Severe Storms

SPC 2000Z Day 1 Outlook
Day 1 Convective Outlook NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK 0250 PM CDT Tue Apr 22 2025 Valid 222000Z - 231200Z ...THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS PARTS OF THE SOUTHERN/CENTRAL PLAINS... ...SUMMARY... Isolated to scattered severe thunderstorms will be possible across parts of the southern/central Plains, mainly this afternoon and evening. Large hail and severe gusts should be the main threats. ...20z Update... The primary change for this forecast update is an inclusion of significant hail/wind areas to portions of western TX into far southwestern OK. Recent GOES visible imagery shows developing cumulus across the Trans Pecos region of southwest TX and across parts of the southern TX Panhandle. This lends confidence in convective development within the coming hours as anticipated by recent high-res guidance. The combination of low-level moisture return and steep/very steep (8-9 C/km) mid-level lapse rates is supporting lifted indices of -8 to -10 C across the Stockton and eastern Edwards plateaus. This thermodynamic environment, coupled with 30-40 knots of effective bulk shear, should favor robust supercell development with the potential for significant (2+ inch) hail. Recent WOFS guidance appears to be capturing ongoing convective trends in southwest TX well, and also hints at this potential. Further north, very steep low-level lapse rates should promote downdraft accelerations that may favor isolated gusts upwards of 70-80 mph. This potential is also hinted in recent WOFS and HRRR solutions. See MCD #516 for additional near-term details regarding western TX. ...Southeast Virginia... Hail/wind risk probabilities are also expanded into far southeast VA downstream of ongoing strong/severe thunderstorms where broken cloud cover has allowed temperatures to warm into the low 80s with an attendant increase in buoyancy. See MCD #515 for additional details. ..Moore.. 04/22/2025 .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 1117 AM CDT Tue Apr 22 2025/ ...Central/Southern Plains... Morning water vapor imagery shows broad zonal flow across the central US, with the main upper jet across the northern states. Mostly clear skies and southerly low-level winds across much of west TX/OK and central KS will help to destabilize the air mass along a developing dryline, leading to afternoon MLCAPE values around 1500 J/kg and minimal cap. Large scale forcing is weak, but dryline circulations will likely lead to scattered afternoon and early evening thunderstorm development. Relatively slow-moving storms capable of large hail and damaging wind gusts are expected. Several 12z CAM solutions suggest upscale growth of convection over northwest TX after dark, with some risk of strong/severe storms reaching central TX overnight. ...IA/MO/IL... A weak surface boundary extends across southern IA this morning. The southern fringe of stronger westerly flow aloft lies across this region, with water vapor imagery suggesting a subtle shortwave trough over NE approaching the region. A few thunderstorms are expected to form along the boundary by late afternoon/early evening, with some risk of hail and gusty winds in the strongest storms. ...Southeast States... A diffuse surface boundary extends from LA northeastward across MS/AL/GA into the Carolinas. Ample low and mid-level moisture along the boundary will lead to scattered afternoon thunderstorms. Forecast soundings show relatively weak low-level winds and poor mid-level lapse rates. While a few storms could produce gusty winds, organized severe storm risk appears marginal today. Read more

No watches are valid as of Tue Apr 22 19:55:02 UTC 2025.

SPC 1930Z Day 3 Outlook
Day 3 Convective Outlook NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK 0223 PM CDT Tue Apr 22 2025 Valid 241200Z - 251200Z ...THERE IS A MARGINAL RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM SOUTHERN KANSAS TO THE TRANSPECOS REGION OF TEXAS... ...SUMMARY... Isolated severe thunderstorms are possible on Thursday from western Texas and Oklahoma into southern Kansas. ...Southern Kansas southwestward to the Transpecos region of Texas... Thunderstorms are forecast to be ongoing at the start of the period near a weak front lying roughly west-to-east across Kansas. As the storms sag southeastward with time, the combined front/convective outflow will continue making slow southward progress. Meanwhile, daytime heating/mixing across the Texas Panhandle/South Plains/Transpecos will support eastward mixing of a dryline through the afternoon. With a moist boundary layer east of the dryline, heating combined with the steep lapse rates/EML being maintained across the area by moderate west-southwesterlies aloft will result in moderate destabilization. This should support isolated storm development near the dryline, perhaps most focused where the southward-sagging outflow/cold front from Kansas intersects the eastward-mixing dryline (somewhere in the southwestern Kansas/northwestern Oklahoma/Texas Panhandle vicinity). The lack of stronger flow aloft should continue to limit shear across the southern Plains region, but veering winds with height should again support potential for mid-level rotation. Attendant risks for large hail and locally gusty/damaging winds warrant continuation of MRGL/5% severe probability. Some thought was given to a small SLGT risk upgrade, near the intersection of the dryline and the outflow-reinforced front mentioned earlier, as backed low-level flow may yield a bit more favorable of a wind profile locally. However, with some uncertainty evident with respect to if, and how far, the front can progress southward through the day, have opted not to upgrade at this time. ..Goss.. 04/22/2025 Read more

