847  
FXUS01 KWBC 012004  
PMDSPD  
 
SHORT RANGE FORECAST DISCUSSION  
NWS WEATHER PREDICTION CENTER COLLEGE PARK MD  
404 PM EDT SAT JUN 01 2024  
 
VALID 00Z SUN JUN 02 2024 - 00Z TUE JUN 04 2024  
 
...THERE IS AN ENHANCED RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER PARTS OF  
THE CENTRAL/SOUTHERN HIGH PLAINS ON SATURDAY AND OVER PARTS OF THE  
CENTRAL HIGH PLAINS ON SUNDAY...  
 
...THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF EXCESSIVE RAINFALL OVER PARTS OF  
THE CENTRAL GULF COAST ON SATURDAY...  
 
...THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF EXCESSIVE RAINFALL OVER PARTS OF THE  
PACIFIC NORTHWEST, NORTHERN INTERMOUNTAIN REGION, UPPER/MIDDLE  
MISSISSIPPI VALLEY, AND NORTHERN/CENTRAL PLAINS ON SUNDAY AND THE  
NORTHERN INTERMOUNTAIN REGION ON MONDAY...  
   
..THERE ARE HEAT ADVISORIES OVER WESTERN TEXAS
 
 
MOISTURE STREAMING NORTHWARD OVER THE PLAINS AND A DRYLINE OVER  
WESTERN TEXAS WILL AID IN CREATING SHOWERS AND SEVERE  
THUNDERSTORMS OVER PARTS OF THE CENTRAL/SOUTHERN HIGH PLAINS.  
THEREFORE, THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING, THE SPC HAS ISSUED AN ENHANCED  
RISK (LEVEL 3/5) OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE CENTRAL/SOUTHERN  
HIGH PLAINS. THE HAZARDS ASSOCIATED WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE  
FREQUENT LIGHTNING, SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS, HAIL, AND A  
FEW TORNADOES. IN ADDITION, THERE IS A THREAT OF SEVERE  
THUNDERSTORM WIND GUST, OF 65 KNOTS OR GREATER AND HAIL, TWO  
INCHES OR GREATER OVER PARTS OF THE CENTRAL/SOUTHERN HIGH PLAINS.  
MOREOVER, THERE IS A SECOND AREA OF HAIL, TWO INCHES OR GREATER,  
OVER PARTS OF WESTERN TEXAS AND SOUTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO.  
 
FURTHER, UPPER-LEVEL ENERGY WILL AID IN PRODUCING SHOWERS AND  
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER PARTS OF THE WESTERN GULF COAST.  
THEREFORE, THE SPC HAS ISSUED A SLIGHT RISK (LEVEL 2/5) OF SEVERE  
THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE WESTERN GULF COAST THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING.  
THE HAZARDS ASSOCIATED WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE FREQUENT  
LIGHTNING, SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS, HAIL, AND A FEW  
TORNADOES.  
 
MOREOVER, SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP OVER PARTS OF THE  
CENTRAL GULF COAST, CREATING HEAVY RAIN. THEREFORE, THE WPC HAS  
ISSUED A SLIGHT RISK (LEVEL 2/4) OF EXCESSIVE RAINFALL OVER PARTS  
OF THE CENTRAL GULF COAST THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. THE ASSOCIATED  
HEAVY RAIN WILL CREATE MAINLY LOCALIZED AREAS OF FLASH FLOODING,  
WITH URBAN AREAS, ROADS, SMALL STREAMS, AND LOW-LYING AREAS THE  
MOST VULNERABLE.  
 
ADDITIONALLY, SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP OVER PARTS OF  
THE CENTRAL/SOUTHERN HIGH PLAINS, CREATING HEAVY RAIN. THEREFORE,  
THE WPC HAS ISSUED A SLIGHT RISK (LEVEL 2/4) OF EXCESSIVE RAINFALL  
OVER PARTS OF THE CENTRAL/SOUTHERN HIGH PLAINS THROUGH SUNDAY  
MORNING. THE ASSOCIATED HEAVY RAIN WILL CREATE MAINLY LOCALIZED  
AREAS OF FLASH FLOODING, WITH URBAN AREAS, ROADS, SMALL STREAMS,  
AND LOW-LYING AREAS THE MOST VULNERABLE.  
 
ON SUNDAY, A COLD FRONT EXTENDING FROM THE NORTHERN PLAINS TO THE  
GREAT BASIN WILL MOVE EASTWARD TO THE UPPER/MIDDLE MISSISSIPPI  
VALLEY BY MONDAY, PRODUCING SHOWERS AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER  
PARTS OF THE CENTRAL HIGH PLAINS. THEREFORE, THE SPC HAS ISSUED AN  
ENHANCED RISK (LEVEL 3/5) OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE CENTRAL  
HIGH PLAINS FROM SUNDAY THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. THE HAZARDS  
ASSOCIATED WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE FREQUENT LIGHTNING, SEVERE  
THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS, HAIL, AND A FEW TORNADOES. IN ADDITION,  
THERE IS A THREAT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WIND GUST, OF 65 KNOTS OR  
GREATER.  
 
