NWS Storm Prediction Center

  • SPC - No MDs are in effect as of Tue Jun 18 04:02:01 UTC 2013 17 Jun 2013 | 10:01 pm

    No Mesoscale Discussions are in effect as of Tue Jun 18 04:02:01 UTC 2013.

  • SPC Severe Thunderstorm Watch 322 Status Reports 17 Jun 2013 | 8:39 pm

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    STATUS REPORT ON WW 322
    
    SEVERE WEATHER THREAT CONTINUES RIGHT OF A LINE FROM 30 NNW GCK
    TO 30 NNW LAA TO 15 SE AKO TO 30 ESE DGW.
    
    ..ROGERS..06/18/13
    
    ATTN...WFO...BOU...PUB...GLD...DDC...CYS...LBF...
    
    
    STATUS REPORT FOR WS 322 
    
    SEVERE WEATHER THREAT CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS 
    
    COC017-063-125-180340-
    
    CO 
    .    COLORADO COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE
    
    CHEYENNE             KIT CARSON          YUMA                
    
    
    KSC023-071-109-153-181-193-199-203-180340-
    
    KS 
    .    KANSAS COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE
    
    CHEYENNE             GREELEY             LOGAN               
    RAWLINS              SHERMAN             THOMAS              
    WALLACE              WICHITA             
    
    
    NEC007-013-029-033-049-057-069-085-087-101-123-135-157-165-
    180340-
    
    NE 
    .    NEBRASKA COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE
    
    BANNER               BOX BUTTE           CHASE               
    
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  • SPC Severe Thunderstorm Watch 322 17 Jun 2013 | 8:39 pm

    WW 322 SEVERE TSTM CO KS NE WY 172025Z - 180400Z
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    URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
    SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 322
    NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
    225 PM MDT MON JUN 17 2013
    
    THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
    
    * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
      EASTERN COLORADO
      FAR WESTERN KANSAS
      WESTERN NEBRASKA
      SOUTHEAST WYOMING
    
    * EFFECTIVE THIS MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 225 PM UNTIL
      1000 PM MDT.
    
    * PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...
      SEVERAL LARGE HAIL EVENTS WITH A FEW VERY LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 2
        INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE
      SEVERAL DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE
    
    THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 80
    STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 35 MILES NORTH OF
    TORRINGTON WYOMING TO 20 MILES SOUTH SOUTHEAST OF SPRINGFIELD
    COLORADO.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE
    ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU2).
    
    PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
    
    REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE
    FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH
    AREA. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR
    THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS
    AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY
    DO PRODUCE TORNADOES.
    
    &&
    
    OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 321...
    
    DISCUSSION...AT LEAST WIDELY SCATTERED TSTMS ARE EXPECTED TO
    INCREASE THROUGH MID/LATE AFTERNOON ACROSS THE CO/SOUTHEAST WY FRONT
    RANGE INTO THE ADJACENT HIGH PLAINS. VEERING WIND PROFILES AND A
    RELATIVELY MOIST AIRMASS/MODERATE INSTABILITY WILL RESULT IN
    SUPERCELLS/SUSTAINED MULTICELLS CAPABLE OF LARGE HAIL. AS STORMS
    SPREAD EAST-SOUTHEASTWARD...THE DEVELOPMENT OF ONE OR MORE MCS/S MAY
    OCCUR BY EARLY/MID EVENING...WITH MORE OF A DAMAGING WIND THREAT
    POSSIBLE.
    
    AVIATION...A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT
    TO 2 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 60
    KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 500. MEAN STORM
    MOTION VECTOR 30025.
    
    
    ...GUYER
    
    
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  • SPC Severe Thunderstorm Watch 323 Status Reports 17 Jun 2013 | 8:37 pm

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    STATUS REPORT ON WW 323
    
    SEVERE WEATHER THREAT CONTINUES RIGHT OF A LINE FROM 20 NW FST TO
    40 E HOB TO 45 WSW LBB TO 20 ENE TCC TO 30 WSW GAG.
    
    ..ROGERS..06/18/13
    
    ATTN...WFO...ABQ...MAF...AMA...LUB...SJT...
    
    
    STATUS REPORT FOR WS 323 
    
    SEVERE WEATHER THREAT CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS 
    
    TXC003-011-017-033-045-049-059-065-069-081-083-103-107-115-117-
    125-129-135-151-153-165-169-173-179-189-191-207-219-227-233-253-
    263-269-279-303-305-317-329-335-345-353-359-369-375-381-383-393-
    399-415-417-431-433-437-441-445-447-461-475-180340-
    
    TX 
    .    TEXAS COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE
    
    ANDREWS              ARMSTRONG           BAILEY              
    BORDEN               BRISCOE             BROWN               
    CALLAHAN             CARSON              CASTRO              
    COKE                 COLEMAN             CRANE               
    CROSBY               DAWSON              DEAF SMITH          
    DICKENS              DONLEY              ECTOR               
    FISHER               FLOYD               GAINES              
    GARZA                GLASSCOCK           GRAY                
    HALE                 HALL                HASKELL             
    HOCKLEY              HOWARD              HUTCHINSON          
    JONES                KENT                KING                
    LAMB                 LUBBOCK             LYNN                
    MARTIN               MIDLAND             MITCHELL            
    MOTLEY               NOLAN               OLDHAM              
    PARMER               POTTER              RANDALL             
    REAGAN               ROBERTS             RUNNELS             
    SCURRY               SHACKELFORD         STERLING            
    
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  • SPC Jun 18, 2013 0100 UTC Day 1 Convective Outlook 17 Jun 2013 | 7:02 pm

    SPC 0100Z Day 1 Outlook
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    DAY 1 CONVECTIVE OUTLOOK  
    NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
    0758 PM CDT MON JUN 17 2013
    
    VALID 180100Z - 181200Z
    
    ...THERE IS A SLGT RISK OF SVR TSTMS ACROSS PARTS OF THE CENTRAL AND
    SOUTHERN HIGH PLAINS...
    
