Severe Storms

SPC 2000Z Day 1 Outlook
Day 1 Convective Outlook NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK 0317 PM CDT Mon Apr 01 2024 Valid 012000Z - 021200Z ...THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS CENTRAL AND NORTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA...AND INTO FAR NORTH-CENTRAL TEXAS... ...SUMMARY... Severe thunderstorms with very large hail (2-3 inch diameter or greater), damaging gusts (60-80 mph) and a few tornadoes (potentially up to EF2) are expected this afternoon into tonight from north Texas and Oklahoma into the lower Ohio River Valley. ...Discussion... Current forecast reasoning and outlook areas remains generally in line with prior outlooks, with widespread/all-hazards severe risk from the southern Plains into the Ohio Valley. The main change in the current outlook update is a westward adjustment of thunder/severe probability lines across the Big Country and Concho Valley of Texas, where storms have initiated along a developing dryline a bit earlier, and farther west, than previously anticipated. Otherwise, the outlook remains largely unchanged at this time, aside from minor line tweaks to account for current convective evolution/development. ..Goss.. 04/01/2024 .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 1128 AM CDT Mon Apr 01 2024/ ...Synopsis... Embedded speed maxima (90-100+ kt 500 mb) from southern NM/far west TX to northwest Mexico will eject northeastward to OK this evening and MO overnight. An associated lee cyclone will deepen this afternoon across the TX South Plains and then progress into northwest OK this evening and the mid MS Valley by the end of the period. A broad/moist warm sector is in place from the southern Plains to the mid MS/lower OH Valleys, beneath a warm elevated mixed layer with 8-9 C/km midlevel lapse rates. The cap will weaken through the afternoon from the west, with thunderstorm initiation becoming likely by mid afternoon along a surface front from KS into MO/IL, and mid-late afternoon along the dryline from western/central OK into northwest TX. ...KS/MO/IL/IN through tonight... Scattered thunderstorm development is likely starting mid afternoon along the baroclinic zone from KS into MO, and storms will subsequently spread eastward along the warm front from MO into IL/IN. The environment will favor supercells capable of producing very large hail (2-3 inches in diameter) and a few tornadoes, with an isolated strong tornado possible. Storm mode will become messier into the overnight hours with upscale growth into clusters/line segments, with an increase in the threat for damaging winds (60-80 mph), and a continued threat for tornadoes (possibly up to EF2) with embedded/QLCS circulations. ...OK/TX this afternoon into early tonight... The elevated mixed layer and associated cap, along with widespread clouds, will tend to delay surface-based storm development until mid-late afternoon, when forcing for ascent increases from the southwest with the approach of the mid-upper jet streak. By about 21z, scattered thunderstorm development is expected along the dryline from northwest TX into western OK, and storms will spread quickly northeastward into central/eastern OK through this evening/early tonight. Steep midlevel lapse rates and boundary-layer dewpoints in the mid-upper 60s will contribute to MLCAPE of 2000-3000 J/kg, in an environment with very strong deep-layer shear/long hodographs favorable for multiple supercells with very large hail (3 inches in diameter or greater). The magnitude of the tornado threat is a bit less certain, given a weakness in the low-level shear until a more consolidated low-level jet response begins by late evening, when storm mergers and upscale growth become more probable into eastern OK/northwest AR/southwest MO early tonight. However, given the very strong flow and seasonably rich low-level moisture, there will be the potential for a couple of strong (roughly EF2) tornadoes late this afternoon into tonight. Read more

SPC 2000Z Day 1 Outlook
Day 1 Convective Outlook NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK 0317 PM CDT Mon Apr 01 2024 Valid 012000Z - 021200Z ...THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS CENTRAL AND NORTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA...AND INTO FAR NORTH-CENTRAL TEXAS... ...SUMMARY... Severe thunderstorms with very large hail (2-3 inch diameter or greater), damaging gusts (60-80 mph) and a few tornadoes (potentially up to EF2) are expected this afternoon into tonight from north Texas and Oklahoma into the lower Ohio River Valley. ...Discussion... Current forecast reasoning and outlook areas remains generally in line with prior outlooks, with widespread/all-hazards severe risk from the southern Plains into the Ohio Valley. The main change in the current outlook update is a westward adjustment of thunder/severe probability lines across the Big Country and Concho Valley of Texas, where storms have initiated along a developing dryline a bit earlier, and farther west, than previously anticipated. Otherwise, the outlook remains largely unchanged at this time, aside from minor line tweaks to account for current convective evolution/development. ..Goss.. 04/01/2024 .