WASHINGTON, D.C. — Wednesday’s rain across the D.C. metro brought the most meaningful precipitation the region had seen since April 5, but it was not nearly enough to make a dent in the Severe Drought that now blankets the entire Washington, D.C., Maryland, and Virginia region. The Drought Monitor released Thursday April 30 shows D2…
CHARLOTTE, North Carolina — Residents across the Charlotte metro and western North Carolina can set aside concerns about a soaking weekend. The low pressure system driving rain along the Eastern Seaboard this Saturday is hugging the coast tightly, and that positioning keeps the heaviest rainfall well east of Charlotte and inland North Carolina. What Charlotte…
NASHVILLE, Tennessee — The three-day stretch from Monday April 27 through Wednesday April 29, 2026 has been one of the most prolific severe weather outbreaks of the spring season, producing thousands of severe thunderstorm warnings and hundreds of tornado warnings across a massive footprint stretching from the southern Plains through the Midwest and Deep South….
MONTGOMERY, Alabama — A large and widespread mass of rain is moving across the southern two thirds of Alabama this Wednesday evening, April 29, 2026, and for once the headline is not about danger it is about relief. The radar at 6:34 PM CDT shows heavy precipitation covering a massive footprint from Tuscaloosa and Birmingham…
KANSAS CITY, Missouri — Something remarkable is showing up in the early May upper atmosphere forecast that has meteorologists and severe weather chasers doing a double take. The 500 millibar height pattern valid for Friday, May 8, 2026 is not what a typical early May atmosphere looks like over the United States — it is…
MOBILE, Alabama — A Severe Thunderstorm Watch is in effect until 9:00 PM CDT tonight, Wednesday April 29, 2026 across southwest Alabama, southern Mississippi, and southeast Louisiana, covering a region home to more than 4 million people. Storms firing across this corridor are capable of producing wind gusts up to 70 mph, ping pong ball…
INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana — Just as persistent rain chances wind down later this week, a swift and damaging cold shot is set to follow immediately behind the clearing skies — bringing frost and freeze risks from May 1 through May 3 across a wide swath of the Midwest including Wisconsin, Michigan, Indiana, Ohio, Kentucky, and Illinois….
MEMPHIS, Tennessee — A significant and dangerous severe weather outbreak is underway today across the central and southeastern United States, with very high to near-certain probability of hail within thunderstorms stretching from northern Texas through Arkansas, Mississippi, and Tennessee into Kentucky and parts of Alabama. The hail probability map shows the red and pink core…
MYRTLE BEACH, South Carolina — Saturday is shaping up to be a completely different kind of rain day for the South Carolina coast, and residents from Georgetown to Florence to Lumberton need to understand why this system is not a repeat of the weak sprinkles that have disappointed the region over the last several months….
INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana — A widespread rain event is taking shape for next Tuesday and Wednesday, May 5 and 6, with the heaviest activity projected to center over Indiana, Ohio, and Illinois as a storm system pushes through the Great Lakes and Ohio Valley regions. Exact rainfall totals and precise timing remain uncertain at this range,…