996  
ACUS01 KWNS 251232  
SWODY1  
SPC AC 251230  
 
DAY 1 CONVECTIVE OUTLOOK  
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK  
0730 AM CDT FRI APR 25 2025  
 
VALID 251300Z - 261200Z  
 
...THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS PORTIONS OF  
FAR EASTERN NM...THE TX PANHANDLE...WEST TEXAS AND SOUTHWEST OK...  
   
..SUMMARY
 
 
A CONCENTRATED AREA OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IS FORECAST OVER THE  
TEXAS SOUTH PLAINS AND VICINITY DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND  
EVENING. LARGE HAIL AND LOCALIZED WIND DAMAGE APPEARS LIKELY.  
   
..SYNOPSIS
 
 
RECENT SATELLITE IMAGERY SHOWS A CYCLONE WEST OFF THE CENTRAL WEST  
COAST, WITH A SHORTWAVE TROUGH PROGRESSING THROUGH ITS BASE INTO  
SOUTHERN CA. UPPER RIDGING EXISTS DOWNSTREAM FROM THE SOUTHERN  
PLAINS THROUGH THE NORTHERN ROCKIES WHILE A LOW-AMPLITUDE SHORTWAVE  
TROUGH MOVES INTO THE LOWER OH VALLEY. A CONVECTIVELY ENHANCED  
SHORTWAVE TROUGH IS ALSO MOVING THROUGH THE LOWER MS VALLEY.  
 
THE SOUTHERN CA SHORTWAVE IS FORECAST TO CONTINUE ROTATING AROUND  
THE CYCLONE OFF THE WEST COAST, MOVING THROUGH THE GREAT BASIN THIS  
AFTERNOON. THE DOWNSTREAM RIDGING WILL SHIFT EASTWARD AND BUILD INTO  
THE PLAINS IN RESPONSE, WHILE BOTH THE LOWER OH VALLEY AND LOWER MS  
VALLEY SHORTWAVES PROGRESS EASTWARD. THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT IS  
ANTICIPATED ACROSS MUCH OF THE OH AND TN VALLEY AS WELL AS THE LOWER  
MS VALLEY AND SOUTHEAST AHEAD OF THESE WAVES.  
 
EARLY MORNING SURFACE ANALYSIS PLACES A LOW OVER IN THE TX/OK/NM  
BORDER INTERSECTION VICINITY, WITH A DRYLINE EXTENDING  
WEST-SOUTHWESTWARD ACROSS FAR SOUTHEAST NM AND FAR WEST TX. A COLD  
FRONT ALSO EXTENDS NORTHEASTWARD FROM THIS LOW TO ANOTHER LOW NEAR  
THE MO/IL/IA BORDER INTERSECTION. STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE  
ANTICIPATED ALONG THE DRYLINE ACROSS THE TX PANHANDLE AND WEST TX  
THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.  
   
..FAR EASTERN NM...TX PANHANDLE...WEST TX
 
 
RECENT SURFACE OBSERVATIONS ALREADY SHOW DEWPOINTS IN THE 60S ACROSS  
MUCH OF FAR EASTERN NM, WEST TX AND THE TX PANHANDLE. STRONG HEATING  
IS ANTICIPATED WITHIN THIS CORRIDOR TODAY, TO THE SOUTH OF A  
SLOW-MOVING COLD FRONT AND TO THE WEST OF OUTFLOW FROM THURSDAY  
NIGHT'S THUNDERSTORMS. UPPER RIDGING IS EXPECTED TO BUILD ACROSS THE  
REGION, NEGATING ANY LARGE-SCALE ASCENT AND PLACING THE PRIMARY  
IMPETUS FOR CONVECTIVE INITIATION ALONG THE COLD FRONT, DRYLINE, AND  
OUTFLOW BOUNDARY. EVEN SO, CONVERGENCE ALONG THIS BOUNDARIES,  
PARTICULARLY THE DRYLINE AND OUTFLOW SHOULD BE ENOUGH FOR CONVECTIVE  
INITIATION WITHIN THE UNCAPPED AIRMASS.  
 
MID-LEVEL FLOW MAY BE A BIT WEAKER THAN YESTERDAY, BUT LOW-LEVEL  
SOUTHEASTERLIES VEERING TO SOUTHWESTERLY ALOFT SHOULD STILL RESULT  
IN ENOUGH SHEAR FOR UPDRAFT ORGANIZATION AND SUPERCELLS. LARGE TO  
VERY LARGE HAIL WILL BE THE PRIMARY RISK, BUT SOME LOCALIZED TORNADO  
THREAT COULD DEVELOP, PARTICULARLY IF A COHERENT OUTFLOW BOUNDARY  
REMAINS IN PLACE. STORM MOTION WILL BE SLOW WHILE STORMS ARE  
DISCRETE, BUT ONE OR MORE FORWARD-PROGRESSING CLUSTERS MAY EVOLVE  
OVER TIME, BRINGING THE POTENTIAL FOR STRONG GUSTS INTO NORTHWEST TX  
AND SOUTHWEST OK.  
   
..LOWER MS VALLEY/SOUTHEAST INTO TN AND OH VALLEY
 
 
WIDESPREAD THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT IS ANTICIPATED THIS AFTERNOON AS  
THE PAIR OF SHORTWAVE TROUGHS MENTIONED IN THE SYNOPSIS INTERACT  
WITH THE MOIST AND MODESTLY BUOYANT AIRMASS OVER THE REGION.  
VERTICAL SHEAR WILL BE WEAK, AND A PREDOMINANTLY MULTICELLULAR STORM  
MODE IS EXPECTED. THIS SHOULD LIMIT THE OVERALL SEVERE POTENTIAL,  
BUT A FEW DAMAGING GUSTS ARE STILL POSSIBLE.  
 
..MOSIER/BROYLES.. 04/25/2025  
 

 
 
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