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FXUS01 KWBC 232012
PMDSPD
SHORT RANGE FORECAST DISCUSSION
NWS WEATHER PREDICTION CENTER COLLEGE PARK MD
409 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 AFTERNOON/EVENING CONVECTION ACROSS THE
CENTRAL AND EASTERN U.S. OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS. SOME
THUNDERSTORMS MAY BE SEVERE, PARTICULARLY 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. TEMPERATURES REMAIN
ABOVE AVERAGE ACROSS THE EASTERN HALF OF THE COUNTRY, WHILE THE
NORTHERN/CENTRAL HIGH PLAINS EXPERIENCE A COOL DOWN. SNOW SHOWERS
COULD PRODUCE SEVERAL INCHES OVER THE WIND RIVER/ABSAROKA RANGES
AND BIG HORN MOUNTAINS BY THURSDAY EVENING.
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