517  
FXUS01 KWBC 182015  
PMDSPD  
 
SHORT RANGE FORECAST DISCUSSION  
NWS WEATHER PREDICTION CENTER COLLEGE PARK MD  
415 PM EDT SUN JUN 18 2023  
 
VALID 00Z MON JUN 19 2023 - 00Z WED JUN 21 2023  
 
...THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF EXCESSIVE RAINFALL OVER PARTS OF  
WESTERN OHIO, TENNESSEE, MIDDLE/LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEYS, AND  
SOUTHEAST ON SUNDAY EVENING THAT WILL MIGRATE EASTWARD TO SOUTHERN  
APPALACHIANS AND SOUTHERN MID-ATLANTIC BY TUESDAY...  
 
...THERE IS AN ENHANCED RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER PARTS OF  
THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI AND TENNESSEE VALLEYS/CENTRAL GULF COAST ON  
SUNDAY; SIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER PARTS OF THE  
SOUTHEAST/CENTRAL GULF COAST ON MONDAY...  
 
...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNINGS AND HEAT ADVISORIES OVER THE CENTRAL  
AND WESTERN GULF COAST...  
 
UPPER-LEVEL ENERGY OVER THE MIDDLE MISSISSIPPI AND WESTERN OHIO  
VALLEYS AND A WEAK FRONT IN MUCH OF THE SOUTH-CENTRAL AND  
SOUTHEASTERN PARTS OF THE COUNTRY, PLUS HIGH MOISTURE VALUES, WILL  
PRODUCE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN OVER PARTS OF  
THE MIDDLE/LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY, TENNESSEE VALLEY, CENTRAL  
GULF COAST, AND SOUTHEAST. THEREFORE, THE WPC HAS ISSUED A SLIGHT  
RISK OF EXCESSIVE RAINFALL OVER PARTS OF THE MIDDLE/LOWER  
MISSISSIPPI VALLEY, TENNESSEE VALLEY, CENTRAL GULF COAST, AND  
SOUTHEAST THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. THE ASSOCIATED HEAVY RAIN WILL  
CREATE MAINLY LOCALIZED AREAS OF FLASH FLOODING, WITH URBAN AREAS,  
ROADS, AND SMALL STREAMS THE MOST VULNERABLE.  
 
MOREOVER, A FRONT OVER LOUISIANA, MISSISSIPPI, ALABAMA, AND THE  
FAR WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE WILL CREATE SHOWERS AND SEVERE  
THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE AREA. THEREFORE, THE SPC HAS ISSUED AN  
ENHANCED RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER PARTS OF THE LOWER  
MISSISSIPPI VALLEY, TENNESSEE VALLEY, AND CENTRAL GULF COAST  
THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. FURTHERMORE, THERE IS AN INCREASED THREAT  
OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS OF 65 KNOTS OR GREATER OVER THE  
AREA.  
 
ON MONDAY, THE THREAT OF EXCESSIVE RAINFALL MOVES EASTWARD TO THE  
SOUTHEASTERN PARTS OF THE COUNTRY. THEREFORE, THE WPC HAS ISSUED A  
SLIGHT RISK OF EXCESSIVE RAINFALL OVER PARTS OF THE SOUTHEAST,  
SOUTHERN MID-ATLANTIC, AND SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS FROM MONDAY INTO  
TUESDAY MORNING. THE ASSOCIATED HEAVY RAIN WILL CREATE MAINLY  
LOCALIZED AREAS OF FLASH FLOODING, WITH URBAN AREAS, ROADS, AND  
SMALL STREAMS THE MOST VULNERABLE.  
 
IN ADDITION, AS THE FRONT MOVES EASTWARD, THE SHOWERS AND SEVERE  
THUNDERSTORMS MOVE EAST. THEREFORE, THE SPC HAS ISSUED A SLIGHT  
RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER PARTS OF THE SOUTHERN  
APPALACHIANS AND SOUTHERN MID-ATLANTIC FROM MONDAY INTO TUESDAY  
MORNING. THE HAZARDS ASSOCIATED WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE  
FREQUENT LIGHTNING, SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS, HAIL, AND A  
FEW TORNADOES.  
 
BY TUESDAY, SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN WILL MOVE  
INTO THE SOUTHEASTERN PORTION OF THE COUNTRY. THEREFORE, ON  
TUESDAY, THE WPC HAS ISSUED A SLIGHT RISK OF EXCESSIVE RAINFALL  
OVER PARTS OF THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS AND SOUTHERN MID-ATLANTIC.  
THE ASSOCIATED HEAVY RAIN WILL CREATE MAINLY LOCALIZED AREAS OF  
FLASH FLOODING, WITH URBAN AREAS, ROADS, AND SMALL STREAMS THE  
MOST VULNERABLE. ADDITIONALLY, THE THREAT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS  
REDUCES TO A MARGINAL RISK OVER THE CENTRAL GULF COAST TO PARTS OF  
THE SOUTHEAST.  
 
FURTHERMORE, UPPER-LEVEL RIDGING, HIGH TEMPERATURES, AND  
TEMPERATURES NOT COOLING OFF MUCH OVERNIGHT HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO  
EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNINGS AND HEAT ADVISORIES OVER THE CENTRAL AND  
WESTERN GULF COAST.  
 
ELSEWHERE, A DEEP UPPER-LEVEL LOW WILL MOVE OVER THE NORTHWEST,  
CREATING SCATTERED RAIN SHOWERS OVER PARTS OF THE NORTHWEST INTO  
THE NORTHERN ROCKIES FROM SUNDAY EVENING INTO TUESDAY.  
 
ZIEGENFELDER  
 
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