SPC 1930Z Day 3 Outlook
Day 3 Convective Outlook NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK 0223 PM CDT Tue Apr 22 2025 Valid 241200Z - 251200Z ...THERE IS A MARGINAL RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM SOUTHERN KANSAS TO THE TRANSPECOS REGION OF TEXAS... ...SUMMARY... Isolated severe thunderstorms are possible on Thursday from western Texas and Oklahoma into southern Kansas. ...Southern Kansas southwestward to the Transpecos region of Texas... Thunderstorms are forecast to be ongoing at the start of the period near a weak front lying roughly west-to-east across Kansas. As the storms sag southeastward with time, the combined front/convective outflow will continue making slow southward progress. Meanwhile, daytime heating/mixing across the Texas Panhandle/South Plains/Transpecos will support eastward mixing of a dryline through the afternoon. With a moist boundary layer east of the dryline, heating combined with the steep lapse rates/EML being maintained across the area by moderate west-southwesterlies aloft will result in moderate destabilization. This should support isolated storm development near the dryline, perhaps most focused where the southward-sagging outflow/cold front from Kansas intersects the eastward-mixing dryline (somewhere in the southwestern Kansas/northwestern Oklahoma/Texas Panhandle vicinity). The lack of stronger flow aloft should continue to limit shear across the southern Plains region, but veering winds with height should again support potential for mid-level rotation. Attendant risks for large hail and locally gusty/damaging winds warrant continuation of MRGL/5% severe probability. Some thought was given to a small SLGT risk upgrade, near the intersection of the dryline and the outflow-reinforced front mentioned earlier, as backed low-level flow may yield a bit more favorable of a wind profile locally. However, with some uncertainty evident with respect to if, and how far, the front can progress southward through the day, have opted not to upgrade at this time. ..Goss.. 04/22/2025 Read more

SPC 1930Z Day 3 Outlook
Day 3 Convective Outlook NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK 0223 PM CDT Tue Apr 22 2025 Valid 241200Z - 251200Z ...THERE IS A MARGINAL RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM SOUTHERN KANSAS TO THE TRANSPECOS REGION OF TEXAS... ...SUMMARY... Isolated severe thunderstorms are possible on Thursday from western Texas and Oklahoma into southern Kansas. ...Southern Kansas southwestward to the Transpecos region of Texas... Thunderstorms are forecast to be ongoing at the start of the period near a weak front lying roughly west-to-east across Kansas. As the storms sag southeastward with time, the combined front/convective outflow will continue making slow southward progress. Meanwhile, daytime heating/mixing across the Texas Panhandle/South Plains/Transpecos will support eastward mixing of a dryline through the afternoon. With a moist boundary layer east of the dryline, heating combined with the steep lapse rates/EML being maintained across the area by moderate west-southwesterlies aloft will result in moderate destabilization. This should support isolated storm development near the dryline, perhaps most focused where the southward-sagging outflow/cold front from Kansas intersects the eastward-mixing dryline (somewhere in the southwestern Kansas/northwestern Oklahoma/Texas Panhandle vicinity). The lack of stronger flow aloft should continue to limit shear across the southern Plains region, but veering winds with height should again support potential for mid-level rotation. Attendant risks for large hail and locally gusty/damaging winds warrant continuation of MRGL/5% severe probability. Some thought was given to a small SLGT risk upgrade, near the intersection of the dryline and the outflow-reinforced front mentioned earlier, as backed low-level flow may yield a bit more favorable of a wind profile locally. However, with some uncertainty evident with respect to if, and how far, the front can progress southward through the day, have opted not to upgrade at this time. ..Goss.. 04/22/2025 Read more

