• DAY2 3/5 RISK AREA POSTED

    From Mike Powell@618:250/10 to All on Mon Mar 9 08:34:48 2026
    ACUS02 KWNS 090601
    SWODY2
    SPC AC 090600

    Day 2 Convective Outlook
    NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
    0100 AM CDT Mon Mar 09 2026

    Valid 101200Z - 111200Z

    ...THERE IS AN ENHANCED RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS
    NORTHEAST MISSOURI...FAR SOUTHEAST IOWA...AND PARTS OF
    NORTHERN/CENTRAL ILLINOIS INTO NORTHWEST INDIANA...

    ...SUMMARY...
    Scattered severe thunderstorms are forecast on Tuesday from the
    southern Plains into the southern Great Lakes vicinity. All severe
    hazards are possible.

    ...Synopsis...

    A complex scenario for severe thunderstorm potential is expected on
    Tuesday and Tuesday night from the Southern Plains to the Mid-MS Valley/southern Great Lakes vicinity. A somewhat bi-modal severe
    risk appears possible within a split-flow upper level pattern. All
    severe hazards appear possible, especially within a corridor across
    portions of TX, and a second corridor from northern MO into
    northern/central IL and northwest IN.

    Expansive area of enhanced southwesterly flow will overspread the
    southern Plains into the Upper Great Lakes, aided by two separate
    upper troughs. The first is associated with an upper low/trough
    across northwest Mexico and the Southwest, which will shift east
    into the southern High Plains by Wednesday. The second is a broad
    but deepening upper trough moving across the northern/central Plains
    toward the Upper Midwest. Two areas of low pressure are expected to
    develop with the approaching of these upper systems, one over the central/southern High Plains and the other across the Lower
    MO/Mid-MS valley. A dryline/Pacific front will be oriented across
    western TX, while a warm front extends west to east from near
    northern MO/southeast IA into northern IL/IN. By evening, a cold
    front will begin to develop southeast across KS/MO/IA/IL/IN, and the
    Pacific front will shift east across central TX. These boundaries
    will be the focus for scattered to widespread thunderstorm
    development from late afternoon into the overnight hours.

    ...Mid-MO Valley to southern Great Lakes vicinity...

    Capping will likely suppress convection for much of the day within a
    strong warm advection regime. Surface dewpoints are expected to
    climb into the low/mid-60s south of the warm front beneath steep
    midlevel lapse rates. This will foster 1000-2000 J/kg MLCAPE by peak
    heating. Convection is expected to develop within the 21-00z time
    frame when a 40 kt low-level jet is expected to overspread the
    region. Supercell wind profiles are noted in forecast soundings,
    with hodographs exhibiting enhanced low-level curvature, with lengthened/straight hodographs above 2-3 km. Given a favorable
    thermodynamic environment, large hail to 2.5 inches appears possible
    with storms both within the warm sector and initial activity that
    may develop within the cooler air north of the front. Furthermore,
    any cells that develop within the warm sector and interact with the
    front will encounter enhanced low-level shear/SRH and tornadoes
    (some EF-2+) will be possible. With time during the evening,
    convection will likely grow upscale into one or more
    southeast-advancing linear segments near the advancing cold front.
    Damaging winds will be possible with this activity overnight.

    ...Southern Plains vicinity...

    Convection is expected to develop along the surface dryline across
    western TX by mid to late afternoon. Initial supercells are possible
    and could produce large hail (to around 2 inch diameter) and a
    couple of tornadoes. Convection may quickly grow upscale as the
    Pacific front overtakes the dryline and large-scale ascent increases
    rapidly by 00z.

    Uncertainty increases with northward extent across OK/KS into
    southern MO/AR. These areas will be within the broad warm sector and
    moderate to strongly sheared environment. However, this area will
    also be between the two areas of stronger ascent. Some capping may
    persist and it is unclear how convection may evolve across these areas.

    ..Leitman.. 03/09/2026

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  • From Mike Powell@618:250/6 to All on Thu Apr 16 08:33:02 2026
    ACUS02 KWNS 160559
    SWODY2
    SPC AC 160557

    Day 2 Convective Outlook
    NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
    1257 AM CDT Thu Apr 16 2026

    Valid 171200Z - 181200Z

    ...THERE IS AN ENHANCED RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS PORTIONS
    OF OKLAHOMA...KANSAS...MISSOURI...IOWA...ILLINOIS...FAR SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA...AND WISCONSIN...

