Aug 15, 2020 0100 UTC Day 1 Convective Outlook
Updated: Sat Aug 15 00:57:44 UTC 2020 (20200815 0100Z Day 1 shapefile | 20200815 0100Z Day 1 KML)
Probabilistic to Categorical Outlook Conversion Table
Categorical Graphic
20200815 0100 UTC Day 1 Outlook Graphic
Day 1 Risk Area (sq. mi.) Area Pop. Some Larger Population Centers in Risk Area
SLIGHT 78,692 4,365,929 Minneapolis, MN...St. Paul, MN...Rochester, MN...Duluth, MN...Bloomington, MN...
MARGINAL 132,888 5,665,322 Omaha, NE...Wichita, KS...Lincoln, NE...Des Moines, IA...Amarillo, TX...
Probabilistic Tornado Graphic
20200815 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 % 42,472 3,722,931 Minneapolis, MN...St. Paul, MN...Rochester, MN...Duluth, MN...Bloomington, MN...
Probabilistic Damaging Wind Graphic
20200815 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
15 % 78,976 4,496,012 Minneapolis, MN...St. Paul, MN...Rochester, MN...Duluth, MN...Bloomington, MN...
5 % 126,280 5,538,304 Omaha, NE...Wichita, KS...Lincoln, NE...Des Moines, IA...Amarillo, TX...
Probabilistic Large Hail Graphic
20200815 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
SIG SEVERE 5,633 45,310 Hays, KS...
15 % 78,935 4,453,995 Minneapolis, MN...St. Paul, MN...Rochester, MN...Duluth, MN...Bloomington, MN...
5 % 132,684 5,615,753 Omaha, NE...Wichita, KS...Lincoln, NE...Des Moines, IA...Amarillo, TX...
   SPC AC 150057

   Day 1 Convective Outlook  
   NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
   0757 PM CDT Fri Aug 14 2020

   Valid 150100Z - 151200Z

   ...THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER A PORTION OF
   THE SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL PLAINS AS WELL AS THE UPPER MISSISSIPPI
   VALLEY AND GREAT LAKES REGIONS...

   ...SUMMARY...
   Scattered storms will continue from the upper Mississippi Valley
   into the Upper Great Lakes through mid evening with a threat for
   mainly isolated large hail, damaging wind and perhaps a brief
   tornado. Elsewhere isolated severe storms with a threat for large
   hail and damaging wind will persist through mid evening from central
   Kansas into the Texas and Oklahoma Panhandles.

   ...Upper Mississippi Valley and Great Lakes region...

   Thunderstorms will continue developing along an eastward-advancing
   cold front from extreme eastern MN into northwest WI next few hours.
   Some southward development into northern IA is also possible.
   Primary severe threat will be through about 02Z or 03Z followed by a
   decrease in intensity as storms begin to shift east of the
   instability corridor. Large hail and damaging wind are the main
   threats. 

   ...Kansas through the Oklahoma and Texas Panhandles...

   Isolated storms capable of large hail to very large hail will 
   persist through mid evening from KS into the TX and OK Panhandles.
   Activity is developing along a southward-advancing cold front and
   within an environment of strong instability (2000-4000 J/kg MLCAPE).
   The 00Z RAOB from DDC shows fairly strong convective inhibition at
   the base of the EML, and inhibition will increase further as the
   surface layer stabilizes. This should result in a diminishing trend
   after 03Z.

   ..Dial.. 08/15/2020

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