 55,766 1,694,955 Des Moines, IA...St. Joseph, MO...Waterloo, IA...Ames, IA...West Des Moines, IA...
5 % 182,298 11,898,917 Denver, CO...Kansas City, MO...Omaha, NE...Colorado Springs, CO...Wichita, KS...
   SPC AC 150110

   Day 1 Convective Outlook  
   NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
   0810 PM CDT Tue Jul 14 2020

   Valid 150100Z - 151200Z

   ...THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM SOUTHEAST CO
   INTO SOUTHWEST KS AND TX/OK PANHANDLES...AND FROM THE MID-MISSOURI
   VALLEY INTO CENTRAL WI...

   ...SUMMARY...
   Severe thunderstorms with damaging winds and large hail will remain
   possible this evening across the Upper Midwest from Iowa into
   Wisconsin, and this evening across the south-central High Plains and
   southeast Colorado and overnight into southwest Kansas and the
   Texas/Oklahoma Panhandles.

   ...Central/southern High Plains...
   At 01Z, an intense thunderstorm cluster with embedded supercells is 
   ongoing across southeast CO. This cluster should continue to
   propagate east-southeastward into the mid/late evening, with a
   continued risk of large hail and severe wind gusts. See MCD 1226 for
   more information regarding the short-term threat this evening.
   Another less-organized cluster has developed over the TX/OK
   Panhandles, which will pose a severe wind threat potentially into
   northwest OK/southwest KS. 

   Later tonight, some upscale growth remains possible as the primary
   cluster moves into portions of southwest KS and the OK/TX
   Panhandles. The intensity of this cluster with time remains
   uncertain, as it moves into a region of increasingly strong
   surface-based inhibition (00Z 700 mb temperatures of 17C at DDC and
   20C at AMA). The longevity of the severe threat will depend on the
   level of mesoscale organization the system can attain prior to
   encountering the strongly capped environment, but some risk of
   severe wind gusts will likely persist into at least a portion of
   southwest KS and the OK/northern TX Panhandles. 

   ...Mid-MO Valley into IA/WI...
   Thunderstorms ongoing from IA into central WI at 01Z will continue
   to pose a threat of primarily large hail and locally damaging wind
   gusts for a few hours this evening, with a gradual weakening trend
   expected with time as surface-based CINH increases. Additional
   thunderstorm development remains possible this evening further
   southwest into northeast KS/southeast NE/northwest MO, near and just
   north of a southeastward-advancing cold front. Any additional
   development would also pose a hail/wind risk for a time this
   evening. Late tonight, elevated convection may develop within a
   warm-advection regime, with steep midlevel lapse rates supporting
   some lingering hail/wind gust threat.

   ..Dean.. 07/15/2020

   CLICK TO GET WUUS01 PTSDY1 PRODUCT

   NOTE: THE NEXT DAY 1 OUTLOOK IS SCHEDULED BY 0600Z