    ...SUMMARY...
    Widespread severe thunderstorms are expected from parts of the
    southern Plains to the Middle and Upper Mississippi Valley vicinity
    Friday into Friday night. Tornadoes, possibly strong, very large
    hail, and swaths of damaging winds will be possible.

    ...Southern Plains to Upper Midwest...

    A potent upper trough from is expected to eject over the Plains and
    Upper Midwest on Friday. Strong deep-layer southwesterly flow will
    overspread the region early in the forecast period, with 850-700 mb
    flow around 40-50 kt common from parts of OK/KS into WI. At the
    surface, forecast guidance has trended a bit further north with the
    position of a surface low Friday morning. This low is expected to be
    located along the MO River near the SD/IA/NE border, and will
    develop northeast into northern WI/MI U.P. by late afternoon. A
    trailing cold front will push southeast across Upper MS/Mid-MO
    Valley as this occur, becoming oriented from central MI to northwest
    MO and southeast KS by 00z. Meanwhile, a second low is forecast to
    develop over the TX Panhandle/western OK within strong heating near
    a dryline extending southwest from western OK into
    west-central/western TX. Ahead of these surface features, a
    seasonally moist airmass will be in place, or, in the case of the
    Upper Midwest, rapidly advect northward during the morning hours.

    A plume of steep midlevel lapse rates, supported by cool to cold
    temperatures aloft (near -16 C at 500 MB across portions of IA/MN/WI
    at 21z, and -14 to -12 C further southwest) will overspread the
    moist boundary layer. This will result in strong destabilization,
    with MLCAPE around 2500-3500 J/kg expected across the warm sector.
    This kinematic and thermodynamic environment will support robust
    convective development near the Upper Midwest surface low
    southwestward along the cold front into KS by midday. Initial
    supercells are possible, especially closer to the surface low in the
    Upper Midwest, and near the triple point/dryline in northwest
    OK/south-central KS. More rapid upscale growth into a robust
    line/LEWP is expected along the cold front from parts of IA into MO
    and eastern KS. Given robust instability and very steep lapse rates, significant damaging wind swaths will be possible. Additionally,
    large to very large hail will be possible with any discrete
    supercells, and possibly within line-embedded supercells. Low-level
    wind profiles will also support a aerially extensive tornado risk,
    both with QLCS mesovortex circulations, and with discrete
    supercells. A corridor of perhaps greater tornado risk/coverage may
    develop near the surface low from northeast IA into central WI.
    Low-level SRH will be maximized in this area and forecast soundings
    indicate large, curved hodographs becoming elongated above 2-3 km.
    Furthermore, mixing ratios near 14 g/kg and very steep lapse rates
    should support robust updrafts with low cloud bases. This are may
    become a focused corridor for stronger tornadoes.

    Linear convection should continue east across the MS River and Lake
    Michigan during the evening and overnight hours, with a gradually
    waning severe risk into portions of central/southern IL, Lower MI
    and IN. Additional convection may develop during the evening and/or
    overnight across parts of TX near the dryline, though this scenario
    is more conditional. If storms do develop, large will be the main
    risk.

    ..Leitman.. 04/16/2026

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  • From Mike Powell@618:250/6 to All on Fri Apr 24 09:08:32 2026
    ACUS02 KWNS 240535
    SWODY2
    SPC AC 240534

    Day 2 Convective Outlook
    NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
    1234 AM CDT Fri Apr 24 2026

    Valid 251200Z - 261200Z

    ...THERE IS AN ENHANCED RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS SATURDAY
    AFTERNOON AND EVENING ACROSS PARTS OF NORTH CENTRAL AND EASTERN OKLAHOMA...ADJACENT PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN KANSAS AND WESTERN ARKANSAS...

    ...SUMMARY...
    One or two clusters of strong to severe thunderstorms, posing a risk
    for large hail and damaging wind gusts, are possible across parts of
    the southeastern Great Plains Saturday afternoon and evening.

