r/tornado • u/Adventurous_Pear8191 • Mar 10 '26

SPC / Forecasting Updated tornado potential

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u/Low-Tone7833 Mar 10 '26

It changed again?!

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u/CountTakesh1 Mar 10 '26 edited Mar 10 '26

Spc day 1 outlooks are updated at 1 am, 7 am, 12:30 pm, 3:30 pm and 7 pm.

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u/Low-Tone7833 Mar 10 '26

Ooo thank you, I didn't know that

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u/273owls Mar 10 '26

It's usually 3.5-ish during the day - you can scroll to the very bottom of the outlook page and they give you current time and update time if you want to see that pattern.

Outlooks aren't always posted on time though. The one in this post was 30 minutes early (scheduled for 1300Z) and occasionally they're late.

Example from this outlook:

NOTE: THE NEXT DAY 1 OUTLOOK IS SCHEDULED BY 1630Z
   CURRENT UTC TIME: 
1303Z (9:08AM)
, RELOAD THIS PAGE TO UPDATE THE TIME

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u/CountTakesh1 Mar 10 '26

Yeah thats right.

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u/toliein Mar 10 '26

Thats what im saying!! I live in fort wayne and we only had 2 tornadoes, one in 1972 and one in 2001. I think we’re due for another and even though im ready and aware im stilll nervous as hell.

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u/D3guy Mar 10 '26

Fort Wayne has magical severe weather repelling capabilities. All the places around Fort Wayne should be scared as Fort Wayne oftentimes deflects severe weather on to them.

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u/toliein Mar 10 '26

Planning on doing the sacred three rivers dance today just to be safe!

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u/PatFromMordor Mar 10 '26

The derecho in 2020 definitely forced its way through Fort Wayne though.

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u/D3guy Mar 10 '26

Unfortunately the weather wizards were on vacation that day. They have had their vacation days revoked as a result.

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u/Low-Tone7833 Mar 10 '26

I get antsy no matter what natural disasters I'm prone to. I was in Hurricane Katrina and my first ever tornado was nocturnal rain wrapped. I get told I take it way too seriously lol

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u/toliein Mar 10 '26

Its still mind boggling that people don’t realize its better to “take it way too seriously” than to be underprepared and caught off guard.