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 1128 AM CDT Mon Apr 01 2024/ ...Synopsis... Embedded speed maxima (90-100+ kt 500 mb) from southern NM/far west TX to northwest Mexico will eject northeastward to OK this evening and MO overnight. An associated lee cyclone will deepen this afternoon across the TX South Plains and then progress into northwest OK this evening and the mid MS Valley by the end of the period. A broad/moist warm sector is in place from the southern Plains to the mid MS/lower OH Valleys, beneath a warm elevated mixed layer with 8-9 C/km midlevel lapse rates. The cap will weaken through the afternoon from the west, with thunderstorm initiation becoming likely by mid afternoon along a surface front from KS into MO/IL, and mid-late afternoon along the dryline from western/central OK into northwest TX. ...KS/MO/IL/IN through tonight... Scattered thunderstorm development is likely starting mid afternoon along the baroclinic zone from KS into MO, and storms will subsequently spread eastward along the warm front from MO into IL/IN. The environment will favor supercells capable of producing very large hail (2-3 inches in diameter) and a few tornadoes, with an isolated strong tornado possible. Storm mode will become messier into the overnight hours with upscale growth into clusters/line segments, with an increase in the threat for damaging winds (60-80 mph), and a continued threat for tornadoes (possibly up to EF2) with embedded/QLCS circulations. ...OK/TX this afternoon into early tonight... The elevated mixed layer and associated cap, along with widespread clouds, will tend to delay surface-based storm development until mid-late afternoon, when forcing for ascent increases from the southwest with the approach of the mid-upper jet streak. By about 21z, scattered thunderstorm development is expected along the dryline from northwest TX into western OK, and storms will spread quickly northeastward into central/eastern OK through this evening/early tonight. Steep midlevel lapse rates and boundary-layer dewpoints in the mid-upper 60s will contribute to MLCAPE of 2000-3000 J/kg, in an environment with very strong deep-layer shear/long hodographs favorable for multiple supercells with very large hail (3 inches in diameter or greater). The magnitude of the tornado threat is a bit less certain, given a weakness in the low-level shear until a more consolidated low-level jet response begins by late evening, when storm mergers and upscale growth become more probable into eastern OK/northwest AR/southwest MO early tonight. However, given the very strong flow and seasonably rich low-level moisture, there will be the potential for a couple of strong (roughly EF2) tornadoes late this afternoon into tonight. Read more

SPC 2000Z Day 1 Outlook
Day 1 Convective Outlook NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK 0317 PM CDT Mon Apr 01 2024 Valid 012000Z - 021200Z ...THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS CENTRAL AND NORTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA...AND INTO FAR NORTH-CENTRAL TEXAS... ...SUMMARY... Severe thunderstorms with very large hail (2-3 inch diameter or greater), damaging gusts (60-80 mph) and a few tornadoes (potentially up to EF2) are expected this afternoon into tonight from north Texas and Oklahoma into the lower Ohio River Valley. ...Discussion... Current forecast reasoning and outlook areas remains generally in line with prior outlooks, with widespread/all-hazards severe risk from the southern Plains into the Ohio Valley. The main change in the current outlook update is a westward adjustment of thunder/severe probability lines across the Big Country and Concho Valley of Texas, where storms have initiated along a developing dryline a bit earlier, and farther west, than previously anticipated. Otherwise, the outlook remains largely unchanged at this time, aside from minor line tweaks to account for current convective evolution/development. ..Goss.. 04/01/2024 .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 1128 AM CDT Mon Apr 01 2024/ ...Synopsis... Embedded speed maxima (90-100+ kt 500 mb) from southern NM/far west TX to northwest Mexico will eject northeastward to OK this evening and MO overnight. An associated lee cyclone will deepen this afternoon across the TX South Plains and then progress into northwest OK this evening and the mid MS Valley by the end of the period. A broad/moist warm sector is in place from the southern Plains to the mid MS/lower OH Valleys, beneath a warm elevated mixed layer with 8-9 C/km midlevel lapse rates. The cap will weaken through the afternoon from the west, with thunderstorm initiation becoming likely by mid afternoon along a surface front from KS into MO/IL, and mid-late afternoon along the dryline from western/central OK into northwest TX. ...KS/MO/IL/IN through tonight... Scattered thunderstorm development is likely starting mid afternoon along the baroclinic zone from KS into MO, and storms will subsequently spread eastward along the warm front from MO into IL/IN. The environment will favor supercells capable of producing very large hail (2-3 inches in diameter) and a few tornadoes, with an isolated strong tornado possible. Storm mode will become messier into the overnight hours with upscale growth into clusters/line segments, with an increase in the threat for damaging winds (60-80 mph), and a continued threat for tornadoes (possibly up to EF2) with embedded/QLCS circulations. ...OK/TX this afternoon into early tonight... The elevated mixed layer and associated cap, along with widespread clouds, will tend to delay surface-based storm development until mid-late afternoon, when forcing for ascent increases from the southwest with the approach of the mid-upper jet streak. By about 