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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 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.
Meteorological synopsis Supercells moving through eastern Nebraska and western Iowa on April 26. On April 20, 2024, the National Weather Service's Storm Prediction Center (SPC) first delineated a severe weather risk for April 25–26, highlighting a zone extending from the Central Great Plains northeastward to the Midwestern U.S.
The Storm Prediction Center has placed Kansas City, Des Moines, Topeka and Lawrence under an enhanced risk of severe weather. This chart explains the various threat levels when it comes to severe ...
The National Weather Service's Storm Prediction Center said an enhanced risk for severe weather was placed over areas including Kansas City in Missouri, Omaha and Lincoln, Nebraska, and areas of ...
April 1, 2024 at 2:34 PM. The Kansas City area’s risk of severe weather increased Monday afternoon, as the central U.S. braces for hail, strong winds and tornadoes from powerful storms ...
The Storm Prediction Center issues convective outlooks (AC), consisting of categorical and probabilistic forecasts describing the general threat of severe convective storms over the contiguous United States for the next six to 192 hours (Day 1 through Day 8). These outlooks are labeled and issued by day, and are issued up to five times per day.
Updated April 26, 2024 at 8:19 PM. Devastating tornadoes are tearing across parts of eastern Nebraska and Iowa on Friday as a multiday severe thunderstorm event ramped up in the central United ...