SPC Jun 10, 2026 1300 UTC Day 1 Convective Outlook

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Day 1 Convective Outlook
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
1132 AM CDT Wed Jun 10 2026

Valid 101300Z - 111200Z

...THERE IS AN ENHANCED RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS PARTS OF
THE UPPER/MID MISSISSIPPI VALLEYS AND MIDWEST...

...SUMMARY...
Scattered to numerous severe thunderstorms with potential for large
hail in excess of two inches in diameter, a few strong tornadoes and
damaging winds with gusts over 75 mph are expected this afternoon
and evening across parts of the Upper Mississippi Valley and
Midwest.

...Mid/Upper MS Valley into the central Plains...
Regional radar imagery shows an ongoing cluster of strong
thunderstorms across southern IA and northern MO, supported by a
residual low-level jet that currently extends from KS/northern OK
into the region. Heating of the very moist airmass downstream will
result in limited convective inhibition and strong to very strong
buoyancy by the early afternoon. Reintensification of the ongoing
cluster is anticipated as it moves within this destabilizing
airmass. Deep-layer shear will be modest but still sufficient for
some organization, and the development of a strong to occasionally
severe bowing line segment appears probable, particularly from
northeast IA into southern WI and northern IL. New updrafts ahead of
the line could also produce hail early in the convective cycle,
while also potentially contributing to updraft augmentation as they
merge into the line. Some isolated hail could result from this
augmentation as well.

Farther north, recent surface analysis placed a triple point low
over northeast SD. An occluded front extends north-northwestward
from this low across eastern ND into central Manitoba, while cold
front extends southward to another low over northeast NE and then
back southwestward across the central Plains. The frontal zone and
triple point low are forecast to progress eastward into the Upper
Midwest, interacting with a diurnally destabilizing airmass to
support thunderstorm development. Ample low-level moisture (i.e.
dewpoints in the upper 60s/low 70s) will support strong buoyancy,
despite modest lapse rates, and moderate deep-layer vertical shear
should be sufficient for updraft organization. As a result, strong
to severe thunderstorms are expected along and just ahead the front,
with large hail as the primary threat. Isolated very large hail to
2" in diameter could occur. Some damaging gusts are possible as
storms transition into bowing line segments over time. There is also
a low-probability for a few brief tornadoes, particularly with any
more cellular development from central into eastern WI from 21 to
00Z.

An additional severe threat will likely materialize this evening in
the wake of the afternoon MCS within the recovered airmass from the
Mid MS Valley westward through the Mid MO Valley into the central
Plains. The impetus for this redevelopment will likely be a complex
combination of low-level convergence along the approaching front,
low-level convergence and warm-air advection along remnant outflow,
and modest large-scale ascent. Development along the front appears
most likely from central IA southwestward into northeast KS, while
development along the outflow appears most likely northwest IL
across southern IA. The airmass in all of these areas will likely
feature ample low-level moisture (i.e. dewpoints in the low to mid
70s), warm surface temperatures (highs in the low 90s), and at least
modestly steep mid-level lapse rates. This will result in strong to
extreme buoyancy, with MLCAPE values exceeding 3000 J/kg from
northeast KS into southern IA, northern MO, and west-central IL.

Complex surface pattern will likely yield limited predictability for
the primary severe hazard this evening. Given the extreme buoyancy
and moderate mid-level flow, any more cellular development that is
able to mature should become supercellular, with all severe hazards
possible, including very large hail and tornadoes. Storm interaction
and strong downdrafts will likely make maintaining a discrete mode
difficult, but low-level hodographs support the potential for a
strong tornado, particularly from 00 to 03Z amid a strengthening
low-level jet.

Lastly, early morning strong to severe thunderstorms are possible
across central/eastern NE as a secondary branch of the low-level jet
develops in response to another shortwave trough moving into the
central High Plains.

...Ohio Valley/Central Appalachians/Mid-Atlantic States...
A moist and unstable airmass will be in place today across much of
the region, with surface dewpoints generally in the lower 70s F.
While some thunderstorms are ongoing early today, additional and
more potent thunderstorm development is expected into the afternoon
as the boundary layer destabilizes. These storms will be further
influenced by a pair of weak eastward-moving MCVs, one over the
upper Ohio River Valley and the other over the central Appalachians.
Damaging winds, associated with water-loaded downbursts, will be the
primary hazard regionally.

..Mosier/Flournoy.. 06/10/2026


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SPC Jun 10, 2026 1300 UTC Day 1 Convective Outlook

LIVE MAP (ABOVE) ... SPC 1300Z Day 1 Outlook


Day 1 Convective Outlook
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
0754 AM CDT Wed Jun 10 2026

Valid 101300Z - 111200Z

...THERE IS AN ENHANCED RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS PARTS OF
THE UPPER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY AND MIDWEST...

...SUMMARY...
Scattered to numerous severe thunderstorms with potential for large
hail in excess of two inches in diameter, a few strong tornadoes and
damaging winds with gusts over 75 mph are expected this afternoon
and evening across parts of the Upper Mississippi Valley and
Midwest.