SPC 1930Z Day 3 Outlook
Day 3 Convective Outlook NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK 0223 PM CDT Tue Apr 22 2025 Valid 241200Z - 251200Z ...THERE IS A MARGINAL RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM SOUTHERN KANSAS TO THE TRANSPECOS REGION OF TEXAS... ...SUMMARY... Isolated severe thunderstorms are possible on Thursday from western Texas and Oklahoma into southern Kansas. ...Southern Kansas southwestward to the Transpecos region of Texas... Thunderstorms are forecast to be ongoing at the start of the period near a weak front lying roughly west-to-east across Kansas. As the storms sag southeastward with time, the combined front/convective outflow will continue making slow southward progress. Meanwhile, daytime heating/mixing across the Texas Panhandle/South Plains/Transpecos will support eastward mixing of a dryline through the afternoon. With a moist boundary layer east of the dryline, heating combined with the steep lapse rates/EML being maintained across the area by moderate west-southwesterlies aloft will result in moderate destabilization. This should support isolated storm development near the dryline, perhaps most focused where the southward-sagging outflow/cold front from Kansas intersects the eastward-mixing dryline (somewhere in the southwestern Kansas/northwestern Oklahoma/Texas Panhandle vicinity). The lack of stronger flow aloft should continue to limit shear across the southern Plains region, but veering winds with height should again support potential for mid-level rotation. Attendant risks for large hail and locally gusty/damaging winds warrant continuation of MRGL/5% severe probability. Some thought was given to a small SLGT risk upgrade, near the intersection of the dryline and the outflow-reinforced front mentioned earlier, as backed low-level flow may yield a bit more favorable of a wind profile locally. However, with some uncertainty evident with respect to if, and how far, the front can progress southward through the day, have opted not to upgrade at this time. ..Goss.. 04/22/2025 Read more

SPC 1930Z Day 3 Outlook
Day 3 Convective Outlook NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK 0223 PM CDT Tue Apr 22 2025 Valid 241200Z - 251200Z ...THERE IS A MARGINAL RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM SOUTHERN KANSAS TO THE TRANSPECOS REGION OF TEXAS... ...SUMMARY... Isolated severe thunderstorms are possible on Thursday from western Texas and Oklahoma into southern Kansas. ...Southern Kansas southwestward to the Transpecos region of Texas... Thunderstorms are forecast to be ongoing at the start of the period near a weak front lying roughly west-to-east across Kansas. As the storms sag southeastward with time, the combined front/convective outflow will continue making slow southward progress. Meanwhile, daytime heating/mixing across the Texas Panhandle/South Plains/Transpecos will support eastward mixing of a dryline through the afternoon. With a moist boundary layer east of the dryline, heating combined with the steep lapse rates/EML being maintained across the area by moderate west-southwesterlies aloft will result in moderate destabilization. This should support isolated storm development near the dryline, perhaps most focused where the southward-sagging outflow/cold front from Kansas intersects the eastward-mixing dryline (somewhere in the southwestern Kansas/northwestern Oklahoma/Texas Panhandle vicinity). The lack of stronger flow aloft should continue to limit shear across the southern Plains region, but veering winds with height should again support potential for mid-level rotation. Attendant risks for large hail and locally gusty/damaging winds warrant continuation of MRGL/5% severe probability. Some thought was given to a small SLGT risk upgrade, near the intersection of the dryline and the outflow-reinforced front mentioned earlier, as backed low-level flow may yield a bit more favorable of a wind profile locally. However, with some uncertainty evident with respect to if, and how far, the front can progress southward through the day, have opted not to upgrade at this time. ..Goss.. 04/22/2025 Read more