    ...CENTRAL HIGH PLAINS...
    MODERATE INSTABILITY AND EFFECTIVE BULK SHEAR PERSISTING THROUGH THE
    EVENING WILL SUPPORT ADDITIONAL DISCRETE SUPERCELLS FROM ERN CO/FAR
    WRN KS NWD INTO SERN WY AND THE NEB PANHANDLE.  THE SLIGHT RISK HAS
    BEEN EXPANDED A LITTLE NWD TO ACCOUNT FOR STORMS OVER EAST CENTRAL
    WY AND THE NRN EXTENT OF THE NEB PANHANDLE AND WRN NEB AS THEY TRACK
    SSEWD.  ELY LOW LEVEL WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO VEER TO SLY AND
    STRENGTHEN TO 25-30 KT THIS EVENING...ENHANCING LOW LEVEL SHEAR FOR
    A CONTINUED THREAT FOR A TORNADO OR TWO. MODELS CONTINUE TO SUGGEST
    UPSCALE GROWTH IS POSSIBLE FOR ONE OR TWO TSTM CLUSTERS TO DEVELOP
    AND TRACK SWD ACROSS THE CENTRAL HIGH PLAINS INTO THE OVERNIGHT
    PERIOD...WITH HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS THE PRIMARY THREATS LATER THIS
    EVENING AND TONIGHT.
    
    ...SRN HIGH PLAINS...
    STORMS THAT HAVE MOVED OFF THE HIGHER TERRAIN OF ERN NM AND FAR W TX
    WILL CONTINUE TO EVOLVE INTO ONE OR TWO N-S ORIENTED BROKEN LINES AS
    INDICATED BY CURRENT TRENDS IN REGIONAL RADAR IMAGERY.  A MOIST...
    MODERATELY UNSTABLE AIR MASS OVER MUCH OF WEST TX COMBINED WITH
    EFFECTIVE BULK SHEAR UP TO 40-45 KT WILL FAVOR SEVERE STORMS...SOME
    EMBEDDED SUPERCELLS IN THE LINES.  ADDITIONAL ORGANIZED STORMS WILL
    PERSIST ALONG A NW-SE ORIENTED OUTFLOW ENHANCED BOUNDARY AS IT MOVES
    TOWARD THE PERMIAN BASIN.  A DEEP WELL MIXED BOUNDARY LAYER EXISTS
    OVER THE PERMIAN BASIN WITH SURFACE DEWPOINT DEPRESSIONS UP TO 40
    DEGREES...ENHANCING A THREAT FOR DAMAGING WINDS. FOR THIS REASON AND
    THE POTENTIAL FOR A SWD MOVING MCS TO DEVELOP THIS EVENING OVER THE
    TX HIGH PLAINS INTO THE PERMIAN BASIN HAVE RESULTED IN A SWD SHIFT
    OF THE 30 PERCENT SEVERE WIND THREAT AREA.
    
    ...SRN LOWER MI INTO NERN OH/NWRN PA/WRN NY...
    A FEW ADDITIONAL STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS REMAIN POSSIBLE YET THIS
    EVENING ACROSS THESE AREAS PRIOR TO THE STABILIZATION OF THE
    BOUNDARY LAYER.
    
    ...NORTH CENTRAL MT...
    MODERATE INSTABILITY AND EFFECTIVE BULK SHEAR UP TO 35 KT WILL
    SUPPORT A FEW ADDITIONAL STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS AS ACTIVITY MOVES
    OFF THE HIGHER TERRAIN INTO NORTH CENTRAL MT.
    
    ..PETERS.. 06/18/2013
    
    
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  • SPC Severe Thunderstorm Watch 321 Status Reports 17 Jun 2013 | 6:00 pm

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    STATUS REPORT ON WW 321
    
    SEVERE WEATHER THREAT CONTINUES RIGHT OF A LINE FROM 20 S MSV TO
    15 NE POU TO 20 NNE ORH TO 50 ESE PSM.
    
    ..ROGERS..06/17/13
    
    ATTN...WFO...OKX...BOX...ALY...GYX...BGM...
    
    
    STATUS REPORT FOR WS 321 
    
    SEVERE WEATHER THREAT CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS 
    
    CTC001-003-007-009-011-013-015-172240-
    
    CT 
    .    CONNECTICUT COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE
    
    FAIRFIELD            HARTFORD            MIDDLESEX           
    NEW HAVEN            NEW LONDON          TOLLAND             
    WINDHAM              
    
    
    MAC005-013-015-017-021-023-025-027-172240-
    
    MA 
    .    MASSACHUSETTS COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE
    
    BRISTOL              HAMPDEN             HAMPSHIRE           
    MIDDLESEX            NORFOLK             PLYMOUTH            
    SUFFOLK              WORCESTER           
    
    
    NYC071-079-087-119-172240-
    
    NY 
    .    NEW YORK COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE
    
    
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