SPC Day 1 Thunderstorm Outlook Issued 01Z 20030819


ZCZC SPCSWODY1 ALL
ACUS01 KWNS 190100
SPC AC 190100

DAY 1 CONVECTIVE OUTLOOK  
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0800 PM CDT MON AUG 18 2003

VALID 190100Z - 191200Z

THERE IS A SLGT RISK OF SVR TSTMS TO THE RIGHT OF A LINE FROM 55 N
DVL 25 NE DVL 40 SE DVL 20 WSW JMS 35 N REJ 55 SSE GDV 25 SSE SDY 45
N MOT 55 N DVL

THERE IS A SLGT RISK OF SVR TSTMS TO THE RIGHT OF A LINE FROM 50 WSW
INL 20 NNE HIB 40 E MSP 30 NNE STJ 25 SE SLN 50 S RSL 15 NE GCK 25 W
GLD 25 WSW IML 15 ESE LBF 25 NW OMA 20 WNW OTG 55 SSW BJI 50 WSW INL

GEN TSTMS ARE FCST TO THE RIGHT OF A LINE FROM 15 SSW PSX 35 ENE SAT
35 SSE BWD 35 ESE BWD 25 NNE ACT 45 NW LFK 55 NW ESF 10 W MLU 25 SE
PBF 15 WSW MEM 35 N TUP 20 SSE BHM 50 NE ABY 45 NW SAV HKY 30 NNW
LYH 10 E ORF

GEN TSTMS ARE FCST TO THE RIGHT OF A LINE FROM 10 N ANJ 30 NE GRB 25
SSE DBQ 10 WNW COU 30 S SZL 35 SW OJC 35 W EMP 15 NE GAG 40 SSW CVS
20 ESE CNM 45 SSW P07 ...CONT... 85 S GBN 35 S IGM CDC MTJ ASE CAG
RKS 10 WSW LND 40 WSW GCC 25 W GDV 60 NNE ISN

...THERE IS A SLGT RISK OF SVR TSTMS ACROSS PARTS OF ND...

...THERE IS A SLGT RISK OF SVR TSTMS ACROSS NRN KS / SRN NEB / WRN
IA NWD INTO NRN MN...

...ND...
THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE ACROSS SWRN ND NEAR AND JUST W OF UPPER VORT
MAX CENTER WHICH CONTINUES MOVING SLOWLY NWD.  A WSW-ENE AXIS OF
MODERATE INSTABILITY IS INDICATED ACROSS WRN AND N CENTRAL ND...
WHERE UPPER 60S DEWPOINTS HAVE BEEN ADVECTED CYCLONICALLY SWWD
AROUND SURFACE LOW.  DEGREE OF INSTABILITY AND LOW-LEVEL CONVERGENCE
INVOF SURFACE LOW WILL LIKELY ALLOW STORMS TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT
SEVERAL HOURS.

DEEP-LAYER WIND FIELD REMAINS FAIRLY WEAK ACROSS THIS REGION...
WHICH SUGGESTS THAT STORMS SHOULD REMAIN DISORGANIZED FOR THE MOST
PART.  HOWEVER...PRESENCE OF SURFACE LOW AND ASSOCIATED UPPER VORT
MAX MAY ALLOW A FEW PERSISTENT / ORGANIZED UPDRAFTS AND ASSOCIATED
THREAT FOR LOCALLY DAMAGING WINDS / MARGINALLY-SEVERE HAIL. 

...MN / WRN IA / SRN NEB / NRN KS...
DEVELOPING SSWLY LOW-LEVEL JET AND ASSOCIATED WARM ADVECTION ALONG
WITH MODERATELY-UNSTABLE AIRMASS ACROSS THIS REGION SUGGEST THAT
CLUSTERS OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY CONTINUE THROUGH MUCH OF THE
PERIOD.  DEEP-LAYER WIND FIELD IS GENERALLY MARGINAL...BUT LIKELY
SUFFICIENT TO ALLOW A FEW SEVERE STORMS / STORM CLUSTERS TO PERSIST
THROUGH THE EVENING AND INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS...WITH ASSOCIATED
THREAT FOR LOCALLY DAMAGING WINDS AND HAIL.

..GOSS.. 08/19/2003

...NOTICE...
FOR USERS DECODING THE POINTS PARAGRAPH HEREIN...LATITUDE AND
LONGITUDE POINTS FOR THE CATEGORICAL AND PROBABILISTIC OUTLOOK
GRAPHICS ALSO ARE LOCATED IN A SEPARATE PRODUCT UNDER THE WMO
HEADINGS WUUS01 PTSDY1...WUUS02 PTSDY2...AND WUUS03 PTSDY3.  THE
INCLUSION OF POINTS IN THIS PRODUCT WILL EVENTUALLY BE DISCONTINUED.

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