SPC 1930Z Day 3 Outlook
Day 3 Convective Outlook NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK 0223 PM CDT Tue Apr 22 2025 Valid 241200Z - 251200Z ...THERE IS A MARGINAL RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM SOUTHERN KANSAS TO THE TRANSPECOS REGION OF TEXAS... ...SUMMARY... Isolated severe thunderstorms are possible on Thursday from western Texas and Oklahoma into southern Kansas. ...Southern Kansas southwestward to the Transpecos region of Texas... Thunderstorms are forecast to be ongoing at the start of the period near a weak front lying roughly west-to-east across Kansas. As the storms sag southeastward with time, the combined front/convective outflow will continue making slow southward progress. Meanwhile, daytime heating/mixing across the Texas Panhandle/South Plains/Transpecos will support eastward mixing of a dryline through the afternoon. With a moist boundary layer east of the dryline, heating combined with the steep lapse rates/EML being maintained across the area by moderate west-southwesterlies aloft will result in moderate destabilization. This should support isolated storm development near the dryline, perhaps most focused where the southward-sagging outflow/cold front from Kansas intersects the eastward-mixing dryline (somewhere in the southwestern Kansas/northwestern Oklahoma/Texas Panhandle vicinity). The lack of stronger flow aloft should continue to limit shear across the southern Plains region, but veering winds with height should again support potential for mid-level rotation. Attendant risks for large hail and locally gusty/damaging winds warrant continuation of MRGL/5% severe probability. Some thought was given to a small SLGT risk upgrade, near the intersection of the dryline and the outflow-reinforced front mentioned earlier, as backed low-level flow may yield a bit more favorable of a wind profile locally. However, with some uncertainty evident with respect to if, and how far, the front can progress southward through the day, have opted not to upgrade at this time. ..Goss.. 04/22/2025 Read more

SPC 1930Z Day 3 Outlook
Day 3 Convective Outlook NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK 0223 PM CDT Tue Apr 22 2025 Valid 241200Z - 251200Z ...THERE IS A MARGINAL RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM SOUTHERN KANSAS TO THE TRANSPECOS REGION OF TEXAS... ...SUMMARY... Isolated severe thunderstorms are possible on Thursday from western Texas and Oklahoma into southern Kansas. ...Southern Kansas southwestward to the Transpecos region of Texas... Thunderstorms are forecast to be ongoing at the start of the period near a weak front lying roughly west-to-east across Kansas. As the storms sag southeastward with time, the combined front/convective outflow will continue making slow southward progress. Meanwhile, daytime heating/mixing across the Texas Panhandle/South Plains/Transpecos will support eastward mixing of a dryline through the afternoon. With a moist boundary layer east of the dryline, heating combined with the steep lapse rates/EML being maintained across the area by moderate west-southwesterlies aloft will result in moderate destabilization. This should support isolated storm development near the dryline, perhaps most focused where the southward-sagging outflow/cold front from Kansas intersects the eastward-mixing dryline (somewhere in the southwestern Kansas/northwestern Oklahoma/Texas Panhandle vicinity). The lack of stronger flow aloft should continue to limit shear across the southern Plains region, but veering winds with height should again support potential for mid-level rotation. Attendant risks for large hail and locally gusty/damaging winds warrant continuation of MRGL/5% severe probability. Some thought was given to a small SLGT risk upgrade, near the intersection of the dryline and the outflow-reinforced front mentioned earlier, as backed low-level flow may yield a bit more favorable of a wind profile locally. However, with some uncertainty evident with respect to if, and how far, the front can progress southward through the day, have opted not to upgrade at this time. ..Goss.. 04/22/2025 Read more

SPC 1930Z Day 3 Outlook
Day 3 Convective Outlook NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK 0223 PM CDT Tue Apr 22 2025 Valid 241200Z - 251200Z ...THERE IS A MARGINAL RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM SOUTHERN KANSAS TO THE TRANSPECOS REGION OF TEXAS... ...SUMMARY... Isolated severe thunderstorms are possible on Thursday from western Texas and Oklahoma into southern Kansas. ...Southern Kansas southwestward to the Transpecos region of Texas... Thunderstorms are forecast to be ongoing at the start of the period near a weak front lying roughly west-to-east across Kansas. As the storms sag southeastward with time, the combined front/convective outflow will continue making slow southward progress. Meanwhile, daytime heating/mixing across the Texas Panhandle/South Plains/Transpecos will support eastward mixing of a dryline through the afternoon. With a moist boundary layer east of the dryline, heating combined with the steep lapse rates/EML being maintained across the area by moderate west-southwesterlies aloft will result in moderate destabilization. This should support isolated storm development near the dryline, perhaps most focused where the southward-sagging outflow/cold front from Kansas intersects the eastward-mixing dryline (somewhere in the southwestern Kansas/northwestern Oklahoma/Texas Panhandle vicinity). The lack of stronger flow aloft should continue to limit shear across the southern Plains region, but veering winds with height should again support potential for mid-level rotation. Attendant risks for large hail and locally gusty/damaging winds warrant continuation of MRGL/5% severe probability. Some thought was given to a small SLGT risk upgrade, near the intersection of the dryline and the outflow-reinforced front mentioned earlier, as backed low-level flow may yield a bit more favorable of a wind profile locally. However, with some uncertainty evident with respect to if, and how far, the front can progress southward through the day, have opted not to upgrade at this time. ..Goss.. 04/22/2025 Read more

