Severe Storm Risk - Jacksonville, OH

There is a Marginal Severe Storm Risk for your location. Continue reading for today's outlook from the National Weather Service's Storm Prediction Center. -------------------- National Severe Storm Outlook THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM WEST VIRGINIA INTO THE MID-ATLANTIC STATES AND SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND...AND OVER PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST TEXAS SUMMARY Scattered severe/damaging winds and isolated hail will be possible with thunderstorms from the central Appalachians into the Mid-Atlantic and southern New England this afternoon and evening. Severe thunderstorms with large hail and isolated severe gusts may also occur today across parts of west/south-central Texas. WV to Southern New England A broad upper ridge is present today over the southeastern U.S., with the southern fringe of stronger westerlies extending from the OH Valley into the Mid-Atlantic region. Visible satellite imagery shows a zone of relatively clear skies from KY/WV into southeast PA/NJ and southern New England. Strong heating in this corridor will lead to moderate CAPE by mid-afternoon. Scattered thunderstorm development is expected, with steep low-level lapse rates and sufficient westerly flow above the boundary-layer supporting a risk of damaging wind gusts and some hail in the strongest cores/clusters. Southwest TX Water vapor imagery shows a southern stream shortwave trough moving into northwest Mexico, with large scale ascent approaching west TX. Considerable cloud cover will persist in this region today, limiting heating/destabilization. Easterly low-level upslope flow will aid in the development of afternoon thunderstorms over the Davis mountains, with storms spreading slowly eastward through the evening. A few severe storms are possible, capable of large hail and gusty/damaging winds.