21z, scattered thunderstorm development is expected along the dryline from northwest TX into western OK, and storms will spread quickly northeastward into central/eastern OK through this evening/early tonight. Steep midlevel lapse rates and boundary-layer dewpoints in the mid-upper 60s will contribute to MLCAPE of 2000-3000 J/kg, in an environment with very strong deep-layer shear/long hodographs favorable for multiple supercells with very large hail (3 inches in diameter or greater). The magnitude of the tornado threat is a bit less certain, given a weakness in the low-level shear until a more consolidated low-level jet response begins by late evening, when storm mergers and upscale growth become more probable into eastern OK/northwest AR/southwest MO early tonight. However, given the very strong flow and seasonably rich low-level moisture, there will be the potential for a couple of strong (roughly EF2) tornadoes late this afternoon into tonight. Read more

SPC 2000Z Day 1 Outlook
Day 1 Convective Outlook NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK 0317 PM CDT Mon Apr 01 2024 Valid 012000Z - 021200Z ...THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS CENTRAL AND NORTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA...AND INTO FAR NORTH-CENTRAL TEXAS... ...SUMMARY... Severe thunderstorms with very large hail (2-3 inch diameter or greater), damaging gusts (60-80 mph) and a few tornadoes (potentially up to EF2) are expected this afternoon into tonight from north Texas and Oklahoma into the lower Ohio River Valley. ...Discussion... Current forecast reasoning and outlook areas remains generally in line with prior outlooks, with widespread/all-hazards severe risk from the southern Plains into the Ohio Valley. The main change in the current outlook update is a westward adjustment of thunder/severe probability lines across the Big Country and Concho Valley of Texas, where storms have initiated along a developing dryline a bit earlier, and farther west, than previously anticipated. Otherwise, the outlook remains largely unchanged at this time, aside from minor line tweaks to account for current convective evolution/development. ..Goss.. 04/01/2024 .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 1128 AM CDT Mon Apr 01 2024/ ...Synopsis... Embedded speed maxima (90-100+ kt 500 mb) from southern NM/far west TX to northwest Mexico will eject northeastward to OK this evening and MO overnight. An associated lee cyclone will deepen this afternoon across the TX South Plains and then progress into northwest OK this evening and the mid MS Valley by the end of the period. A broad/moist warm sector is in place from the southern Plains to the mid MS/lower OH Valleys, beneath a warm elevated mixed layer with 8-9 C/km midlevel lapse rates. The cap will weaken through the afternoon from the west, with thunderstorm initiation becoming likely by mid afternoon along a surface front from KS into MO/IL, and mid-late afternoon along the dryline from western/central OK into northwest TX. ...KS/MO/IL/IN through tonight... Scattered thunderstorm development is likely starting mid afternoon along the baroclinic zone from KS into MO, and storms will subsequently spread eastward along the warm front from MO into IL/IN. The environment will favor supercells capable of producing very large hail (2-3 inches in diameter) and a few tornadoes, with an isolated strong tornado possible. Storm mode will become messier into the overnight hours with upscale growth into clusters/line segments, with an increase in the threat for damaging winds (60-80 mph), and a continued threat for tornadoes (possibly up to EF2) with embedded/QLCS circulations. ...OK/TX this afternoon into early tonight... The elevated mixed layer and associated cap, along with widespread clouds, will tend to delay surface-based storm development until mid-late afternoon, when forcing for ascent increases from the southwest with the approach of the mid-upper jet streak. By about 21z, scattered thunderstorm development is expected along the dryline from northwest TX into western OK, and storms will spread quickly northeastward into central/eastern OK through this evening/early tonight. Steep midlevel lapse rates and boundary-layer dewpoints in the mid-upper 60s will contribute to MLCAPE of 2000-3000 J/kg, in an environment with very strong deep-layer shear/long hodographs favorable for multiple supercells with very large hail (3 inches in diameter or greater). The magnitude of the tornado threat is a bit less certain, given a weakness in the low-level shear until a more consolidated low-level jet response begins by late evening, when storm mergers and upscale growth become more probable into eastern OK/northwest AR/southwest MO early tonight. However, given the very strong flow and seasonably rich low-level moisture, there will be the potential for a couple of strong (roughly EF2) tornadoes late this afternoon into tonight. Read more

SPC 2000Z Day 1 Outlook