SPC 1930Z Day 3 Outlook
Day 3 Convective Outlook NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK 0223 PM CDT Tue Apr 22 2025 Valid 241200Z - 251200Z ...THERE IS A MARGINAL RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM SOUTHERN KANSAS TO THE TRANSPECOS REGION OF TEXAS... ...SUMMARY... Isolated severe thunderstorms are possible on Thursday from western Texas and Oklahoma into southern Kansas. ...Southern Kansas southwestward to the Transpecos region of Texas... Thunderstorms are forecast to be ongoing at the start of the period near a weak front lying roughly west-to-east across Kansas. As the storms sag southeastward with time, the combined front/convective outflow will continue making slow southward progress. Meanwhile, daytime heating/mixing across the Texas Panhandle/South Plains/Transpecos will support eastward mixing of a dryline through the afternoon. With a moist boundary layer east of the dryline, heating combined with the steep lapse rates/EML being maintained across the area by moderate west-southwesterlies aloft will result in moderate destabilization. This should support isolated storm development near the dryline, perhaps most focused where the southward-sagging outflow/cold front from Kansas intersects the eastward-mixing dryline (somewhere in the southwestern Kansas/northwestern Oklahoma/Texas Panhandle vicinity). The lack of stronger flow aloft should continue to limit shear across the southern Plains region, but veering winds with height should again support potential for mid-level rotation. Attendant risks for large hail and locally gusty/damaging winds warrant continuation of MRGL/5% severe probability. Some thought was given to a small SLGT risk upgrade, near the intersection of the dryline and the outflow-reinforced front mentioned earlier, as backed low-level flow may yield a bit more favorable of a wind profile locally. However, with some uncertainty evident with respect to if, and how far, the front can progress southward through the day, have opted not to upgrade at this time. ..Goss.. 04/22/2025 Read more

SPC 1930Z Day 3 Outlook
Day 3 Convective Outlook NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK 0223 PM CDT Tue Apr 22 2025 Valid 241200Z - 251200Z ...THERE IS A MARGINAL RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM SOUTHERN KANSAS TO THE TRANSPECOS REGION OF TEXAS... ...SUMMARY... Isolated severe thunderstorms are possible on Thursday from western Texas and Oklahoma into southern Kansas. ...Southern Kansas southwestward to the Transpecos region of Texas... Thunderstorms are forecast to be ongoing at the start of the period near a weak front lying roughly west-to-east across Kansas. As the storms sag southeastward with time, the combined front/convective outflow will continue making slow southward progress. Meanwhile, daytime heating/mixing across the Texas Panhandle/South Plains/Transpecos will support eastward mixing of a dryline through the afternoon. With a moist boundary layer east of the dryline, heating combined with the steep lapse rates/EML being maintained across the area by moderate west-southwesterlies aloft will result in moderate destabilization. This should support isolated storm development near the dryline, perhaps most focused where the southward-sagging outflow/cold front from Kansas intersects the eastward-mixing dryline (somewhere in the southwestern Kansas/northwestern Oklahoma/Texas Panhandle vicinity). The lack of stronger flow aloft should continue to limit shear across the southern Plains region, but veering winds with height should again support potential for mid-level rotation. Attendant risks for large hail and locally gusty/damaging winds warrant continuation of MRGL/5% severe probability. Some thought was given to a small SLGT risk upgrade, near the intersection of the dryline and the outflow-reinforced front mentioned earlier, as backed low-level flow may yield a bit more favorable of a wind profile locally. However, with some uncertainty evident with respect to if, and how far, the front can progress southward through the day, have opted not to upgrade at this time. ..Goss.. 04/22/2025 Read more

