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Severe Thunderstorms in the Southeast U.S; Flash Flooding Threat for the Northern Gulf Coast

Severe thunderstorms are expected across portions of the Southeast and Carolinas today where a Slight Risk (Level 2 of 5) has been issued. A Slight Risk Excessive Rainfall Outlook (Level 2 of 4) has been issued for part of the northern Gulf Coast today due to the threat of flash, urban, and riverine flooding. Read More >

Automatically generated image showing areas of 0-6km vertical shear.

 

Thumbnail of an automatically generated image showing areas of 0-6km vertical shear. Thumbnail of an automatically generated image showing areas of 0-6km vertical shear. Thumbnail of an automatically generated image showing areas of 0-6km vertical shear.
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Shear (0-6Km) 

The 0-6 km shear vector.  Values generally greater than 40 knots are supportive of supercells, although in high instability environments this can be as low as 30 knots. 

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