Day 1 Convective Outlook NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK 0317 PM CDT Mon Apr 01 2024 Valid 012000Z - 021200Z ...THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS CENTRAL AND NORTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA...AND INTO FAR NORTH-CENTRAL TEXAS... ...SUMMARY... Severe thunderstorms with very large hail (2-3 inch diameter or greater), damaging gusts (60-80 mph) and a few tornadoes (potentially up to EF2) are expected this afternoon into tonight from north Texas and Oklahoma into the lower Ohio River Valley. ...Discussion... Current forecast reasoning and outlook areas remains generally in line with prior outlooks, with widespread/all-hazards severe risk from the southern Plains into the Ohio Valley. The main change in the current outlook update is a westward adjustment of thunder/severe probability lines across the Big Country and Concho Valley of Texas, where storms have initiated along a developing dryline a bit earlier, and farther west, than previously anticipated. Otherwise, the outlook remains largely unchanged at this time, aside from minor line tweaks to account for current convective evolution/development. ..Goss.. 04/01/2024 .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 1128 AM CDT Mon Apr 01 2024/ ...Synopsis... Embedded speed maxima (90-100+ kt 500 mb) from southern NM/far west TX to northwest Mexico will eject northeastward to OK this evening and MO overnight. An associated lee cyclone will deepen this afternoon across the TX South Plains and then progress into northwest OK this evening and the mid MS Valley by the end of the period. A broad/moist warm sector is in place from the southern Plains to the mid MS/lower OH Valleys, beneath a warm elevated mixed layer with 8-9 C/km midlevel lapse rates. The cap will weaken through the afternoon from the west, with thunderstorm initiation becoming likely by mid afternoon along a surface front from KS into MO/IL, and mid-late afternoon along the dryline from western/central OK into northwest TX. ...KS/MO/IL/IN through tonight... Scattered thunderstorm development is likely starting mid afternoon along the baroclinic zone from KS into MO, and storms will subsequently spread eastward along the warm front from MO into IL/IN. The environment will favor supercells capable of producing very large hail (2-3 inches in diameter) and a few tornadoes, with an isolated strong tornado possible. Storm mode will become messier into the overnight hours with upscale growth into clusters/line segments, with an increase in the threat for damaging winds (60-80 mph), and a continued threat for tornadoes (possibly up to EF2) with embedded/QLCS circulations. ...OK/TX this afternoon into early tonight... The elevated mixed layer and associated cap, along with widespread clouds, will tend to delay surface-based storm development until mid-late afternoon, when forcing for ascent increases from the southwest with the approach of the mid-upper jet streak. By about 21z, scattered thunderstorm development is expected along the dryline from northwest TX into western OK, and storms will spread quickly northeastward into central/eastern OK through this evening/early tonight. Steep midlevel lapse rates and boundary-layer dewpoints in the mid-upper 60s will contribute to MLCAPE of 2000-3000 J/kg, in an environment with very strong deep-layer shear/long hodographs favorable for multiple supercells with very large hail (3 inches in diameter or greater). The magnitude of the tornado threat is a bit less certain, given a weakness in the low-level shear until a more consolidated low-level jet response begins by late evening, when storm mergers and upscale growth become more probable into eastern OK/northwest AR/southwest MO early tonight. However, given the very strong flow and seasonably rich low-level moisture, there will be the potential for a couple of strong (roughly EF2) tornadoes late this afternoon into tonight. Read more

SPC 2000Z Day 1 Outlook
Day 1 Convective Outlook NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK 0317 PM CDT Mon Apr 01 2024 Valid 012000Z - 021200Z ...THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS CENTRAL AND NORTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA...AND INTO FAR NORTH-CENTRAL TEXAS... ...SUMMARY... Severe thunderstorms with very large hail (2-3 inch diameter or greater), damaging gusts (60-80 mph) and a few tornadoes (potentially up to EF2) are expected this afternoon into tonight from north Texas and Oklahoma into the lower Ohio River Valley. ...Discussion... Current forecast reasoning and outlook areas remains generally in line with prior outlooks, with widespread/all-hazards severe risk from the southern Plains into the Ohio Valley. The main change in the current outlook update is a westward adjustment of thunder/severe probability lines across the Big Country and Concho Valley of Texas, where storms have initiated along a developing dryline a bit earlier, and farther west, than previously anticipated. Otherwise, the outlook remains largely unchanged at this time, aside from minor line tweaks to account for current convective evolution/development. ..Goss.. 04/01/2024 .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 1128 AM CDT Mon Apr 01 2024/ ...Synopsis... Embedded speed maxima (90-100+ kt 500 mb) from southern NM/far west TX to northwest Mexico will eject northeastward to OK this evening and MO overnight. An associated lee cyclone will deepen this afternoon across the TX South Plains and then progress into northwest OK this evening and the mid MS Valley by the end of the period. A broad/moist warm sector is in place from the southern Plains to the mid MS/lower OH Valleys, beneath a warm elevated mixed layer with 8-9 C/km midlevel lapse rates. The cap will weaken through the afternoon from the west, with thunderstorm initiation becoming likely by mid afternoon along a surface front from KS into MO/IL, and mid-late afternoon along the dryline from western/central OK into northwest TX. ...KS/MO/IL/IN