    ...Discussion...
    Downstream of an initially amplified, but becoming increasingly
    suppressed, blocking ridge, models indicate that the center of a
    deep mid-level low now forming over southern Saskatchewan may only
    move subtly northward or northwestward through this period. It
    appears that the broader cyclonic circulation will continue to
    elongate Saturday through Saturday night, with one notable emerging
    short wave perturbation accelerating north of the international
    border through northwestern Quebec. To the southwest of the
    residual mid-level low, a couple of additional emerging
    perturbations are forecast to contribute to south-southwestward
    digging troughing along and inland of the U.S. Pacific coast.

    In response to the latter development, a fairly significant short
    wave impulse is forecast to accelerate east-northeastward out of the
    southern mid-latitude eastern Pacific, inland of the Pacific coast
    through the southern Great Basin and lower Colorado Valley by 12Z
    Sunday. Downstream, mid-level heights are forecast to generally
    rise with large-scale ridging building across the southern Rockies
    through much of the Great Plains and Mississippi Valley. Models
    continue to suggest that this may be slowed a bit by subtle
    mid-level height falls associated with a weak short wave
    perturbation progressing east of the southern Rockies, through
    portions of Kansas and Oklahoma during the day Saturday.

    In lower levels, seasonably moist air, supportive of moderate to
    strong potential instability beneath steep mid-level lapse rates,
    appears likely to remain confined beneath the larger-scale mid-level
    ridging. Initially this will be south of the Red River through the
    lower Mississippi Valley, along and south of a convectively enhanced
    surface front which may become increasingly diffuse through the day.
    Models vary with the extent to which this occurs across and north
    of the Red River through the Texas/Oklahoma Panhandle vicinity, but
    a dryline is generally forecast to sharpen roughly from the Wichita
    Falls TX through Del Rio TX vicinity by late Saturday afternoon,
    near the southeastern periphery of broad weak surface troughing.

    ...Central/Southern Great Plains...

    Model disparity concerning the evolution of surface boundaries and boundary-layer moistening/destabilization to the north of the Red
    River add uncertainty to this forecast. Stronger mid-level ridging
    and capping will remain present to the south of the Red River, as
    subtle mid-level height falls overspread parts of Kansas/Oklahoma
    through the day.

    At some point, it appears that large-scale forcing for ascent aided
    by lower/mid-tropospheric warm advection will support increasing
    thunderstorm development within elevated moisture return and
    destabilization. Latest convection allowing guidance suggests
    highest probabilities for this to occur may be well to the north and
    east of the dryline, across parts of north central Oklahoma by mid
    to late afternoon, when it appears that at least elevated
    destabilization may support the risk for large hail, perhaps
    occasionally in excess of 2 inches in diameter, in the presence of
    strong cloud-bearing layer shear.

    Even if the near-surface inflow for this activity begins to emanate
    from a more unstable boundary-layer, rather modest to weak low-level
    hodographs probably will limit tornadic potential. However,
    increasing and consolidating convective development could gradually
    organize and become capable of producing strong to severe wind gusts
    late Saturday afternoon and evening, while tending to propagate
    southeastward across eastern Oklahoma and adjacent portions of Arkansas.

    ..Kerr.. 04/24/2026

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  • From Mike Powell@618:250/6 to All on Mon Apr 27 14:00:56 2026
    ACUS02 KWNS 271746
    SWODY2
    SPC AC 271744

    Day 2 Convective Outlook
    NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
    1244 PM CDT Mon Apr 27 2026

    Valid 281200Z - 291200Z

    ...THERE IS AN ENHANCED RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FOR NORTH-CENTRAL/NORTHEAST TEXAS...SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA...
    CENTRAL/SOUTHERN ARKANSAS...NORTHERN LOUISIANA...NORTHERN MISSISSIPPI...

    ...SUMMARY...
    Scattered strong to severe thunderstorm development is probable
    across parts of the southeastern Great Plains through the lower
    Mississippi and Tennessee Valleys Tuesday afternoon and evening.
    Large to very large hail, swaths of damaging wind, and a few
    tornadoes are possible.

    ...Southeastern Great Plains into the Tennessee Valley...

    Within broad southwesterly flow aloft, a mid/upper-level shortwave
    trough is forecast to move from the south-central Rockies toward the
    mid MS Valley on Tuesday. Other low-amplitude vorticity maxima may
    move from TX toward the TN Valley and Southeast, to the south of the
    primary shortwave trough. These features will impinge upon a
    reservoir of strong instability extending from the southern Plains
    into the lower MS Valley, resulting in a potentially active severe
    weather episode Tuesday afternoon into Tuesday night.

