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FXUS01 KWBC 232001
PMDSPD
SHORT RANGE FORECAST DISCUSSION
NWS WEATHER PREDICTION CENTER COLLEGE PARK MD
400 PM EDT WED APR 23 2025
VALID 00Z THU APR 24 2025 - 00Z SAT APR 26 2025
...SCATTERED TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE FROM CENTRAL U.S. TO
SOUTHEAST COAST...
...THERE'S A SLIGHT RISK OF EXCESSIVE RAINFALL FOR PORTIONS OF
KANSAS, OKLAHOMA, ARKANSAS AND MISSOURI...
A NUMBER OF SHORTWAVE TROUGHS WILL DEVELOP OVER THE CENTRAL U.S.
BENEATH AN AMPLIFYING UPPER TROUGH STATIONED OVER CENTRAL/SOUTHERN
CANADA. A SLOW MOVING COLD FRONT AT THE SURFACE WILL ACT AS A
FOCUS FOR SCATTERED TO ISOLATED AFTERNOON/EVENING CONVECTION
ACROSS THE CENTRAL AND EASTERN U.S. OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS. SOME
THUNDERSTORMS MAY BE SEVERE, ESPECIALLY THIS EVENING. THE STORM
PREDICTION CENTER HAS A SLIGHT RISK (LEVEL 2/5) OF SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS FOR PARTS OF WESTERN TEXAS, UP INTO THE
TEXAS/OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES AND WESTERN/NORTHERN KANSAS. DAMAGING
WIND GUSTS AND HAIL WILL BE THE PRIMARY THREATS FROM THESE STORMS.
MARGINAL SEVERE POTENTIAL LINGERS OVER THE CENTRAL/SOUTHERN PLAINS
OVER THE NEXT COUPLE DAYS.
SOME THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE HEAVY TO EXCESSIVE RAINFALL OVER
PORTIONS OF THE CENTRAL/SOUTHERN PLAINS, MISSISSIPPI VALLEY AND
SOUTHEAST THROUGH THURSDAY. THERE'S A SLIGHT RISK (AT LEAST 15%)
OF EXCESSIVE RAINFALL FOR PORTIONS OF KANSAS, OKLAHOMA, ARKANSAS
AND MISSOURI ON THURSDAY, THOUGH WHERE THE HEAVIEST RAIN RATES
WILL OCCUR REMAINS UNCERTAIN AT THIS TIME.
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