through tonight... Scattered thunderstorm development is likely starting mid afternoon along the baroclinic zone from KS into MO, and storms will subsequently spread eastward along the warm front from MO into IL/IN. The environment will favor supercells capable of producing very large hail (2-3 inches in diameter) and a few tornadoes, with an isolated strong tornado possible. Storm mode will become messier into the overnight hours with upscale growth into clusters/line segments, with an increase in the threat for damaging winds (60-80 mph), and a continued threat for tornadoes (possibly up to EF2) with embedded/QLCS circulations. ...OK/TX this afternoon into early tonight... The elevated mixed layer and associated cap, along with widespread clouds, will tend to delay surface-based storm development until mid-late afternoon, when forcing for ascent increases from the southwest with the approach of the mid-upper jet streak. By about 21z, scattered thunderstorm development is expected along the dryline from northwest TX into western OK, and storms will spread quickly northeastward into central/eastern OK through this evening/early tonight. Steep midlevel lapse rates and boundary-layer dewpoints in the mid-upper 60s will contribute to MLCAPE of 2000-3000 J/kg, in an environment with very strong deep-layer shear/long hodographs favorable for multiple supercells with very large hail (3 inches in diameter or greater). The magnitude of the tornado threat is a bit less certain, given a weakness in the low-level shear until a more consolidated low-level jet response begins by late evening, when storm mergers and upscale growth become more probable into eastern OK/northwest AR/southwest MO early tonight. However, given the very strong flow and seasonably rich low-level moisture, there will be the potential for a couple of strong (roughly EF2) tornadoes late this afternoon into tonight. Read more

SPC 2000Z Day 1 Outlook
Day 1 Convective Outlook NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK 0317 PM CDT Mon Apr 01 2024 Valid 012000Z - 021200Z ...THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS CENTRAL AND NORTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA...AND INTO FAR NORTH-CENTRAL TEXAS... ...SUMMARY... Severe thunderstorms with very large hail (2-3 inch diameter or greater), damaging gusts (60-80 mph) and a few tornadoes (potentially up to EF2) are expected this afternoon into tonight from north Texas and Oklahoma into the lower Ohio River Valley. ...Discussion... Current forecast reasoning and outlook areas remains generally in line with prior outlooks, with widespread/all-hazards severe risk from the southern Plains into the Ohio Valley. The main change in the current outlook update is a westward adjustment of thunder/severe probability lines across the Big Country and Concho Valley of Texas, where storms have initiated along a developing dryline a bit earlier, and farther west, than previously anticipated. Otherwise, the outlook remains largely unchanged at this time, aside from minor line tweaks to account for current convective evolution/development. ..Goss.. 04/01/2024 .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 1128 AM CDT Mon Apr 01 2024/ ...Synopsis... Embedded speed maxima (90-100+ kt 500 mb) from southern NM/far west TX to northwest Mexico will eject northeastward to OK this evening and MO overnight. An associated lee cyclone will deepen this afternoon across the TX South Plains and then progress into northwest OK this evening and the mid MS Valley by the end of the period. A broad/moist warm sector is in place from the southern Plains to the mid MS/lower OH Valleys, beneath a warm elevated mixed layer with 8-9 C/km midlevel lapse rates. The cap will weaken through the afternoon from the west, with thunderstorm initiation becoming likely by mid afternoon along a surface front from KS into MO/IL, and mid-late afternoon along the dryline from western/central OK into northwest TX. ...KS/MO/IL/IN through tonight... Scattered thunderstorm development is likely starting mid afternoon along the baroclinic zone from KS into MO, and storms will subsequently spread eastward along the warm front from MO into IL/IN. The environment will favor supercells capable of producing very large hail (2-3 inches in diameter) and a few tornadoes, with an isolated strong tornado possible. Storm mode will become messier into the overnight hours with upscale growth into clusters/line segments, with an increase in the threat for damaging winds (60-80 mph), and a continued threat for tornadoes (possibly up to EF2) with embedded/QLCS circulations. ...OK/TX this afternoon into early tonight... The elevated mixed layer and associated cap, along with widespread clouds, will tend to delay surface-based storm development until mid-late afternoon, when forcing for ascent increases from the southwest with the approach of the mid-upper jet streak. By about 21z, scattered thunderstorm development is expected along the dryline from northwest TX into western OK, and storms will spread quickly northeastward into central/eastern OK through this evening/early tonight. Steep midlevel lapse rates and boundary-layer dewpoints in the mid-upper 60s will contribute to MLCAPE of 2000-3000 J/kg, in an environment with very strong deep-layer shear/long hodographs favorable for multiple supercells with very large hail (3 inches in diameter or greater). The magnitude of the tornado threat is a bit less certain, given a weakness in the low-level shear until a more consolidated low-level jet response begins by late evening, when storm mergers and upscale growth become more probable into eastern OK/northwest AR/southwest MO early tonight. However, given the very strong flow and seasonably rich low-level moisture, there will be the potential for a couple of strong (roughly EF2) tornadoes late this afternoon into tonight. Read more

