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Day 1 Convective Outlook  
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
0255 PM CDT Sun May 15 2022

Valid 152000Z - 161200Z

...THERE IS AN ENHANCED RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MAINLY FROM
EASTERN OKLAHOMA INTO ARKANSAS...

...THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM OKLAHOMA INTO
THE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY AND INTO THE OHIO VALLEY...

...SUMMARY...
Scattered to numerous severe storms with swaths of wind damage, very
large hail, and a couple brief tornadoes remain possible through
evening across southeast Kansas, eastern Oklahoma and Arkansas.
Other isolated severe storms will be possible later this afternoon
across the interior Pacific Northwest.

A primary cluster of storms continues to develop south across AR,
with damaging winds and hail likely. Other cells with hail persist
north of the outflow across southeast KS. Probabilities have been
reduced in the wake of this activity across MO.

Elsewhere, storms are forming along the front in IL, with a plume of
instability to the east. Other cells may rejuvenate across southeast
MO where outflow is enhanced. See mesoscale discussion 769.

To the west, heating continues over OK, with a reservoir of strong
instability across eastern OK.  Midday soundings as well as
objective analysis indicate MLCAPE in excess of 3000 J/kg with steep
lapse rates aloft. This will clearly favor vigorous convection
developing along the outflow boundary and ahead of the dryline now
into central OK. It is unclear whether storms will affect the OKC
area given the drying, but an unstable air mass remains with hot
temperatures and a boundary approaching from the north. As such,
will maintain a conditional Slight here.

..Jewell.. 05/15/2022

.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 1124 AM CDT Sun May 15 2022/

...Ozark Plateau to the Lower OH/MS/Red River Valleys...
Several clusters are ongoing across eastern KS and western MO, with
the leading cluster in west-central to southwest MO having a
reported history of sporadic wind and hail. With pronounced
boundary-layer heating occurring downstream, further intensification
is expected to the east-southeast as an MCV shifts towards the
confluence of the MS/OH rivers. Damaging winds and a brief tornado
or two will be the primary hazard in this regime.

Farther south and southwest, low 70s surface dew points beneath the
eastern plume of a stout elevated mixed layer over OK/TX, should
yield a very unstable air mass with MLCAPE of 3000-4000 J/kg by
mid-afternoon. Both warm-advection driven activity south of the MCV
track, as well as regenerative development along and behind the
trailing outflow will support supercells embedded within emerging
south-southeast tracking clusters. Most guidance has beco*e better
aligned in suggesting multiple bowing segments within the broader
northwest flow regime across eastern OK/western AR towards the Lower
Red River Valley mainly during the late afternoon and early evening.
Overall setup should support scattered swaths of golfball to
baseball size hail in semi-discrete supercells, and 60-80 mph
damaging winds within embedded bows. Some form of the MCSs should
make it as far east as the Lower OH Valley and as far south as the
Lower MS Valley and Ark-La-Tex, though the damaging wind threat will
be diminishing later this evening.

...Interior Pacific Northwest/northern Rockies...
A co*pact shortwave trough now off the OR/WA coast will move
northeast into southern British Columbia by evening. Heating of
boundary-layer dewpoints from the upper 40s to lower 50s and
increasing ascent with the approaching shortwave trough/front will
support scattered thunderstorm development this afternoon across
northeast OR. Though buoyancy will be weak with MLCAPE of 500-750
J/kg, strengthening wind profiles/deep-layer shear will support the
potential for organized convection, including a few supercells
and/or short line segments with an attendant threat for large hail,
damaging winds, and perhaps a tornado. Convection should eventually
weaken in the ID Panhandle vicinity later this evening. 

...Mid-Atlantic/Northeast...
A diffuse surface trough should remain anchored from central NY
southward in the lee of the Appalachians. This should help focus
scattered thunderstorm development this afternoon, and a few of the
storms could produce strong outflow winds and minor damage, along
with marginally severe hail in an environment characterized by weak
vertical shear and modest buoyancy with MLCAPE of 500-1500 J/kg.

...Eastern FL Peninsula...
Downstream of a low-amplitude upper trough in the eastern Gulf,
adequate vertical deep-layer shear will exist for a threat of
marginally severe hail and localized damaging winds amid isolated to
scattered thunderstorms this afternoon.