Aug 3, 2020 1300 UTC Day 1 Convective Outlook
Updated: Mon Aug 3 12:50:41 UTC 2020 (20200803 1300Z Day 1 shapefile | 20200803 1300Z Day 1 KML)
Probabilistic to Categorical Outlook Conversion Table
Categorical Graphic
20200803 1300 UTC Day 1 Outlook Graphic
Day 1 Risk Area (sq. mi.) Area Pop. Some Larger Population Centers in Risk Area
SLIGHT 26,151 2,416,392 Wilmington, NC...Greenville, NC...Jacksonville, NC...Rocky Mount, NC...Wilson, NC...
MARGINAL 333,425 59,576,299 New York, NY...Philadelphia, PA...Baltimore, MD...Denver, CO...Washington, DC...
Probabilistic Tornado Graphic
20200803 1300 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
5 % 26,151 2,416,392 Wilmington, NC...Greenville, NC...Jacksonville, NC...Rocky Mount, NC...Wilson, NC...
2 % 30,452 6,122,443 Virginia Beach, VA...Raleigh, NC...Norfolk, VA...Chesapeake, VA...Richmond, VA...
Probabilistic Damaging Wind Graphic
20200803 1300 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
5 % 354,546 61,845,538 New York, NY...Philadelphia, PA...Baltimore, MD...Denver, CO...Washington, DC...
Probabilistic Large Hail Graphic
20200803 1300 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
5 % 154,764 5,272,268 Denver, CO...Colorado Springs, CO...Aurora, CO...Lakewood, CO...Fort Collins, CO...
   SPC AC 031250

   Day 1 Convective Outlook CORR 1
   NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
   0750 AM CDT Mon Aug 03 2020

   Valid 031300Z - 041200Z

   ...THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EASTERN NC AND FAR
   EASTERN SC...

   CORRECTED FOR WIND GRAPHIC

   ...SUMMARY...
   A few tornadoes in association with Isaias will be possible across
   eastern North Carolina and far eastern South Carolina tonight into
   early morning Tuesday. Isolated severe storms are also possible
   across parts of the Mid-Atlantic to the central and southern
   Appalachians, and from Montana southward to New Mexico.

   ...Eastern Carolinas...
   T.C. Isaias is forecast to reach the coast near the NC/SC border
   area tonight. Low-level shear will increase markedly across eastern
   NC and far eastern SC within the eastern semi-circle of the
   land-falling center, where 850-mb flow may be in excess of 70 kt.
   Low-level hodographs will become quite enlarged overnight, with the
   most favorable overlap of SRH and weak buoyancy expected to occur
   across eastern NC between 06-12Z. Some CAMs depict multiple outer
   bands during this time frame which will yield a risk for at least a
   few tornadoes. 

   ...Central/southern Appalachians to the Mid-Atlantic...
   Moderate mid/upper-level southwesterlies will persist in advance of
   a broad trough from the Great Lakes to Lower MS Valley. With weak
   low-level flow across the Appalachians, well west of T.C. Isaias,
   modest elongation of hodographs will occur. Poor lapse rates should
   limit updraft strength, but isolated damaging winds will be possible
   with scattered thunderstorms, mainly this afternoon. 

   Low-level flow will increase across the Mid-Atlantic States
   overnight Isaias moves inland. Convection embedded within a broader
   stratiform region across the Delmarva and Chesapeake regions may
   encounter sufficient low-level shear to yield a risk for a brief
   tornado towards 12Z Tuesday.

   ...MT...
   A shortwave trough near the WA/British Columbia border will move
   east into southern Saskatchewan by early Tuesday suppressing an
   upper ridge over the High Plains. Low-level moisture should tend to
   remain limited ahead of the shortwave trough given mid to upper 40s
   surface dew points at present across much of the state. A belt of
   30-40 kt 500-mb west-southwesterlies attendant to the trough will
   support a risk for isolated severe wind and hail with scattered
   thunderstorms that spread east of the higher terrain during the late
   afternoon and early evening.

   ...WY to NM...
   Scattered thunderstorms will again form off the central and southern
   Rockies this afternoon amid weak to moderate buoyancy. A persistent
   belt of confluent mid-level north-northwesterlies will be displaced
   farther east over the High Plains compared to recent days,
   suggestive of a less organized severe risk. Nevertheless, isolated
   severe hail and wind should occur for a few hours during the late
   afternoon to early evening.

   ..Grams/Jewell.. 08/03/2020

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