    Elevated convection will likely be ongoing across parts of the
    region Tuesday morning, which could pose a threat for large hail and
    locally gusty winds, especially within the more favorable lapse
    rate/buoyancy environment across the southern Plains into the
    ArkLaTex. Strong diurnal destabilization will be possible by Tuesday
    afternoon, to the east of a dryline across TX, and along and to the
    warm side of an outflow-influenced front extending from southeast OK
    toward the mid MS Valley. Evolution of storm development remains
    uncertain, but initiation will be possible along the dryline/front
    and any other outflow boundaries in place by afternoon.

    Strong buoyancy (MLCAPE of 3000-4000 J/kg across TX, and 2000 J/kg
    as far east as the ArkLaMiss) and favorable deep-layer shear will
    support supercell development, with an attendant threat of very
    large hail initially. Modestly enhanced low-level flow from east TX
    into the ArkLaMiss will also support some tornado potential, with
    some conditional risk of a strong tornado with any sustained
    supercell. An increase in storm coverage should lead to development
    of storm clusters and potentially an MCS that would spread eastward
    into the evening, with one or more swaths of damaging wind possible.
    Storms should eventually weaken late in the period as they encounter
    weaker instability with eastward extent, but the severe threat could
    persist through much of the night with any organized storm structures.

    ..Dean.. 04/27/2026

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  • From Mike Powell@618:250/10 to All on Sat May 16 08:45:27 2026
    ACUS02 KWNS 160602
    SWODY2
    SPC AC 160601

    Day 2 Convective Outlook
    NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
    0101 AM CDT Sat May 16 2026

    Valid 171200Z - 181200Z

    ...THERE IS AN ENHANCED RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CENTRAL
    NEBRASKA TO SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA...

    ...SUMMARY...
    Severe storms are expected Sunday afternoon into Sunday night from
    portions of the central Plains into the Upper Midwest. Supercells
    with very large hail and tornadoes are possible, before upscale
    storm growth leads to an increase in the wind damage threat.

    ...Synopsis...
    A mid-level trough currently across the Pacific Northwest will
    deepen D2/Sunday, moving across Great Basin into the Four Corners
    into early D3/Monday. Elevated convection will likely be ongoing at
    the start of the period across portions of northern Nebraska into
    Iowa. Westerly flow will overspread the central/northern Plains as a
    lead shortwave moves across western Kansas into Nebraska through the
    day before shifting into the Upper Midwest. A surface cyclone will
    deepen across eastern Colorado/western Kansas with strong moist
    southerly flow and mid 60s dew points extending across much of the
    central and southern Plains. Thunderstorm development is expected by
    the afternoon from a stationary boundary/warm front across central
    Nebraska southward to the dryline across central Kansas and perhaps
    as far south as the Oklahoma/Texas Panhandles.

    ...NE to MN...

    Strong daytime heating and destabilization should occur behind
    morning convection across Nebraska into Iowa through broken cloud
    cover. Better clearing will be possible across
    southeastern/south-central Nebraska where fewer clouds will be
    present. Overall, a broad corridor of MLCAPE around 2000-3000 J/kg
    and strong deep layer shear should extend across southern Nebraska
    into western Iowa just south of the warm front. Strengthening
    southerly 700-850 mb flow is expected through the afternoon, with a
    low-level jet around 40-50 kts across central Kansas into eastern
    Nebraska. By the afternoon, guidance suggests that supercells may
    develop near the stationary front/warm front in eastern Nebraska.
    Given the environment, these will be capable of large to very large
    hail (some 2-3 inches), damaging wind, and a few tornadoes (some
    strong). Through time, convection will likely cluster and grow
    upscale with a damaging wind threat continuing downstream into
    southeast SD, northwest IA and southwest MN through Sunday night.

    ...Western KS to TX Panhandles...

    Forcing for ascent will be weaker with southern extent into western Kansas/western Oklahoma near the dryline. Soundings across these
    regions also indicate capping at the base of the EML, which may be
    difficult to overcome. Nonetheless, a few isolated supercells may
    develop along the dryline as the low-level jet increases through the
    evening. These will pose a risk for large to very large hail and
    damaging winds.

    ..Thornton.. 05/16/2026

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