601  
FXUS01 KWBC 142004  
PMDSPD  
 
SHORT RANGE FORECAST DISCUSSION  
NWS WEATHER PREDICTION CENTER COLLEGE PARK MD  
403 PM EDT SAT JUN 14 2025  
 
VALID 00Z SUN JUN 15 2025 - 00Z TUE JUN 17 2025  
 
...THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF EXCESSIVE RAINFALL OVER PARTS OF THE  
MID-ATLANTIC AND CENTRAL/SOUTHERN PLAINS ON SATURDAY AND SUNDAY...  
 
...THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER PARTS OF  
THE NORTHERN/CENTRAL HIGH PLAINS AND SOUTHERN PLAINS ON SATURDAY  
AND THE NORTHERN/CENTRAL PLAINS ON SUNDAY/MONDAY...  
 
A QUASI-STATIONARY FRONT EXTENDING FROM THE MID-ATLANTIC TO THE  
CENTRAL HIGH PLAINS WILL REMAIN THROUGH TUESDAY. SOUTH OF AND  
ALONG THE BOUNDARY, UPPER-LEVEL ENERGY AND ABUNDANT MOISTURE WILL  
PRODUCE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FROM SOUTH OF THE GREAT  
LAKES/NEW ENGLAND TO THE GULF COAST AND FROM NORTHERN PLAINS/UPPER  
MISSISSIPPI VALLEY TO THE GULF COAST FOR THE REST OF SATURDAY. TWO  
REGIONS OF HEAVY RAIN WILL BE EMBEDDED IN THE LARGER MASS OF  
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. THE FIRST AREA WILL BE OVER THE  
MID-ATLANTIC. THEREFORE, THE WPC HAS ISSUED A SLIGHT RISK (LEVEL  
2/4) OF EXCESSIVE RAINFALL OVER PARTS OF THE MID-ATLANTIC 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.  
 
THE SECOND AREA WILL COVER PARTS OF THE CENTRAL/SOUTHERN PLAINS  
AND THE MIDDLE/LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY. THEREFORE, THE WPC HAS  
ISSUED A SLIGHT RISK (LEVEL 2/4) OF EXCESSIVE RAINFALL OVER PARTS  
OF THE CENTRAL/SOUTHERN PLAINS AND THE MIDDLE/LOWER MISSISSIPPI  
VALLEY 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.  
 
IN ADDITION, THE UPPER-LEVEL ENERGY AND MOISTURE WILL CREATE  
SHOWERS AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER PARTS OF THE  
NORTHERN/CENTRAL HIGH PLAINS. THEREFORE, THE SPC HAS ISSUED A  
SLIGHT RISK (LEVEL 2/5) OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER PARTS OF THE  
NORTHERN/CENTRAL HIGH PLAINS THROUGH SUNDAY 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  
NORTHERN HIGH PLAINS.  
 
LIKEWISE, ANOTHER AREA OF UPPER-LEVEL ENERGY AND MOISTURE WILL  
CREATE SHOWERS AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER PARTS OF THE  
CENTRAL/SOUTHERN PLAINS. THEREFORE, THE SPC HAS ISSUED A SLIGHT  
RISK (LEVEL 2/5) OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER PARTS OF THE  
CENTRAL/SOUTHERN PLAINS THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. THE HAZARDS  
ASSOCIATED WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE FREQUENT LIGHTNING, SEVERE  
THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS, HAIL, AND A FEW TORNADOES.  
 
ON SUNDAY, ANOTHER AREA OF UPPER-LEVEL ENERGY AND ABUNDANT  
MOISTURE WILL PRODUCE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FROM SOUTH OF THE  
GREAT LAKES/NEW ENGLAND TO THE GULF COAST AND FROM THE NORTHERN  
TIER STATES, WEST OF THE GREAT LAKES TO THE GULF COAST. SIMILARLY,  
THERE WILL BE TWO REGIONS OF HEAVY RAIN EMBEDDED IN THE LARGER  
MASS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. THE FIRST AREA WILL BE OVER THE  
MID-ATLANTIC/CENTRAL APPALACHIANS. THEREFORE, THE WPC HAS ISSUED A  
SLIGHT RISK (LEVEL 2/4) OF EXCESSIVE RAINFALL OVER PARTS OF THE  
MID-ATLANTIC/CENTRAL APPALACHIANS 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.  
 
THE SECOND AREA WILL BE OVER PARTS OF THE CENTRAL/SOUTHERN PLAINS  
AND A LARGER AREA OF THE MIDDLE/LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY.  
THEREFORE, THE WPC HAS ISSUED A SLIGHT RISK (LEVEL 2/4) OF  
EXCESSIVE RAINFALL OVER PARTS OF THE CENTRAL/SOUTHERN PLAINS AND  
THE MIDDLE/LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY 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.  
 
HOWEVER, THERE WILL BE A LARGER AREA OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER  
PARTS OF THE NORTHERN/CENTRAL PLAINS. THEREFORE, THE SPC HAS  
ISSUED A SLIGHT RISK (LEVEL 2/5) OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER  
PARTS OF THE NORTHERN/CENTRAL PLAINS FROM SUNDAY THROUGH MONDAY  
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, AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS 65 KNOTS OR  
GREATER OVER THE NORTHERN HIGH PLAINS.  
 
BY MONDAY, THE THREAT OF EXCESSIVE RAINFALL TAPERS OFF TO A FEW  
MARGINAL RISK AREAS OVER THE MID-ATLANTIC, NORTHERN PLAINS/UPPER  
MISSISSIPPI VALLEY, AND MIDDLE/LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY/TENNESSEE  
VALLEY.  
 
MOREOVER, THE MOISTURE AND UPPER-LEVEL ENERGY WILL TRIGGER SEVERE  
THUNDERSTORMS OVER PARTS OF THE NORTHERN/CENTRAL PLAINS AND  
UPPER/MIDDLE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY ON MONDAY. THEREFORE, THE SPC HAS  
ISSUED A SLIGHT RISK (LEVEL 2/5) OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER  
PARTS OF THE NORTHERN/CENTRAL PLAINS AND UPPER/MIDDLE MISSISSIPPI  
VALLEY ON MONDAY. THE HAZARDS ASSOCIATED WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS  
ARE FREQUENT LIGHTNING, SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS, HAIL, AND  
A FEW TORNADOES.  
 
ZIEGENFELDER  
 
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