SPC 1930Z Day 3 Outlook
Day 3 Convective Outlook NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK 0223 PM CDT Tue Apr 22 2025 Valid 241200Z - 251200Z ...THERE IS A MARGINAL RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM SOUTHERN KANSAS TO THE TRANSPECOS REGION OF TEXAS... ...SUMMARY... Isolated severe thunderstorms are possible on Thursday from western Texas and Oklahoma into southern Kansas. ...Southern Kansas southwestward to the Transpecos region of Texas... Thunderstorms are forecast to be ongoing at the start of the period near a weak front lying roughly west-to-east across Kansas. As the storms sag southeastward with time, the combined front/convective outflow will continue making slow southward progress. Meanwhile, daytime heating/mixing across the Texas Panhandle/South Plains/Transpecos will support eastward mixing of a dryline through the afternoon. With a moist boundary layer east of the dryline, heating combined with the steep lapse rates/EML being maintained across the area by moderate west-southwesterlies aloft will result in moderate destabilization. This should support isolated storm development near the dryline, perhaps most focused where the southward-sagging outflow/cold front from Kansas intersects the eastward-mixing dryline (somewhere in the southwestern Kansas/northwestern Oklahoma/Texas Panhandle vicinity). The lack of stronger flow aloft should continue to limit shear across the southern Plains region, but veering winds with height should again support potential for mid-level rotation. Attendant risks for large hail and locally gusty/damaging winds warrant continuation of MRGL/5% severe probability. Some thought was given to a small SLGT risk upgrade, near the intersection of the dryline and the outflow-reinforced front mentioned earlier, as backed low-level flow may yield a bit more favorable of a wind profile locally. However, with some uncertainty evident with respect to if, and how far, the front can progress southward through the day, have opted not to upgrade at this time. ..Goss.. 04/22/2025 Read more

SPC 1930Z Day 3 Outlook
Day 3 Convective Outlook NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK 0223 PM CDT Tue Apr 22 2025 Valid 241200Z - 251200Z ...THERE IS A MARGINAL RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM SOUTHERN KANSAS TO THE TRANSPECOS REGION OF TEXAS... ...SUMMARY... Isolated severe thunderstorms are possible on Thursday from western Texas and Oklahoma into southern Kansas. ...Southern Kansas southwestward to the Transpecos region of Texas... Thunderstorms are forecast to be ongoing at the start of the period near a weak front lying roughly west-to-east across Kansas. As the storms sag southeastward with time, the combined front/convective outflow will continue making slow southward progress. Meanwhile, daytime heating/mixing across the Texas Panhandle/South Plains/Transpecos will support eastward mixing of a dryline through the afternoon. With a moist boundary layer east of the dryline, heating combined with the steep lapse rates/EML being maintained across the area by moderate west-southwesterlies aloft will result in moderate destabilization. This should support isolated storm development near the dryline, perhaps most focused where the southward-sagging outflow/cold front from Kansas intersects the eastward-mixing dryline (somewhere in the southwestern Kansas/northwestern Oklahoma/Texas Panhandle vicinity). The lack of stronger flow aloft should continue to limit shear across the southern Plains region, but veering winds with height should again support potential for mid-level rotation. Attendant risks for large hail and locally gusty/damaging winds warrant continuation of MRGL/5% severe probability. Some thought was given to a small SLGT risk upgrade, near the intersection of the dryline and the outflow-reinforced front mentioned earlier, as backed low-level flow may yield a bit more favorable of a wind profile locally. However, with some uncertainty evident with respect to if, and how far, the front can progress southward through the day, have opted not to upgrade at this time. ..Goss.. 04/22/2025 Read more

SPC 1930Z Day 3 Outlook
Day 3 Convective Outlook NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK 0223 PM CDT Tue Apr 22 2025 Valid 241200Z - 251200Z ...THERE IS A MARGINAL RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM SOUTHERN KANSAS TO THE TRANSPECOS REGION OF TEXAS... ...SUMMARY... Isolated severe thunderstorms are possible on Thursday from western Texas and Oklahoma into southern Kansas. ...Southern Kansas southwestward to the Transpecos region of Texas... Thunderstorms are forecast to be ongoing at the start of the period near a weak front lying roughly west-to-east across Kansas. As the storms sag southeastward with time, the combined front/convective outflow will continue making slow southward progress. Meanwhile, daytime heating/mixing across the Texas Panhandle/South Plains/Transpecos will support eastward mixing of a dryline through the afternoon. With a moist boundary layer east of the dryline, heating combined with the steep lapse rates/EML being maintained across the area by moderate west-southwesterlies aloft will result in moderate destabilization. This should support isolated storm development near the dryline, perhaps most focused where the southward-sagging outflow/cold front from Kansas intersects the eastward-mixing dryline (somewhere in the southwestern Kansas/northwestern Oklahoma/Texas Panhandle vicinity). The lack of stronger flow aloft should continue to limit shear across the southern Plains region, but veering winds with height should again support potential for mid-level rotation. Attendant risks for large hail and locally gusty/damaging winds warrant continuation of MRGL/5% severe probability. Some thought was given to a small SLGT risk upgrade, near the intersection of the dryline and the outflow-reinforced front mentioned earlier, as backed low-level flow may yield a bit more favorable of a wind profile locally. However, with some uncertainty evident with respect to if, and how far, the front can progress southward through the day, have opted not to upgrade at this time. ..Goss.. 04/22/2025 Read more

