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FXUS01 KWBC 270753  
PMDSPD  
 
SHORT RANGE FORECAST DISCUSSION  
NWS WEATHER PREDICTION CENTER COLLEGE PARK MD  
352 AM EDT TUE MAY 27 2025  
 
VALID 12Z TUE MAY 27 2025 - 12Z THU MAY 29 2025  
 
...THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF EXCESSIVE RAINFALL OVER PARTS OF THE  
SOUTHERN PLAINS, THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI/TENNESSEE  
VALLEYS/SOUTHEAST/SOUTHERN MID-ATLANTIC, AND OHIO VALLEY/CENTRAL  
APPALACHIANS ON TUESDAY...  
 
...THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER PARTS OF  
THE SOUTHERN PLAINS AND LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY/SOUTHEAST ON  
TUESDAY AND THE SOUTHERN HIGH PLAINS ON WEDNESDAY...  
 
A WAVE OF LOW PRESSURE OVER THE TENNESSEE VALLEY WILL MOVE TO THE  
LOWER GREAT LAKES BY THURSDAY. ONE MORE DAY OF MOISTURE WILL FLOW  
NORTHWARD OUT OF THE GULF OF AMERICA AND OVERRUN THE BOUNDARY,  
CREATING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN OVER PARTS OF  
THE SOUTHERN PLAINS. THEREFORE, THE WPC HAS ISSUED A SLIGHT RISK  
(LEVEL 2/4) OF EXCESSIVE RAINFALL OVER PARTS OF THE SOUTHERN  
PLAINS THROUGH WEDNESDAY 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.  
 
FURTHERMORE, SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP OVER PARTS OF THE  
SOUTHERN PLAINS. THEREFORE, THE SPC HAS ISSUED A SLIGHT RISK  
(LEVEL 2/5) OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER PARTS OF THE SOUTHERN  
PLAINS THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. THE HAZARDS ASSOCIATED WITH  
THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE FREQUENT LIGHTNING, SEVERE THUNDERSTORM  
WIND GUSTS, HAIL, AND A FEW TORNADOES. HOWEVER, THERE IS AN  
INCREASED RISK OF HAIL, TWO INCHES OR GREATER, OVER THE REGION.  
 
MOREOVER, A SECOND AREA OF HEAVY RAIN WILL DEVELOP OVER PARTS OF  
THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY TO THE SOUTHEAST AND SOUTHERN  
MID-ATLANTIC. THEREFORE, THE WPC HAS ISSUED A SLIGHT RISK (LEVEL  
2/4) OF EXCESSIVE RAINFALL OVER PARTS OF THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI  
VALLEY TO THE SOUTHEAST AND SOUTHERN MID-ATLANTIC THROUGH  
WEDNESDAY 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.  
 
SIMILARLY, THERE WILL BE A SECOND AREA OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS  
OVER PARTS OF THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY TO THE SOUTHEAST.  
THEREFORE, THE SPC HAS ISSUED A SLIGHT RISK (LEVEL 2/5) OF SEVERE  
THUNDERSTORMS OVER PARTS OF THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY TO THE  
SOUTHEAST THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. THE HAZARDS ASSOCIATED WITH  
THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE FREQUENT LIGHTNING, SEVERE THUNDERSTORM  
WIND GUSTS, HAIL, AND A FEW TORNADOES.  
 
FURTHERMORE, A THIRD AREA OF HEAVY RAIN WILL DEVELOP OVER PARTS OF  
THE OHIO VALLEY/CENTRAL APPALACHIANS. THEREFORE, THE WPC HAS  
ISSUED A SLIGHT RISK (LEVEL 2/4) OF EXCESSIVE RAINFALL OVER PARTS  
OF THE OHIO VALLEY/CENTRAL APPALACHIANS THROUGH WEDNESDAY 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.  
 
IN ADDITION, RAIN AND SHOWERS WILL DEVELOP OVER PARTS OF THE UPPER  
MIDWEST AND THE MID-ATLANTIC ON TUESDAY. DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON  
AND EARLY EVENING, UPPER-LEVEL ENERGY WILL CREATE SCATTERED  
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE CENTRAL/SOUTHERN ROCKIES.  
 
ON WEDNESDAY, THE WAVE OF LOW PRESSURE MOVES INTO THE LOWER GREAT  
LAKES, DEVELOPING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE  
OHIO/TENNESSEE VALLEYS AND THE MID-ATLANTIC. FURTHERMORE,  
UPPER-LEVEL ENERGY WILL AID IN PRODUCING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS  
OVER PARTS OF THE CENTRAL/SOUTHERN ROCKIES AND UPPER MIDWEST  
DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. OVERNIGHT WEDNESDAY,  
RAIN WILL DEVELOP OVER PARTS OF THE NORTHEAST.  
 
A SECOND WAVE OF LOW PRESSURE WILL ALSO MOVE SOUTHEASTWARD OUT OF  
THE TEXAS PANHANDLE TO THE CENTRAL GULF COAST BY THURSDAY MORNING.  
THE SYSTEM WILL PRODUCE SHOWERS AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER  
SOUTHERN HIGH PLAINS. THEREFORE, THE SPC HAS ISSUED A SLIGHT RISK  
(LEVEL 2/5) OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE SOUTHERN HIGH PLAINS  
FROM WEDNESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. THE HAZARDS ASSOCIATED  
WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE FREQUENT LIGHTNING, SEVERE  
THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS, HAIL, AND A FEW TORNADOES.  
 
MEANWHILE, A FRONT OVER THE PACIFIC WILL MOVE NEAR THE PACIFIC  
NORTHWEST BY THURSDAY MORNING, PRODUCING SCATTERED RAIN OVER PARTS  
OF THE NORTHWEST.  
 
ZIEGENFELDER  
 
GRAPHICS AVAILABLE AT  
HTTPS://WWW.WPC.NCEP.NOAA.GOV/BASICWX/BASICWX_NDFD.PHP  
 

 
 
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