Decision Support for Thunderstorms & Tornadoes

Before the Event SPC Day 1 Convective Outlook Example Contractions Used in Convective Outlooks SPC Day 2 Convective Outlook Example SPC Mesoscale Convective Discussion SPC Day 1 Probabilistic Outlooks: Tornado, Wind, Hail Today's Climatological Risk: Tornadoes, Severe Wind, Severe Hail Examples: Tornadoes, Severe Wind, Severe Hail Probabilistic vs Traditional Convective Outlook SPC Day 2 Probabilistic Outlook: Any Severe Weather Today's Climatological Risk: Any Severe Weather Example Hazardous Weather Outlook Graphics: Norman, Tulsa Zone Forecast Area Forecast Discussion Temperature & Dewpoint Thunderstorm Initiation Example Equivalent Potential Temperature Initiation and Propagation Base Reflectivity Dry Line Outflow Boundaries Cold Front/Dry Line Intersection Surface Temperature: Mesonet Cold Front Surface Dew Point: Mesonet Cold Front Dry Line During the Event Hail Base Reflectivity Hail Core and Three-Body Scatter Spike Composite Reflectivity (Storm Tables) Hail and Storm Table Algorithm Vertically Integrated Liquid Oklahoma VIL/Hail Climatology Tornadoes Base Reflectivity Hook Echo Bounded Weak-Echo Region (BWER) V-Notch Composite Reflectivity (Storm Tables) Mesocyclone Algorithm Enhanced Rotation/TVS Base Velocity Mesocyclone Storm-Relative Velocity Rotation Couplets Winds Base Reflectivity Bow Echo Base Velocity General Radar Interpretation Anomalous Propagation (AP) Height of Radar Beam

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