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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.
The May 25–26 severe weather outbreak killed at least 26 people in total, including seven in Texas, two in Oklahoma, eight in Arkansas, five in Kentucky, one in Alabama, two in Missouri, and one in Colorado. At least 16 of these deaths were due to tornadoes. See also. List of North American tornadoes and tornado outbreaks
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 ...
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 ...
Severe weather season is about to shift into high gear as a volatile weather pattern fuels repeated rounds of damaging thunderstorms and tornadoes across more than a dozen states through May ...
Day 4–8 outlooks are the longest-term official SPC Forecast Product, and often change significantly from day to day. This extended forecast for severe weather was an experimental product until March 22, 2007, when the Storm Prediction Center incorporated it as an official product.
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 ...