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The Storm Prediction Center ( SPC) is a US government agency that is part of the National Centers for Environmental Prediction (NCEP), operating under the control of the National Weather Service (NWS), [1] which in turn is part of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) of the United States Department of Commerce (DoC). [2]
From April 26–28, 2024, a very large, deadly and destructive tornado outbreak occurred across the Midwestern, Southern, and High Plains regions of the United States, primarily on April 26 and 27. [2] The Storm Prediction Center (SPC) first issued an enhanced risk for the Plains on April 26, as a broad upper-trough moved eastwards, with ...
High risk convective outlook issued by the Storm Prediction center at 13:00 UTC on May 6 May 6. Starting April 30, the Storm Prediction Center noted that certain models, including the ECMWF, forecasted a multi-day period of high instability and supportive wind shear across the Southern and Central Plains, and by May 1, a 15% risk was added across Nebraska, Kansas, Oklahoma, and northern Texas.
Almost 100 preliminary tornado reports were filed with the Storm Prediction Center in 13 states over the Memorial Day weekend. The storms killed at least 22 people and have brought the 2024 ...
A graph showing preliminary reports of tornadoes by storms spotters year-to-date. (NOAA SPC) As of Thursday morning, there have been 699 preliminary tornado reports across the United States, well ...
Over halfway through May, over 2,600 filtered storm reports have already been gathered due to severe storms erupting across the United States since the beginning of the month. By May 18 of last ...
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.
Approximately 60 million people live within the anticipated zone of severe weather through Thursday night. The tally of filtered severe weather incidents, as reported by the Storm Prediction ...