Apr 3, 2023 0600 UTC Day 1 Convective Outlook
Updated: Mon Apr 3 05:59:38 UTC 2023 (20230403 1200Z Day 1 shapefile | 20230403 1200Z Day 1 KML)
Probabilistic to Categorical Outlook Conversion Table
Categorical Graphic
20230403 1200 UTC Day 1 Outlook Graphic
Day 1 Risk Area (sq. mi.) Area Pop. Some Larger Population Centers in Risk Area
SLIGHT 24,789 2,105,261 Mobile, AL...Dothan, AL...Pensacola, FL...Panama City, FL...Ferry Pass, FL...
MARGINAL 188,640 21,929,156 San Antonio, TX...Dallas, TX...Austin, TX...Fort Worth, TX...Arlington, TX...
Probabilistic Tornado Graphic
20230403 1200 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 % 21,399 2,014,615 Mobile, AL...Dothan, AL...Pensacola, FL...Panama City, FL...Ferry Pass, FL...
2 % 48,358 8,688,660 Dallas, TX...Fort Worth, TX...Arlington, TX...Plano, TX...Garland, TX...
Probabilistic Damaging Wind Graphic
20230403 1200 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 % 24,822 2,105,329 Mobile, AL...Dothan, AL...Pensacola, FL...Panama City, FL...Ferry Pass, FL...
5 % 134,186 17,201,924 San Antonio, TX...Dallas, TX...Austin, TX...Fort Worth, TX...Arlington, TX...
Probabilistic Large Hail Graphic
20230403 1200 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 % 212,928 24,021,367 San Antonio, TX...Dallas, TX...Austin, TX...Fort Worth, TX...Arlington, TX...
   SPC AC 030559

   Day 1 Convective Outlook  
   NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
   1259 AM CDT Mon Apr 03 2023

   Valid 031200Z - 041200Z

   ...THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FOR SOUTH AL...FL
   PANHANDLE...EXTREME SOUTHWEST GA...

   ...SUMMARY...
   Severe thunderstorms capable of producing damaging gusts, isolated
   hail, and a couple of tornadoes will be possible across parts of
   south Alabama and the Florida Panhandle, mainly during the day
   today. Isolated severe thunderstorms are also possible late this
   afternoon into the early evening from central and east Texas into
   southeast Oklahoma.

   ...Parts of the Southeast/Gulf Coast...
   A low amplitude shortwave trough will move quickly eastward from the
   Southeast into the Carolinas during the day today, as low-level
   moisture streams inland in the wake of a northward-moving warm
   front. 00Z HREF guidance and recent HRRR runs have trended toward a
   greater potential for surface-based convection to develop near the
   Gulf Coast prior to 12Z this morning, which would spread eastward
   across southern AL and the FL Panhandle through the first part of
   the day. MLCAPE increasing to near/above 1000 J/kg and favorable
   deep-layer shear will support the potential for a couple of
   supercells. 0-1 km SRH in the 100-200 m2/s2 range will support the
   potential for a couple of tornadoes, in addition to the threat of
   locally damaging gusts and perhaps some isolated hail. 

   The shortwave will move quickly away from the region this afternoon,
   but one or more storm clusters may persist within a moist and weakly
   capped environment, posing a threat of isolated damaging gusts
   and/or hail into the afternoon. Farther northwest, a strong storm or
   two cannot be ruled out within a strongly sheared and destabilizing
   warm sector across MS and northern AL, but confidence remains low in
   this scenario, due to negligible large-scale ascent.

   ...Central/east TX into southeast OK...
   Moderate to strong buoyancy and strong deep-layer shear will support
   a conditionally favorable environment for supercells along/ahead of
   a dryline from central/east TX into southeast OK. However, with a
   deepening upper trough remaining well to the west during the day and
   weak convergence expected along the dryline, storm initiation
   remains highly uncertain. Any sustained supercell would pose a
   conditional risk of all severe hazards, but confidence in
   development at any particular location along the dryline is too low
   for more than Marginal Risk probabilities at this time.  

   ...Parts of the Midwest...
   Instability will increase across portions of the Midwest later today
   into tonight, as moisture increases beneath modestly steep midlevel
   lapse rates. Potential for surface-based development appears limited
   due to lingering MLCINH and weak large-scale ascent, but a few
   strong elevated storms cannot be ruled out tonight, which could pose
   a risk of isolated hail.

   ..Dean/Thornton.. 04/03/2023

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