SPC 2000Z Day 1 Outlook
Day 1 Convective Outlook NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK 0317 PM CDT Mon Apr 01 2024 Valid 012000Z - 021200Z ...THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS CENTRAL AND NORTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA...AND INTO FAR NORTH-CENTRAL TEXAS... ...SUMMARY... Severe thunderstorms with very large hail (2-3 inch diameter or greater), damaging gusts (60-80 mph) and a few tornadoes (potentially up to EF2) are expected this afternoon into tonight from north Texas and Oklahoma into the lower Ohio River Valley. ...Discussion... Current forecast reasoning and outlook areas remains generally in line with prior outlooks, with widespread/all-hazards severe risk from the southern Plains into the Ohio Valley. The main change in the current outlook update is a westward adjustment of thunder/severe probability lines across the Big Country and Concho Valley of Texas, where storms have initiated along a developing dryline a bit earlier, and farther west, than previously anticipated. Otherwise, the outlook remains largely unchanged at this time, aside from minor line tweaks to account for current convective evolution/development. ..Goss.. 04/01/2024 .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 1128 AM CDT Mon Apr 01 2024/ ...Synopsis... Embedded speed maxima (90-100+ kt 500 mb) from southern NM/far west TX to northwest Mexico will eject northeastward to OK this evening and MO overnight. An associated lee cyclone will deepen this afternoon across the TX South Plains and then progress into northwest OK this evening and the mid MS Valley by the end of the period. A broad/moist warm sector is in place from the southern Plains to the mid MS/lower OH Valleys, beneath a warm elevated mixed layer with 8-9 C/km midlevel lapse rates. The cap will weaken through the afternoon from the west, with thunderstorm initiation becoming likely by mid afternoon along a surface front from KS into MO/IL, and mid-late afternoon along the dryline from western/central OK into northwest TX. ...KS/MO/IL/IN through tonight... Scattered thunderstorm development is likely starting mid afternoon along the baroclinic zone from KS into MO, and storms will subsequently spread eastward along the warm front from MO into IL/IN. The environment will favor supercells capable of producing very large hail (2-3 inches in diameter) and a few tornadoes, with an isolated strong tornado possible. Storm mode will become messier into the overnight hours with upscale growth into clusters/line segments, with an increase in the threat for damaging winds (60-80 mph), and a continued threat for tornadoes (possibly up to EF2) with embedded/QLCS circulations. ...OK/TX this afternoon into early tonight... The elevated mixed layer and associated cap, along with widespread clouds, will tend to delay surface-based storm development until mid-late afternoon, when forcing for ascent increases from the southwest with the approach of the mid-upper jet streak. By about 21z, scattered thunderstorm development is expected along the dryline from northwest TX into western OK, and storms will spread quickly northeastward into central/eastern OK through this evening/early tonight. Steep midlevel lapse rates and boundary-layer dewpoints in the mid-upper 60s will contribute to MLCAPE of 2000-3000 J/kg, in an environment with very strong deep-layer shear/long hodographs favorable for multiple supercells with very large hail (3 inches in diameter or greater). The magnitude of the tornado threat is a bit less certain, given a weakness in the low-level shear until a more consolidated low-level jet response begins by late evening, when storm mergers and upscale growth become more probable into eastern OK/northwest AR/southwest MO early tonight. However, given the very strong flow and seasonably rich low-level moisture, there will be the potential for a couple of strong (roughly EF2) tornadoes late this afternoon into tonight. Read more

MD 0320 CONCERNING SEVERE POTENTIAL...WATCH LIKELY FOR CENTRAL/EASTERN KS
Mesoscale Discussion 0320 NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK 0113 PM CDT Mon Apr 01 2024 Areas affected...Central/Eastern KS Concerning...Severe potential...Watch likely Valid 011813Z - 012015Z Probability of Watch Issuance...80 percent SUMMARY...Thunderstorms capable of large to very large (1" to 2.5") hail are possible across central and eastern KS this afternoon. A strong gust or two is also possible. DISCUSSION...Recent surface analysis places a low over northeast KS with a cold front extending southwestward from this low through south-central KS. Low-level stability remains within much of the region ahead of this front, where the surface conditions are characterized by temperatures in the low/mid 70s and dewpoints in the low 60s amid widespread cloud cover. Even so, steep mid-level lapse rates are in place and the combination of broad warm-air advection and ascent along the front is expected to result in convective initiation within the next hour or two. Given the initially elevated and embedded storm character, a somewhat messy storm mode is anticipated once initiation occurs. Even so, deep-layer vertical shear is quite strong, with recent mesoanalysis estimated 60 to 70 kt of 0-6 bulk shear. This shear is sufficient for updraft organization within in mature, deep updrafts. The presence of steep lapse rates will favor the development of large to very large hail (i.e. 1" to 2.5") within these mature and organized storms. Given the low-level stability and weak low-level shear, the tornado potential for the next few hours should remain low. However, further air mass destabilization and strengthening low-level flow over time may allow these storms to trend more surface based as they move eastward/northeast into MO, resulting in an increase tornado threat. ..Mosier/Thompson.. 