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SPC MD 2272

MD 2272 CONCERNING SEVERE POTENTIAL...WATCH UNLIKELY FOR TENNESSEE VALLEY AREA Mesoscale Discussion 2272 NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK 0554 AM CST Wed Dec 18 2024 Areas affected...Tennessee Valley area Concerning...Severe potential...Watch unlikely Valid 181154Z - 181430Z Probability of Watch Issuance...20 percent SUMMARY...A strong wind gust or two, or even a very brief/weak tornado, will be possible across the Tennessee Valley area this morning as a line of storms progresses across the region. WW issuance is unlikely to be needed. DISCUSSION...Latest radar loop shows a semi-continuous band of thunderstorms advancing across western Kentucky/western Tennessee and the Arklatex region early this
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SPC Dec 18, 2024 1300 UTC Day 1 Convective Outlook

SPC 1300Z Day 1 Outlook Day 1 Convective Outlook NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK 0651 AM CST Wed Dec 18 2024 Valid 181300Z - 191200Z ...THERE IS A MARGINAL RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS PARTS OF THE TENNESSEE VALLEY REGION... ...SUMMARY... Isolated damaging wind gusts and a brief tornado are possible into early afternoon across parts of the Tennessee Valley region. ...Synopsis... A continuing progressive pattern aloft will be dominated by two main shortwave troughs: a trailing perturbation now over the coastal Pacific Northwest, and a positively tilted one apparent in moisture- channel imagery near a DBQ-STJ-P28-DHT axis. The
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SPC Dec 18, 2024 Day 4-8 Severe Weather Outlook

Day 4-8 Outlook Day 4-8 Convective Outlook NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK 0339 AM CST Wed Dec 18 2024 Valid 211200Z - 261200Z ...DISCUSSION... Strong surface high pressure and a dearth of boundary-layer moisture will preclude severe thunderstorm potential on Days 4-5/Sat-Sun. By Day 6/Mon, medium range forecast guidance shows a series of upper shortwave troughs shifting east from the Rockies to the MS Valley through Day 8/Wed (Christmas Day). In response, lee troughing/surface low developing is expected over parts of the southern Plains. Increasing southerly low-level flow will support modest northward transport of Gulf moisture across parts of
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SPC Dec 17, 2024 Day 4-8 Severe Weather Outlook

Day 4-8 Outlook Day 4-8 Convective Outlook NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK 0333 AM CST Tue Dec 17 2024 Valid 201200Z - 251200Z ...DISCUSSION... Strong surface high pressure over the central U.S. and a prior cold front intruding into the southern Gulf of Mexico will result in a dearth of boundary layer moisture across much of the CONUS through at least Day 6/Sun. As a result, thunderstorm chances will be low. Toward the end of the period, some forecast guidance suggests lee troughing will allow southeasterly low-level flow to bring modest Gulf moisture northward across TX. This may result
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SPC Dec 17, 2024 0830 UTC Day 3 Severe Thunderstorm Outlook

SPC 0830Z Day 3 Outlook Day 3 Convective Outlook NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK 0152 AM CST Tue Dec 17 2024 Valid 191200Z - 201200Z ...NO SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AREAS FORECAST... ...SUMMARY... Severe thunderstorms are not expected on Thursday. ...Synopsis... An upper trough extending along the Atlantic coast into the eastern Gulf of Mexico will shift east across FL and moving offshore early in the forecast period. Meanwhile, a shortwave trough over the northern/central Plains will deepen and pivot east, maintaining a mean upper trough over the eastern U.S. through the period. A surface cold front will be located over
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