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A total of 57 tornadoes were confirmed during the outlook period; one was rated EF4. The strongest tornadoes were in or nearby to the High Risk. This is the last occurrence of back to back high risk days for at least a decade (continuing as of May 2024; and three consecutive high risk days have not occurred in 25 years, since May 1999).
Many of the most prolific severe weather days were high risk days. Such days are rare; a high risk is typically issued (at the most) only a few times each year (see List of Storm Prediction Center high risk days). High risk areas are usually surrounded by a larger moderate risk area, where uncertainty is greater or the threat is somewhat lower ...
Convective mesoscale discussions are issued by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Storm Prediction Center based on the National Weather Center in Norman, Oklahoma. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] One type of mesoscale discussion is a meso-gamma mesoscale discussion , which are for tornadoes believed to be at least EF2 on the Enhanced Fujita ...
A high risk of severe weather is a level 5 on the Storm Prediction Center's 0-5 scale. Monday is the first time in over a year the Storm Prediction Center has issued a high risk warning for severe ...
Parts of Texas and western Louisiana are under a rare Level 4 of 4 high risk of excessive rainfall Thursday, the Weather Prediction Center said. More than 600, 000 people live in the high-risk zone.
The Storm Prediction Center has increased the tornado risk to a level 4 of 5 moderate risk of severe weather across parts of central Louisiana, Mississippi, and western Alabama.
The Storm Prediction Center (SPC) outlined an enhanced risk across portions of Texas, Louisiana, Arkansas, Mississippi, Alabama, far-western Georgia and northwestern Florida. [9] [10] Across portions of Texas and New Mexico, strong winds from the storm led the SPC to issue an extremely critical fire risk. [11]
In contrast with high risk outlooks for severe weather outbreaks, extremely critical outlooks are commonly issued for Day 2. This is due to the fact that the conditions required for volatile wildfire spread are easier to predict well in advance than the conditions required for a major tornado outbreak or derecho .