...Midwest/Missouri Valley and Upper Mississippi Valley...
With a broad upper trough centered near/east of the northern CONUS
and Canadian Rockies, its lead portion will shift northeastward over
the Upper Midwest/Lake Superior vicinity today, with more limited
forcing for ascent and height falls farther south, until the
late-night arrival of a secondary portion of this trough out of the
northern Rockies and north-central High Plains. The primary synoptic
low/surface triple point will shift from northern Minnesota
north-northeastward into Canada. A moist environment will be in
place to the east of an eastward-advancing cold front, with
north-northeastward air mass recovery in the wake of overnight/early
morning storms (MCS) across the eastern Dakotas and
Minnesota/Wisconsin.

Showers and thunderstorms have increased in the predawn hours across
eastern portions of Nebraska/Kansas into northwest Missouri and
western Iowa. This development is driven by a strong southwesterly
low-level jet and ample elevated moisture transport. For additional
short-term details, see Mesoscale Discussion 1063. This development
could further increase today and shift east-northeastward across
Iowa/northern Missouri and eventually northwest Illinois today,
complexifying the forecast scenario. These storms could pose a
severe-storm risk within this corridor relatively early today, with
subsequent development expected by late afternoon near the cold
front spanning Minnesota into east-central Iowa, northern Missouri
and eastern Kansas. The early day storms, pending how extensive they
are, could spatially influence via outflow/cloud debris a preferred
zone for redevelopment near the Iowa/Missouri border vicinity toward
west-central/northwest Illinois. Meanwhile, farther north, in closer
proximity to the large-scale height falls, another preferred zone of
severe-storm development could focus across northern/eastern
Minnesota into western Wisconsin.

Deep-layer shear will be strengthening across these regions and will
broadly support initial supercells capable of large hail, with very
large hailstones possible with initial development near the cold
front late this afternoon and early evening. A predominant large
hail risk is also expected late tonight with anticipated mostly
elevated development across central/eastern Nebraska and northeast
Kansas, attributable to the approaching upstream system and an
re-intensifying low-level jet and warm/moist advection. Large hail
aside, tornadoes will be possible regionally late this afternoon and
evening, a few of which could be strong (EF2+). The early day storms
could ultimately organize and pose a damaging wind threat, and more
broadly so this evening as storms trend upscale near/east of the
cold front, potentially leading to a multi-round severe potential in
some areas today and tonight.

...Ohio Valley/Central Appalachians/Mid-Atlantic States...
A moist and unstable airmass will be in place today across much of
the region, with surface dewpoints generally in the lower 70s F.
While some thunderstorms are ongoing early today, additional and
more potent thunderstorm development is expected into the afternoon
as the boundary layer destabilizes. This development will be further
influenced by one or more weak eastward-moving MCVs over the upper
Ohio River Valley this morning. Damaging winds will be the primary
hazard regionally.

..Guyer/Wendt.. 06/10/2026


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SPC Jun 10, 2026 0600 UTC Day 1 Convective Outlook

LIVE MAP (ABOVE) ... SPC 1200Z Day 1 Outlook


Day 1 Convective Outlook
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
1259 AM CDT Wed Jun 10 2026

Valid 101200Z - 111200Z

...THERE IS AN ENHANCED RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS PARTS OF
THE UPPER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY AND MIDWEST...

...SUMMARY...
Scattered to numerous severe thunderstorms with potential for large
hail in excess of two inches in diameter, a few strong tornadoes and
damaging winds with gusts over 75 mph are expected this afternoon
and evening across parts of the Upper Mississippi Valley and
Midwest.

...Upper Mississippi Valley/Midwest...
At mid-levels, a trough will move eastward into the central and
northern Plains today, as the exit region of a jet streak
overspreads the upper Mississippi Valley and Midwest. At the
surface, a cold front will advance eastward across the northern
Plains with a warm front moving into the western Great Lakes.
Between these two fronts, a very moist airmass will be in place with
surface dewpoints in the lower to mid 70s F. Early in the day, a
line of strong thunderstorms is expected to develop in western Iowa
near the western edge of the moist airmass. A potential for severe
wind gusts will be possible with this line. Eastward across the
moist sector, moderate to strong instability is expected to develop
by midday as surface temperatures warm. This will help the line to
grow upscale, potentially into a linear MCS, as it moves across
southern Wisconsin and northern Illinois early this afternoon.
Severe wind gusts and QLCS tornadoes will be possible along the
stronger parts of this line segment.

