Jun 30, 2023 0100 UTC Day 1 Convective Outlook
Updated: Fri Jun 30 00:59:13 UTC 2023 (20230630 0100Z Day 1 shapefile | 20230630 0100Z Day 1 KML)
Probabilistic to Categorical Outlook Conversion Table
Categorical Graphic
20230630 0100 UTC Day 1 Outlook Graphic
Day 1 Risk Area (sq. mi.) Area Pop. Some Larger Population Centers in Risk Area
SLIGHT 150,232 5,907,053 Denver, CO...Omaha, NE...Aurora, CO...Lincoln, NE...Lakewood, CO...
MARGINAL 161,286 13,413,312 Nashville, TN...Kansas City, MO...Colorado Springs, CO...Louisville, KY...Des Moines, IA...
Probabilistic Tornado Graphic
20230630 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
5 % 15,105 610,304 Aurora, CO...Greeley, CO...Cheyenne, WY...Brighton, CO...Evans, CO...
2 % 19,616 2,483,648 Denver, CO...Lakewood, CO...Fort Collins, CO...Thornton, CO...Westminster, CO...
Probabilistic Damaging Wind Graphic
20230630 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 % 146,261 4,258,279 Omaha, NE...Aurora, CO...Lincoln, NE...Fort Collins, CO...Thornton, CO...
5 % 138,117 12,378,949 Denver, CO...Nashville, TN...Kansas City, MO...Colorado Springs, CO...Des Moines, IA...
Probabilistic Large Hail Graphic
20230630 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 26,972 2,603,281 Denver, CO...Aurora, CO...Fort Collins, CO...Thornton, CO...Westminster, CO...
15 % 105,971 4,081,000 Denver, CO...Aurora, CO...Lincoln, NE...Lakewood, CO...Fort Collins, CO...
5 % 194,339 14,927,011 Nashville, TN...Kansas City, MO...Omaha, NE...Colorado Springs, CO...Louisville, KY...
   SPC AC 300059

   Day 1 Convective Outlook  
   NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
   0759 PM CDT Thu Jun 29 2023

   Valid 300100Z - 301200Z

   ...THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM EASTERN
   CO/SOUTHEAST WY INTO PARTS OF NE AND WESTERN/NORTHERN KS...

   ...SUMMARY...
   Storms capable of producing large hail and localized severe gusts
   remain possible this evening from southeast Wyoming and the Colorado
   Front Range into parts of the central High Plains. Some threat for
   severe gusts and isolated hail may spread eastward across southern
   Nebraska and northern Kansas overnight.

   ...Front Range and southeast WY into the central Plains...
   A few supercells remain possible this evening from the Front Range
   area and southeast WY into the central High Plains, within a
   favorably moist and unstable post-frontal regime. MLCAPE in excess
   of 1500 J/kg and effective shear of 40+ kt will support a threat of
   hail (possibly very large) with the strongest cells, and a tornado
   or two will also be possible. See MCD 1347 and 1349 for more
   information regarding the short-term threat. 

   Farther east, elevated buoyancy into parts of southern NE and
   northern KS will be weaker compared to last night, in the wake of
   extensive convection early this morning. However, MUCAPE of 1500
   J/kg and effective shear of 30-40 kt will still be sufficient to
   support organized convection overnight. Some upscale growth this
   evening across the central High Plains may result in eastward-moving
   clusters overnight that would potentially track across
   southern/central NE into northern KS, north of the primary surface
   boundary. This could result in a threat for at least isolated severe
   gusts and hail overnight, potentially spreading as far as northeast
   MO and southwest IA prior to the end of the period.

   ...Parts of the OH Valley into TN/AL/MS...
   A small cluster of elevated storms is ongoing from southeast IL into
   southwest IN, well to the cool side of the composite outflow from
   earlier convection. Elevated buoyancy and effective shear remain
   favorable for organized convection, and this cluster may continue to
   pose a threat of isolated hail and perhaps some strong wind gusts
   into mid evening. See MCD 1348 for more information regarding the
   short-term threat in this area. 

   A west-southwesterly low-level jet will maintain a warm-advection
   regime to the east of the north-south oriented surface boundary this
   evening into the overnight. There is some potential for the ongoing
   southern IL/IN cluster to persist and propagate southward along the
   instability axis, with a continued threat for at least isolated hail
   and localized damaging gusts. Even if this cluster weakens,
   additional development remains possible late tonight, with some
   isolated severe threat potentially developing into a larger portion
   of KY/TN, as stronger MUCAPE spreads eastward overnight.

   ..Dean.. 06/30/2023

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