PORTAGE DES SIOUX, Missouri — A shocking radar signature emerged over Portage Des Sioux, Missouri on Sunday night, May 4, 2026, when a storm produced a radar reflectivity reading of 80 decibels, an intensity so extreme it stops meteorologists mid-sentence. On a random early May Sunday night, with no major outbreak expected, a cell over…
CHARLOTTE, North Carolina — Seven days of rain across North Carolina and South Carolina ending Saturday, May 2, 2026 produced totals that looked impressive on paper in some areas but delivered almost nothing where it mattered most. The central Piedmont, already deep in drought, received as little as 0.22 to 0.38 inches over the entire…
MIAMI, Florida — Sea surface temperature data from April 28, 2026 reveals a dramatically divided Atlantic Ocean, with the Gulf of Mexico and tropical Atlantic running warmer than normal while a large portion of the North Atlantic sits significantly below average, a pattern with direct implications for the upcoming hurricane season and global weather patterns…
CRYSTAL RIVER, Florida — A dramatic and visually stunning shelf cloud rolled in from the Gulf of Mexico across most of Florida on May 2, 2026, dropping temperatures by more than 10 degrees in a matter of minutes as it passed over Crystal River. Camera footage captured the moment the storm’s leading edge arrived, showing…
LOUISVILLE, Kentucky — A relentlessly wet seven-day stretch is unfolding across Kentucky, Tennessee, Indiana and Alabama through Sunday, May 10, with rainfall totals of 1.5 to 2 inches expected across much of the region and some areas pushing significantly higher. For farmers and anyone needing dry conditions to work fields, this week offers little relief….
INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana — Widespread frost advisories and freeze warnings are in effect across a large stretch of the Midwest and Mid-Atlantic for Sunday morning, May 3, 2026, with temperatures expected to drop as low as 28 to 32 degrees Fahrenheit in the most severely affected zones and 33 to 36 degrees across frost advisory areas….
WASHINGTON, D.C. — A sweeping multi-hazard outlook covering the United States from May 5 through May 9 shows three separate and simultaneous threats developing across the country this week. Severe weather targets the South, frost and freeze conditions spread across the Northern Plains and Great Lakes, and heavy rain pushes through the East Coast and…
JACKSON, Mississippi — Confidence is rising that a significant severe weather outbreak will develop across the Mid and Deep South on Wednesday, May 6. Mississippi, Tennessee and Alabama sit directly in the highest-risk corridor as two jet stream energy sources phase together and amplify the threat. Surface moisture near 71 degrees Fahrenheit across Jackson confirms…
CHARLOTTE, North Carolina — A dangerously cold overnight is settling across the Carolinas this weekend, bringing scattered frost, a Frost Advisory and an active Freeze Warning to communities stretching from the North Carolina mountains through the Charlotte metro and into northern South Carolina. For Charlotte, any frost or freeze event in May is historically rare,…
JACKSON, Mississippi — A dangerous and wide-ranging severe weather setup is taking shape across the Mid and Deep South for Wednesday, May 7, with Mississippi, Alabama and Tennessee sitting at the core of a multi-hazard threat that includes strong tornadoes, significant hail and damaging straight-line winds. Atmospheric conditions are aligning to support organized, long-track supercell…