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The Storm Prediction Center issues daily outlooks denoting the risk for severe weather and wildfires for specific regions in the United States. For severe weather, which includes the risk for thunderstorms, tornadoes, hail, and straight-line winds, there are five risk levels indicating the probability for these hazards: marginal, slight, enhanced, moderate, and high.
A high risk severe weather event is the greatest threat level issued by the Storm Prediction Center (SPC) for convective weather events in the United States. On the scale from one to five, a high risk is a level five; thus, high risks are issued only when forecasters at the SPC are confident of a major severe weather outbreak.
Progression of a well-anticipated extremely critical event across the Central Plains on March 6, 2017. This event produced wildfires that burned 1,200,000 acres of land, and killed seven people. An extremely critical fire weather event is the greatest threat level issued by the NWS Storm Prediction Center (SPC) for wildfire events in the United ...
What is Tuesday's severe weather outlook in Des Moines? The moderate risk has been expanded into much of the state for today. All forms of severe weather are likely. Have multiple ways to receive ...
The most likely types of severe weather are damaging wind gusts (some reaching 75 mph or more) and large hail that could be 2 inches in diameter. Forecasters at the National Weather Service said ...
AccuWeather predicts 1,055 to 1,200 twisters will touch down across the United States throughout 2023, slightly below the historical average of 1,225. Even with a fast and furious start to March ...
The categorical forecast in the Day 1-3 Convective Outlooks—which estimates a severe weather event occurring within 25 miles (40 km) of a point and derives the attendant risk areas from probability forecasts of tornadoes, damaging winds, and large hail on Days 1 and 2, and a combined severe weather risk on Day 3—specifies the level of ...
Scattered strong to severe storms are possible for most of Kentucky on Wednesday, according to the National Weather Service. The NWS’ severe weather outlook puts most of Kentucky, including ...