SPC 1930Z Day 3 Outlook
Day 3 Convective Outlook NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK 0223 PM CDT Tue Apr 22 2025 Valid 241200Z - 251200Z ...THERE IS A MARGINAL RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM SOUTHERN KANSAS TO THE TRANSPECOS REGION OF TEXAS... ...SUMMARY... Isolated severe thunderstorms are possible on Thursday from western Texas and Oklahoma into southern Kansas. ...Southern Kansas southwestward to the Transpecos region of Texas... Thunderstorms are forecast to be ongoing at the start of the period near a weak front lying roughly west-to-east across Kansas. As the storms sag southeastward with time, the combined front/convective outflow will continue making slow southward progress. Meanwhile, daytime heating/mixing across the Texas Panhandle/South Plains/Transpecos will support eastward mixing of a dryline through the afternoon. With a moist boundary layer east of the dryline, heating combined with the steep lapse rates/EML being maintained across the area by moderate west-southwesterlies aloft will result in moderate destabilization. This should support isolated storm development near the dryline, perhaps most focused where the southward-sagging outflow/cold front from Kansas intersects the eastward-mixing dryline (somewhere in the southwestern Kansas/northwestern Oklahoma/Texas Panhandle vicinity). The lack of stronger flow aloft should continue to limit shear across the southern Plains region, but veering winds with height should again support potential for mid-level rotation. Attendant risks for large hail and locally gusty/damaging winds warrant continuation of MRGL/5% severe probability. Some thought was given to a small SLGT risk upgrade, near the intersection of the dryline and the outflow-reinforced front mentioned earlier, as backed low-level flow may yield a bit more favorable of a wind profile locally. However, with some uncertainty evident with respect to if, and how far, the front can progress southward through the day, have opted not to upgrade at this time. ..Goss.. 04/22/2025 Read more

SPC 1930Z Day 3 Outlook
Day 3 Convective Outlook NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK 0223 PM CDT Tue Apr 22 2025 Valid 241200Z - 251200Z ...THERE IS A MARGINAL RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM SOUTHERN KANSAS TO THE TRANSPECOS REGION OF TEXAS... ...SUMMARY... Isolated severe thunderstorms are possible on Thursday from western Texas and Oklahoma into southern Kansas. ...Southern Kansas southwestward to the Transpecos region of Texas... Thunderstorms are forecast to be ongoing at the start of the period near a weak front lying roughly west-to-east across Kansas. As the storms sag southeastward with time, the combined front/convective outflow will continue making slow southward progress. Meanwhile, daytime heating/mixing across the Texas Panhandle/South Plains/Transpecos will support eastward mixing of a dryline through the afternoon. With a moist boundary layer east of the dryline, heating combined with the steep lapse rates/EML being maintained across the area by moderate west-southwesterlies aloft will result in moderate destabilization. This should support isolated storm development near the dryline, perhaps most focused where the southward-sagging outflow/cold front from Kansas intersects the eastward-mixing dryline (somewhere in the southwestern Kansas/northwestern Oklahoma/Texas Panhandle vicinity). The lack of stronger flow aloft should continue to limit shear across the southern Plains region, but veering winds with height should again support potential for mid-level rotation. Attendant risks for large hail and locally gusty/damaging winds warrant continuation of MRGL/5% severe probability. Some thought was given to a small SLGT risk upgrade, near the intersection of the dryline and the outflow-reinforced front mentioned earlier, as backed low-level flow may yield a bit more favorable of a wind profile locally. However, with some uncertainty evident with respect to if, and how far, the front can progress southward through the day, have opted not to upgrade at this time. ..Goss.. 04/22/2025 Read more