04/01/2024 ...Please see www.spc.noaa.gov for graphic product... ATTN...WFO...SGF...EAX...TOP...ICT... LAT...LON 37849748 39019596 39189492 38849439 38289427 37739441 37339466 37109498 36999567 37019691 37029750 37149833 37849748 Read more

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MD 0319 CONCERNING SEVERE POTENTIAL...WATCH POSSIBLE FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHERN MISSOURI INTO CENTRAL ILLINOIS
Mesoscale Discussion 0319 NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK 1235 PM CDT Mon Apr 01 2024 Areas affected...Portions of northern Missouri into central Illinois Concerning...Severe potential...Watch possible Valid 011735Z - 011930Z Probability of Watch Issuance...60 percent SUMMARY...An increase in storm coverage is expected along/north of a warm front this afternoon. Large to very large hail will be the initial threat. A greater tornado threat can be expected late afternoon/early evening with discrete storms near the boundary.On or more watches are possible this afternoon, but timing is not certain. DISCUSSION...The 12Z observed ILX sounding showed moderately steep mid-level lapse rates. As the warm front has lifted northward within the mid-Mississippi Valley, substantial low-level moistening has occurred in parts of central Illinois. With time, this boundary is expected to continue to lift northward. Initial weak, elevated convection has developed in northern Missouri and central Illinois. This activity should remain sub-severe in the short term. As destabilization continues into the afternoon, some of these storms may become surface based. Given the wind profiles and lapse rates, large hail would be possible. Very-large (2+ in.) hail could occur with the stronger supercells. Storms north of the warm front will remain elevated. Some increase in coverage and intensity appears possible as theta-e advection aloft increases as the 850 mb low deepens. There remains some uncertainty as to the exact timing of an increase in storm coverage. Several CAMs suggest coverage increases later in the afternoon as the upper trough moves farther east. The tornado threat will at least initially be low. However, low-level shear will increase late this afternoon/early evening. Storms ongoing near the warm front will consequently have a greater tornado potential at that time. On or more watches are possible this afternoon, but timing is not certain. ..Wendt/Thompson.. 04/01/2024 ...Please see www.spc.noaa.gov for graphic product... ATTN...WFO...PAH...ILX...LSX...DVN...SGF...EAX... LAT...LON 39109422 39629384 39939340 40399240 40429164 40438910 40298802 39758767 38728788 38228828 38039132 38049180 38619391 39109422 Read more

SPC Day 2 Fire Weather Outlook
Day 2 Fire Weather Outlook NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK 0156 PM CDT Mon Apr 01 2024 Valid 021200Z - 031200Z ...NO CRITICAL AREAS... An elevated area was considered for portions of the Texas Hill Country into far South Texas. Despite somewhat marginal fuel receptivity evident at the present time, hot/breezy conditions today will likely lead to some drying of fine fuels to support more widespread fire-weather conditions noted in the previous outlook. However, uncertainty remains in the chance/coverage of wetting rains this evening across this region, precluding the introduction of any fire-weather highlights at this time. ..Karstens.. 04/01/2024 .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 0605 AM CDT Mon Apr 01 2024/ ...Synopsis... A cold front will move south across Texas on Tuesday. In the wake of this cold front, dry and breezy conditions are expected. The best potential for Elevated fire weather conditions will be portions of the Texas Hill Country into far South Texas where sustained winds of 15 to 20 mph and relative humidity around 20 percent are expected. However, fuels have mostly greened up in this region and fuel availability may be limited. Therefore, an Elevated delineation was not added at this time. ...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 0156 PM CDT Mon Apr 01 2024 Valid 021200Z - 031200Z ...NO CRITICAL AREAS... An elevated area was considered for portions of the Texas Hill Country into far South Texas. Despite somewhat marginal fuel receptivity evident at the present time, hot/breezy conditions today will likely lead to some drying of fine fuels to support more widespread fire-weather conditions noted in the previous outlook. However, uncertainty remains in the chance/coverage of wetting rains this evening across this region, precluding the introduction of any fire-weather highlights at this time. ..Karstens.. 04/01/2024 .