Largest Severe Threat of 2009

According to the Storm Prediction Center's (SPC) forecast, we are under the largest risk for severe weather today that we have seen since last summer. They just updated their probabilities for hail, wind, and tornadoes. First off, categorically speaking we are under a slight and some are under a moderate risk for severe weather starting this afternoon and going through the overnight.To break that down even further, there are probability maps for seeing a severe weather report within 25 miles of a point. So for this first one which is hail, there is a 45% chance of seeing a large hail report within 25 miles of you today.

Also, a hatched area means that the SPC is expecting reports of hail 2" in diameter or larger, wind gusts over 70 mph, and tornadoes EF2 or larger.

Here are the probabilities for wind:

Here are the probabilities for tornadoes:So you want to take this very seriously because the potential is there for a very large severe weather outbreak tonight.

~KDLT Meteorologist Cody Matz