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.
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
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SPC AC 251927
Day 1 Convective Outlook
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
0127 PM CST Wed Nov 25 2020
Valid 252000Z - 261200Z
...THERE IS A MARGINAL RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH LATE
EVENING FROM SOUTHEAST LA INTO PARTS OF AL AND NORTHWEST GA...AND
ACROSS THE LOWER OH VALLEY...
...SUMMARY...
Isolated damaging winds and a tornado or two will be possible
through late evening from southeast Louisiana to central Alabama and
northwest Georgia, and across the lower Ohio Valley.
...20z Update...
The ongoing forecast remains on track. Only minor changes have been
made on the western edges of the OH Valley and southeast
LA/AL/northwest GA Marginal risk areas. These adjustments have been
made based on the current location of the cold front and surface
low. A few strong gusts and possibly a brief spin-up remain possible
through this evening.
..Leitman.. 11/25/2020
.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 1027 AM CST Wed Nov 25 2020/
...Lower OH Valley this afternoon/evening...
A midlevel shortwave trough over MO will continue east-northeastward
to the upper OH Valley overnight. A surface cyclone near Saint
Louis will likewise move east-northeastward toward Lake Erie, and
both the midlevel trough and cyclone are expected to weaken
gradually by tonight. A narrow zone of surface
heating/destabilization and boundary-layer dewpoints in the upper
50s is expected this afternoon from southern IL into southwestern IN
and western KY, southeast of the surface cyclone. Though
surface-based buoyancy will remain weak, vertical shear will be
favorable for a low-end threat of low-topped supercells or short
line segments capable of producing isolated damaging winds and
perhaps a tornado.
...Southeast LA to central AL/northwest GA through late evening...
Farther south, a pre-frontal squall line is moving eastward across
southeast LA, central MS, and northwestern AL. The influence of
this ongoing convection will likely limit the potential for
destabilization this afternoon, immediately to its north into TN.
The ongoing convective band will shift slowly eastward, with some
low-level moistening/destabilization possible into central AL.
Deep-layer and low-level vertical shear/SRH will tend to weaken
through the day from southwest-to-northeast as the primary synoptic
wave passes to the north over the OH Valley. Still, some low-end
potential will remain for line segments and embedded supercells
capable of producing isolated damaging winds and a tornado or two.
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