Author: Colton Hayes

DALLAS, Texas — Tuesday, April 28 brings a significant hailstorm threat to the Dallas-Fort Worth MetroPlex and the Interstate 30 corridor, with storms expected to rapidly develop during the evening commute window between 3 and 5 PM. The headline threat is large and potentially historic hail — isolated stones reaching baseball to softball size are…

SPRINGFIELD, Illinois — The atmospheric setup taking shape for tonight carries a conditional but hard-to-ignore signal for an isolated yet significant nocturnal tornado event. The environment assembling across the central Midwest tonight — characterized by extreme surface-based CAPE values and hodograph shapes that forecasters are comparing directly to past violent tornado events — resembles the…

LOUISVILLE, Kentucky — Monday’s severe weather threat across Kentucky is not a single event arriving and departing cleanly. Forecasters are tracking two distinct severe weather windows for the state, separated by timing and geography, each carrying its own hazard profile. The first arrives along the Interstate 64 corridor and the Parkways during the late afternoon…

SPRINGFIELD, Illinois — A multiday severe weather outbreak is reaching its most dangerous moment Monday, and the numbers attached to this event are not routine. Monstrous hail, strong tornadoes and destructive winds will threaten tens of millions of people across the Midwest and Mid-South as the system peaks Monday afternoon through Monday night. Widespread damaging…

FARGO, North Dakota — The Week 2 agricultural outlook brings a clear split across the central United States that will directly shape planting progress through May 4 through May 11. Farmers across the Northern Plains are looking at prolonged dry windows and favorable field conditions for corn and soybean planting, while producers across the Ohio…

SPRINGFIELD, Illinois — A severe weather outbreak is expected across portions of the Midwest from Monday through Monday night, and forecasters are leaving little room for optimism about the outcome. Morning convection is the only failure mode with this setup — and even that caveat comes with a qualifier. If a warm front lifts north…

CHICAGO, Illinois — The big caveat hanging over Monday’s severe weather setup across Illinois is becoming clearer with the latest forecast modeling, and it centers entirely on northern Illinois through midday. Non-severe storm clusters are likely to push through the northern third of the state through noon Monday, and whether those storms clear in time…

SPRINGFIELD, Illinois — The tornado threat for Monday, April 27 is coming into sharper focus as late morning model data trends south, concentrating the highest risk for strong, long-tracked tornadoes across central and southern Illinois. The threat window runs from 3 PM through midnight across all of Illinois, and two independent forecast tools are now…

INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana — Morning forecast data is now painting a sharper and more alarming picture for Monday night across central and northern Indiana. A gnarly line of severe storms is expected to push through the region, with current timing placing the most intense activity between 9 PM and midnight Monday night. The storm line visible…

CHICAGO, Illinois — The entire forecast for Monday night across the Midwest comes down to a single question that only Monday morning can answer: how much do early storms consume the atmosphere before evening arrives. Forecasters have laid out two possible outcomes, and the difference between them is not minor. One leads to a lower…