Author: Colton Hayes

JACKSON, Mississippi — A striking data point presented at the Mississippi State Severe Storms Symposium is reigniting a critical debate inside the weather community and among the public it serves. The false alarm rate for tornado warnings sits at approximately 75% and has shown virtually no improvement despite decades of advancing radar technology, better computer…

LOS ANGELES, California — The classic May gray pattern is firmly in place across Southern California this Saturday morning, with an onshore flow at the surface combining with a healthy marine inversion to produce low clouds and patchy fog along the coast. Once the marine layer burns off, skies turn mostly sunny and hazy with…

SAN ANTONIO, Texas — Major flash flooding struck San Antonio, Texas today, killing at least one person and sending floodwaters surging across streets, intersections, and infrastructure throughout the city. Video from the scene shows an intersection completely submerged with water levels high enough to cover road signs up to their midpoints, stop signs nearly hidden…

POINT COMFORT, Texas — A severe storm tore through Point Comfort, Texas this afternoon delivering a measured wind gust of 119 mph and leaving major structural damage across the community. The wind gust, recorded during the storm’s passage, ranks among the most extreme thunderstorm wind events to hit the Texas Gulf Coast in recent years….

CHICAGO, Illinois — April 2026 delivered a relentless severe weather month across the Great Lakes and Ohio Valley, with a total of 627 thunderstorm wind damage reports and 147 tornado reports recorded across the region before the month came to a close. The report maps show storm damage icons stacked so densely across Illinois, Wisconsin,…

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana — The Deep South and lower Ohio Valley are heading into a prolonged wet stretch next week, with the 7-day rainfall forecast valid from Friday May 1 through Friday May 8 showing 3 or more inches of rain piling up across Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama as multiple storm systems push through the…

JACKSON, Mississippi — A two-day severe weather threat is taking shape across the Southern Plains and Deep South for Tuesday May 5 and Wednesday May 6, with separate severe weather outlooks issued for both days targeting an overlapping corridor from Oklahoma and Arkansas through Mississippi, Louisiana, and Alabama. Damaging winds and large hail are the…

BIRMINGHAM, Alabama — South and east Alabama are wrapping up the morning rain as dry air pushes into the Deep South, with skies clearing through the afternoon and highs settling into the 66 to 72 degree range today. Sunday brings an even better day with lows in the 40s and afternoon highs reaching the 70s…

TALLAHASSEE, Florida — A Level 1 Marginal Risk for severe weather is in effect this Saturday across north and central Florida, and the threat is more serious than the level number alone suggests. Storms capable of producing tornadoes, large hail, and damaging wind gusts are possible across a corridor covering 2,877,090 residents from Tallahassee and…

INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana — Runners lining up for the Indianapolis Mini Marathon and 500 Festival this Saturday are about to experience the coldest race morning in 21 years. A forecast low of 36 degrees Fahrenheit on Saturday May 2 would make this the coldest Mini Marathon morning since 2005, when temperatures dropped to 31 degrees. The…