In the wake of the initial line segment, instability is expected to
increase as moisture advection and surface heating take place. An
instability axis is forecast to develop in the afternoon from
eastern Missouri northward into eastern Iowa, where MLCAPE should
increase into the 3000 to 3500 J/kg range. Thunderstorm development
will be likely during the mid to late afternoon along a zone of
low-level convergence from northern Missouri into central and
eastern Iowa. Additional storms are expected to form further north
into parts of far eastern Minnesota and western Wisconsin. RAP
forecast soundings in the late afternoon from eastern Iowa into
southwest Wisconsin have curved hodographs, with 0-6 km shear near
40 knots, and 0-3 km storm-relative helicity around 225 m2/s2. This
environment will support supercells with tornado potential. A strong
tornado or two will be possible as supercells move eastward in a
strengthening low-level jet during the late afternoon and early
evening. Large hail and wind damage will also be possible with
supercells. From this cluster, a second severe line segment with
damaging wind gusts is expected to develop. This line will likely
impact parts of northeast Missouri and north-central Illinois.

Further southwest across parts of northwest/north-central Missouri
and northeast Kansas, scattered thunderstorm development is expected
during the late afternoon and early evening. These storms will be
located near an axis of strong instability, along which RAP
forecasts suggest that 0-6 km shear will be in around 40 knots. In
addition 700-500 mb lapse rates are forecast to be near 7.5 C/km.
The environment should support large hail and severe wind gusts.

...Ohio Valley/Central Appalachians...
A moist and unstable airmass will be in place today across much of
the region, with surface dewpoints in the lower to mid 70s F.
Although large-scale ascent will be weak, isolated thunderstorms
appear likely to develop in areas where low-level convergence
becomes maximized. Forecast soundings across the Ohio Valley show
steep low-level lapse rates during the afternoon and have enough
deep-layer shear for a localized severe threat. A few of the
stronger cells could produce isolated severe gust and hail.

..Broyles/Lyons.. 06/10/2026


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SPC Jun 10, 2026 0100 UTC Day 1 Convective Outlook

LIVE MAP (ABOVE) ... SPC 0100Z Day 1 Outlook


Day 1 Convective Outlook
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
0804 PM CDT Tue Jun 09 2026

Valid 100100Z - 101200Z

...THERE IS AN ENHANCED RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS PARTS OF
THE CENTRAL AND NORTHERN PLAINS...

...SUMMARY...
Numerous severe thunderstorms with a potential for 60-80 mph winds
with locally higher gusts, along with tornadoes (some potentially
strong), and large to very large hail are expected across the
northern and central Plains this evening into tonight.

...Central and Northern Plains...
On water vapor imagery, a mid-level shortwave trough appears to be
located from eastern Montana southeastward into western South Dakota
and west-central Nebraska. At the surface, a 996 mb low is currently
located in northwestern North Dakota with a cold front extending
southward from the low. A dryline is evident from central South
Dakota into western Nebraska. To the east of the front and dryline,
a moist airmass is in place with surface dewpoints in the mid to
upper 60s F, which is contributing to moderate to strong
instability. Thunderstorms are currently developing along the entire
length of the front and dryline. Storms that remain discrete or
semi-discrete over the next couple of hours could be supercells,
with a potential to produce tornadoes and large to very large hail.
A couple of strong tornadoes may occur with supercells that are
intense. As convective coverage rapidly increases over the next
couple of hours, a transition to linear mode is expected with a
squall line forming and moving eastward across the remainder of the
Dakotas this evening.

Along and near the instability axis, the RAP has 0-3 km lapse rates
in the 8 to 8.5 C/km range. In addition, 0-6 km shear near this axis
is around 45 knots, as is evident on the Bismarck and Aberdeen
WSR-88D VWPs. This environment will be very favorable for severe
wind gusts, and some gusts could exceed 80 mph along the more
intense parts of the line. While a tornado threat will exist with
supercells early on, a continued tornado threat is expected as the
squall line develops with embedded rotating cells. The potential for
severe wind gusts and tornadoes will continue into the late evening
and overnight period as the line moves eastward into the upper
Mississippi Valley.

Further south into the central Plains, the RAP has a pocket of
strong instability analyzed over east-central Nebraska, where the
RAP shows MLCAPE in the 4500 to 5500 J/kg range. Severe
thunderstorms have developed to the west and south of this
instability maximum. The RAP also has a 40 to 50 knot low-level jet
max in far northern Kansas. As this feature strengthens and moves
northeastward into eastern Nebraska, low-level shear will become
increasingly favorable for tornadoes. Supercells that can become
robust may be able to produce a strong tornado or two.

Southward into central Kansas, strong instability is analyzed by the
RAP over much of central and northeastern Kansas, where MLCAPE is
estimated to be from 3000 to 4500 J/kg. In addition, moderate
deep-layer shear is present and low to mid-level lapse rates are
steep. This will support a threat for large hail and severe wind
gusts this evening with the stronger supercells and short line
segments.

...Ohio Valley...
A moist and unstable airmass is currently located across much of the
Ohio Valley. An axis of instability is analyzed from southern
Illinois east-northeastward across southern Indiana and northwest
Ohio. Scattered thunderstorms are ongoing in west-central Indiana
just to the west of the instability axis. Ahead of the storms,
low-level lapse rates are steep. This will contribute to a potential
for isolated severe gusts over the next hour or two.

..Broyles.. 06/10/2026


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