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 0605 AM CDT Mon Apr 01 2024/ ...Synopsis... A cold front will move south across Texas on Tuesday. In the wake of this cold front, dry and breezy conditions are expected. The best potential for Elevated fire weather conditions will be portions of the Texas Hill Country into far South Texas where sustained winds of 15 to 20 mph and relative humidity around 20 percent are expected. However, fuels have mostly greened up in this region and fuel availability may be limited. Therefore, an Elevated delineation was not added at this time. ...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 0156 PM CDT Mon Apr 01 2024 Valid 021200Z - 031200Z ...NO CRITICAL AREAS... An elevated area was considered for portions of the Texas Hill Country into far South Texas. Despite somewhat marginal fuel receptivity evident at the present time, hot/breezy conditions today will likely lead to some drying of fine fuels to support more widespread fire-weather conditions noted in the previous outlook. However, uncertainty remains in the chance/coverage of wetting rains this evening across this region, precluding the introduction of any fire-weather highlights at this time. ..Karstens.. 04/01/2024 .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 0605 AM CDT Mon Apr 01 2024/ ...Synopsis... A cold front will move south across Texas on Tuesday. In the wake of this cold front, dry and breezy conditions are expected. The best potential for Elevated fire weather conditions will be portions of the Texas Hill Country into far South Texas where sustained winds of 15 to 20 mph and relative humidity around 20 percent are expected. However, fuels have mostly greened up in this region and fuel availability may be limited. Therefore, an Elevated delineation was not added at this time. ...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 0156 PM CDT Mon Apr 01 2024 Valid 021200Z - 031200Z ...NO CRITICAL AREAS... An elevated area was considered for portions of the Texas Hill Country into far South Texas. Despite somewhat marginal fuel receptivity evident at the present time, hot/breezy conditions today will likely lead to some drying of fine fuels to support more widespread fire-weather conditions noted in the previous outlook. However, uncertainty remains in the chance/coverage of wetting rains this evening across this region, precluding the introduction of any fire-weather highlights at this time. ..Karstens.. 04/01/2024 .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 0605 AM CDT Mon Apr 01 2024/ ...Synopsis... A cold front will move south across Texas on Tuesday. In the wake of this cold front, dry and breezy conditions are expected. The best potential for Elevated fire weather conditions will be portions of the Texas Hill Country into far South Texas where sustained winds of 15 to 20 mph and relative humidity around 20 percent are expected. However, fuels have mostly greened up in this region and fuel availability may be limited. Therefore, an Elevated delineation was not added at this time. ...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 0156 PM CDT Mon Apr 01 2024 Valid 021200Z - 031200Z ...NO CRITICAL AREAS... An elevated area was considered for portions of the Texas Hill Country into far South Texas. Despite somewhat marginal fuel receptivity evident at the present time, hot/breezy conditions today will likely lead to some drying of fine fuels to support more widespread fire-weather conditions noted in the previous outlook. However, uncertainty remains in the chance/coverage of wetting rains this evening across this region, precluding the introduction of any fire-weather highlights at this time. ..Karstens.. 04/01/2024 .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 0605 AM CDT Mon Apr 01 2024/ ...Synopsis... A cold front will move south across Texas on Tuesday. In the wake of this cold front, dry and breezy conditions are expected. The best potential for Elevated fire weather conditions will be portions of the Texas Hill Country into far South Texas where sustained winds of 15 to 20 mph and relative humidity around 20 percent are expected. However, fuels have mostly greened up in this region and fuel availability may be limited. Therefore, an Elevated delineation was not added at this time. ...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 0156 PM CDT Mon Apr 01 2024 Valid 021200Z - 031200Z ...NO CRITICAL AREAS... An elevated area was considered for portions of the Texas Hill Country into far South Texas. Despite somewhat marginal fuel receptivity evident at the present time, hot/breezy conditions today will likely lead to some drying of fine fuels to support more widespread fire-weather conditions noted in the previous outlook. However, uncertainty remains in the chance/coverage of wetting rains this evening across this region, precluding the introduction of any fire-weather highlights at this time. ..Karstens.. 04/01/2024 .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 0605 AM CDT Mon Apr 01 2024/ ...Synopsis... A cold front will move south across Texas on Tuesday. In the wake of this cold front, dry and breezy conditions are expected. The best potential for Elevated fire weather conditions will be portions of the Texas Hill Country into far South Texas where sustained winds of 15 to 20 mph and relative humidity around 20 percent are expected. However, fuels have mostly greened up in this region and fuel availability may be limited. Therefore, an Elevated delineation was not added at this time. ...Please see www.spc.noaa.gov/fire for graphic product... Read more