SPC 1930Z Day 3 Outlook
Day 3 Convective Outlook NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK 0223 PM CDT Tue Apr 22 2025 Valid 241200Z - 251200Z ...THERE IS A MARGINAL RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM SOUTHERN KANSAS TO THE TRANSPECOS REGION OF TEXAS... ...SUMMARY... Isolated severe thunderstorms are possible on Thursday from western Texas and Oklahoma into southern Kansas. ...Southern Kansas southwestward to the Transpecos region of Texas... Thunderstorms are forecast to be ongoing at the start of the period near a weak front lying roughly west-to-east across Kansas. As the storms sag southeastward with time, the combined front/convective outflow will continue making slow southward progress. Meanwhile, daytime heating/mixing across the Texas Panhandle/South Plains/Transpecos will support eastward mixing of a dryline through the afternoon. With a moist boundary layer east of the dryline, heating combined with the steep lapse rates/EML being maintained across the area by moderate west-southwesterlies aloft will result in moderate destabilization. This should support isolated storm development near the dryline, perhaps most focused where the southward-sagging outflow/cold front from Kansas intersects the eastward-mixing dryline (somewhere in the southwestern Kansas/northwestern Oklahoma/Texas Panhandle vicinity). The lack of stronger flow aloft should continue to limit shear across the southern Plains region, but veering winds with height should again support potential for mid-level rotation. Attendant risks for large hail and locally gusty/damaging winds warrant continuation of MRGL/5% severe probability. Some thought was given to a small SLGT risk upgrade, near the intersection of the dryline and the outflow-reinforced front mentioned earlier, as backed low-level flow may yield a bit more favorable of a wind profile locally. However, with some uncertainty evident with respect to if, and how far, the front can progress southward through the day, have opted not to upgrade at this time. ..Goss.. 04/22/2025 Read more

SPC Day 2 Fire Weather Outlook
Day 2 Fire Weather Outlook NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK 0155 PM CDT Tue Apr 22 2025 Valid 231200Z - 241200Z ...19z Update... Minimal changes were made to the Elevated area across parts of NM. Rainfall has limited the northern and eastern extent of the dry fuels. Additionally, localized dry and breezy conditions are possible over parts of the southern Great Basin. Here, fuels are undergoing drying, but are unlikely to support more than isolated risk for fire-weather concerns for now. Otherwise, no changes were made, see the prior outlook for more info. ..Lyons.. 04/22/2025 .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 0148 AM CDT Tue Apr 22 2025/ ...Synopsis... Broad cyclonic flow will overspread the western CONUS as modest upper ridging builds over the central and eastern U.S. tomorrow (Wednesday). A weak embedded impulse will traverse the Desert Southwest, encouraging stronger surface flow over portions of eastern Arizona into Far West Texas Wednesday afternoon. Over 15 mph sustained southwesterly surface winds amid 10-15 percent RH will overspread drying fuels, warranting the introduction of Elevated highlights. Meanwhile, in the western Florida Peninsula, strong daytime heating of a dry boundary layer will encourage RH to dip into the 30-40 percent range. Since southeasterly surface winds may reach 10-15 mph atop dry fuels, Elevated highlights were introduced. ...Please see www.spc.noaa.gov/fire for graphic product... Read more

SPC Day 2 Fire Weather Outlook
Day 2 Fire Weather Outlook NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK 0155 PM CDT Tue Apr 22 2025 Valid 231200Z - 241200Z ...19z Update... Minimal changes were made to the Elevated area across parts of NM. Rainfall has limited the northern and eastern extent of the dry fuels. Additionally, localized dry and breezy conditions are possible over parts of the southern Great Basin. Here, fuels are undergoing drying, but are unlikely to support more than isolated risk for fire-weather concerns for now. Otherwise, no changes were made, see the prior outlook for more info. ..Lyons.. 04/22/2025 .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 0148 AM CDT Tue Apr 22 2025/ ...Synopsis... Broad cyclonic flow will overspread the western CONUS as modest upper ridging builds over the central and eastern U.S. tomorrow (Wednesday). A weak embedded impulse will traverse the Desert Southwest, encouraging stronger surface flow over portions of eastern Arizona into Far West Texas Wednesday afternoon. Over 15 mph sustained southwesterly surface winds amid 10-15 percent RH will overspread drying fuels, warranting the introduction of Elevated highlights. Meanwhile, in the western Florida Peninsula, strong daytime heating of a dry boundary layer will encourage RH to dip into the 30-40 percent range. Since southeasterly surface winds may reach 10-15 mph atop dry fuels, Elevated highlights were introduced. ...Please see www.spc.noaa.gov/fire for graphic product... Read more