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Описание: 🌩️ SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK – THURSDAY, MARCH 5, 2026
SPC Risk Level: ENHANCED (Level 3 of 5)

📍 Major Cities in Risk Zones
🟠 ENHANCED Risk: Altus, OK, Pampa, TX, Woodward, OK, Elk City, OK, Weatherford, OK
🟡 SLIGHT Risk: Wichita, KS, Lubbock, TX, Amarillo, TX, Edmond, OK, Enid, OK
🟢 MARGINAL Risk: Oklahoma City, OK, Kansas City, MO, Omaha, NE, Louisville, KY, Lexington-Fayette, KY

🌪️ Tornado Risk Zones
🟤 5% Tornado Risk: Western Oklahoma into the eastern Texas Panhandle including Russellville, AR, Harrison, AR, Mountain Home, AR, and West Plains, MO
🟢 2% Tornado Risk: Broader corridor including Dallas, TX, Fort Worth, TX, Arlington, TX, Plano, TX, and Garland, TX

What the Percentages Mean
A 5% tornado risk means there is roughly a 1 in 20 chance of a tornado within 25 miles of any point in the highlighted area. This typically supports a few tornadoes, especially if storms remain discrete supercells.

📝 Overview
A late-day severe weather setup is expected across the southern and central Plains, with the greatest concern from the eastern Texas Panhandle into western Oklahoma.

An amplifying upper-level trough over the western U.S. is strengthening southwesterly flow across the Plains, while lee cyclogenesis in eastern Colorado helps pull Gulf moisture northward into Texas, Oklahoma, and Kansas. A dryline and nearby surface boundaries will act as the primary trigger for thunderstorm development.

Storm initiation is expected near the Caprock Escarpment between roughly 4–6 PM CST, where moisture, instability, and lift will overlap.

Initial storms will likely be semi-discrete supercells capable of producing very large hail. As the evening progresses and the low-level jet strengthens, wind shear will increase and may allow a few tornadoes to develop, possibly including a strong tornado if storms remain isolated long enough.

Later in the evening, storms may merge into a small but intense cluster moving northeast into western and northern Oklahoma and southern Kansas, bringing an increasing damaging wind threat.

⛈️ Hazards Include
🧊 Large to very large hail (up to 2–3 inches possible)
💨 Damaging wind gusts as storms cluster this evening
🌪️ A few tornadoes possible, including a conditional strong tornado

🕓 Timeline
4–6 PM CST: Storm development near the Caprock Escarpment in northwest TX / southwest OK
6–10 PM CST: Peak severe risk with supercells producing large hail and possible tornadoes
10 PM – 3 AM CST: Storms cluster and move northeast into western OK and southern KS with increasing wind threat

📌 Regional Notes
🟠 Eastern Texas Panhandle & Western Oklahoma: Highest threat for large hail and tornado potential early
🟡 Southern Kansas: Storms may arrive later this evening with hail and wind risk
🟢 Ohio Valley: A separate corridor may see isolated damaging wind gusts with loosely organized storms

⚠️ Stay Weather-Aware
Residents in northwest Texas, the Texas Panhandle, and western Oklahoma should monitor conditions closely this afternoon. Supercells may produce very large hail and isolated tornadoes before storms organize into clusters this evening.


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