Day 2 Areal Outline

Issued: 2026-08-20 05:45 UTC

Summary

Severe thunderstorms with risks of tornadoes, large hail, and damaging winds are expected across portions of the central and southeastern United States on Thursday. Marginal to slight risks of severe weather are forecast for areas including parts of the Deep South, the Mississippi Valley, and the Central Plains.

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000 WUUS02 KWNS 200545 PTSDY2 DAY 2 CONVECTIVE OUTLOOK AREAL OUTLINE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK 1243 AM CDT THU AUG 20 2026 VALID TIME 211200Z - 221200Z PROBABILISTIC OUTLOOK POINTS DAY 2 ... TORNADO ... && ... HAIL ... 0.05 38819743 39490102 40920207 41630274 42250302 42720297 43250260 43420169 43600065 43249692 42639406 42199331 41569294 41079298 40489319 39709370 38919449 38709519 38559617 38819743 0.05 31857960 31878207 31598411 31388622 32088677 32988660 33678510 34288227 35338042 35947809 36087676 35837472 0.15 39529700 39709959 40690113 42250172 42710073 42609906 41909750 41069627 40579567 40249551 39759563 39509599 39529700 CIG1 42519755 41709669 40579655 39469910 39730082 40560146 41670177 42190214 42690173 42930043 42519755 && ... WIND ... 0.05 31857960 31878207 31528362 31608563 32408621 33138582 33678510 34418260 35848002 36117863 36087676 35837472 0.05 38819743 39490102 40920207 41630274 42250302 42720297 43250260 43420169 43600065 43249692 42639406 42199331 41569294 41079298 40489319 39709370 38919449 38709519 38559617 38819743 0.15 41440120 42250172 42710073 42609906 41909750 41069627 40579567 40249551 39759563 39509599 39609789 39739948 40280068 41440120 CIG1 39459936 39910072 40780106 41370131 41770089 41799987 40919833 39779774 39319839 39459936 && CATEGORICAL OUTLOOK POINTS DAY 2 ... CATEGORICAL ... SLGT 42710073 42609906 41909750 40579567 40249551 39759563 39509599 39709959 40280068 40450076 40690113 42250172 42710073 MRGL 31858000 31878207 31528362 31558447 31388622 32088677 32988660 33678510 34418260 35848002 36117863 36087676 35857488 MRGL 42720297 43250260 43600065 43249692 42639406 42199331 41569294 41079298 40489319 39709370 38919449 38709519 38559617 39490102 40920207 41630274 42250302 42720297 TSTM 28699071 29729220 30099295 30099465 30589697 31229848 32580059 33030258 33510361 33580454 33110508 32680571 32090701 31260750 99999999 32141517 35921544 38381657 39861742 41751692 43411625 44671503 45421360 45551246 45691031 45420935 44720875 44000829 42900804 42310880 41220901 40890903 40380908 40170841 40500712 41090641 41320568 41000515 39930484 38630410 37250311 35499970 35019389 34878905 35428728 37298527 39688110 40117781 40047404 39757290 99999999 45438137 43838261 41758396 40538510 39178692 38338940 37869259 37759555 37799771 38269933 38730088 39060211 39610311 40840347 43180445 43820456 44700439 44700368 44210133 43909843 43659460 43769251 45169007 48298658 99999999 49471366 48491380 47411411 46761465 45771568 43851869 42952019 42822111 42882207 43042244 45342241 48002197 49792217 99999999 49048864 47818991 46739125 46329318 46659455 47959632 50159733 && THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SVR TSTMS TO THE RIGHT OF A LINE FROM 15 SW VTN 20 WNW ONL 0 - OFK 20 SW SDA 15 NNE FNB 20 S FNB 35 NNW TOP 25 NNE HLC 10 NW MCK 20 NNW MCK 30 ENE IML 35 WNW MHN 15 SW VTN THERE IS A MARGINAL RISK OF SVR TSTMS TO THE RIGHT OF A LINE FROM 75 S CHS 30 SE VDI 30 NNE MGR 15 W ABY 35 SSW TOI 20 SSE SEM 40 SSE BHM 45 N LGC 10 SE AND 20 SSW GSO 20 NNE RDU 35 WSW ECG 60 NE HSE THERE IS A MARGINAL RISK OF SVR TSTMS TO THE RIGHT OF A LINE FROM 10 SE CDR 40 NE CDR 50 N VTN 25 SSW FSD 10 NE FOD 50 NNE DSM 20 NNE OXV 15 SSE OXV 45 NW IRK 10 SW CDJ 15 SSE MKC 25 WSW OJC 15 N EMP 35 ENE GLD 35 NW IML 30 S AIA 20 NW AIA 10 SE CDR GEN TSTMS ARE FCST TO THE RIGHT OF A LINE FROM 60 S HUM 0 - 7R4 15 E LCH 40 WNW BPT 35 W CLL 50 SE BWD 55 WNW ABI 45 ENE HOB 60 NNW HOB 20 N ROW 35 SE SRR 25 ESE ALM 40 WNW ELP 70 S DMN ...CONT... 50 SW YUM 20 SW LAS 35 NE TPH 30 NNW U31 40 WSW OWY 10 S BOI 55 ESE MYL 25 NNE SMN 20 NNE DLN 0 - LVM 50 WSW BIL 20 NE COD 15 W WRL 25 ESE RIW 35 S LND 25 S RKS 40 NE VEL 25 E VEL 50 WSW CAG 20 E CAG 40 WSW LAR 0 - LAR 20 WSW CYS 10 N DEN 30 NE PUB 25 W SPD 30 WNW CSM 35 SE FSM 45 NNW TUP 50 NNE MSL 65 SW LEX 30 NE PKB 30 N HGR 15 E NEL 75 S ISP ...CONT... 110 ENE APN 20 E BAX 15 NW TOL 25 NE MIE 15 W BMG 30 ESE BLV 25 WNW TBN 0 - CNU 20 WNW ICT 50 SW RSL 55 N GCK 15 SE ITR 40 S AKO 30 SW SNY 55 ENE DGW 60 SE GCC 60 ENE GCC 60 S 2WX 15 NE PHP 20 WNW MHE 10 W FRM 10 S RST 25 NW AUW 130 NNE MQT ...CONT... 85 NNE GPI 25 ENE GPI 35 N MSO 30 WSW MSO 25 S P69 20 NE BNO 55 N LKV 55 NE LMT 55 NNW LMT 50 NNE MFR 20 SSE PDX 40 NNE SEA 70 NNE BLI ...CONT... 130 N CMX 20 ENE GNA 20 NW ASX 45 E BRD 25 NW BRD 10 SW TVF 100 N HCO