MOREOVER, A SECOND AREA OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL ALSO OCCUR  
OVER THE SOUTHERN HIGH PLAINS ON SUNDAY. THEREFORE, THE SPC HAS  
ISSUED A SLIGHT RISK (LEVEL 2/5) OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE  
SOUTHERN HIGH PLAINS FROM SUNDAY THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. THE  
HAZARDS ASSOCIATED WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE FREQUENT  
LIGHTNING, SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS, HAIL, AND A FEW  
TORNADOES.  
 
FURTHERMORE, SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CAUSE HEAVY RAIN OVER  
THE UPPER/MIDDLE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY AND NORTHERN/CENTRAL PLAINS.  
THEREFORE, THE WPC HAS ISSUED A SLIGHT RISK (LEVEL 2/4) OF  
EXCESSIVE RAINFALL OVER PARTS OF THE UPPER/MIDDLE MISSISSIPPI  
VALLEY AND NORTHERN/CENTRAL PLAINS FROM SUNDAY THROUGH MONDAY  
MORNING. THE ASSOCIATED HEAVY RAIN WILL CREATE MAINLY LOCALIZED  
AREAS OF FLASH FLOODING, WITH URBAN AREAS, ROADS, SMALL STREAMS,  
AND LOW-LYING AREAS THE MOST VULNERABLE.  
 
ON MONDAY, THE THREAT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND EXCESSIVE  
RAINFALL WILL DECREASE SLIGHTLY OVER THE MIDDLE/MISSISSIPPI VALLEY  
AND CENTRAL/SOUTHERN PLAINS. THEREFORE, THERE WILL BE A MODERATE  
RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND EXCESSIVE RAINFALL OVER THE AREA.  
 
MEANWHILE, ONSHORE FLOW AND A STEADY STREAM OF UPPER-LEVEL ENERGY  
OVER THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST WILL TRIGGER RAIN AND SNOW MELT OVER  
PARTS OF THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST INTO THE NORTHERN INTERMOUNTAIN  
REGION FROM EARLY SATURDAY INTO MONDAY. ON SUNDAY THE RAINFALL  
WILL INCREASE, THEREFORE, THE WPC HAS ISSUED A SLIGHT RISK (LEVEL  
2/4) OF EXCESSIVE RAINFALL OVER PARTS OF THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST  
FROM SUNDAY THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. THE ASSOCIATED HEAVY RAIN WILL  
CREATE MAINLY LOCALIZED AREAS OF FLASH FLOODING, WITH URBAN AREAS,  
ROADS, SMALL STREAMS, AND LOW-LYING AREAS THE MOST VULNERABLE.  
 
ADDITIONALLY, THE HEAVY RAIN AND SNOW MELT WILL DEVELOP OVER PARTS  
OF THE NORTHERN INTERMOUNTAIN REGION. THEREFORE, THE WPC HAS  
ISSUED A SLIGHT RISK (LEVEL 2/4) OF EXCESSIVE RAINFALL OVER PARTS  
OF THE NORTHERN INTERMOUNTAIN REGION FROM SUNDAY THROUGH MONDAY  
MORNING. THE ASSOCIATED HEAVY RAIN WILL CREATE MAINLY LOCALIZED  
AREAS OF FLASH FLOODING, WITH URBAN AREAS, ROADS, SMALL STREAMS,  
AND LOW-LYING AREAS THE MOST VULNERABLE.  
 
MOREOVER, ON MONDAY, THE RAIN AND SNOW MELT WILL PRODUCE HEAVY  
RAIN OVER PARTS OF THE NORTHERN INTERMOUNTAIN REGION. THEREFORE,  
THE WPC HAS ISSUED A SLIGHT RISK (LEVEL 2/4) OF EXCESSIVE RAINFALL  
OVER PARTS OF THE NORTHERN INTERMOUNTAIN REGION ON MONDAY. THE  
ASSOCIATED HEAVY RAIN WILL CREATE MAINLY LOCALIZED AREAS OF FLASH  
FLOODING, WITH URBAN AREAS, ROADS, SMALL STREAMS, AND LOW-LYING  
AREAS THE MOST VULNERABLE.  
 
FURTHERMORE, A DEVELOPING UPPER-LEVEL RIDGING OVER SOUTHERN TEXAS  
WILL AID IN SPAWNING HEAT ADVISORIES OVER WESTERN TEXAS.  
 
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