WICHITA, Kansas — The atmosphere over Kansas and Oklahoma this afternoon is about as primed for supercell thunderstorms as it gets. Upper air maps are painting a near-perfect severe weather setup — a 50 to 60 knot jet stream aimed directly at the dryline, deep moisture surging across the entire warm sector with dewpoints hitting…
CHARLOTTE, North Carolina — The drought gripping North Carolina and South Carolina just got worse, and the numbers behind a full recovery are staggering. Charlotte would need 12 to 14 inches of rain in a single month to end the drought — and the chance of that actually happening sits at just 0.8%. Every county…
WICHITA, Kansas — The tornado threat across central and eastern Kansas has been officially upgraded this afternoon, with a 10% significant tornado area now in place — meaning the tornadoes that do touch down tonight have a real chance of being EF2 or stronger. Supercells are expected to fire this evening as a low-level jet…
WICHITA, Kansas — Two distinct and dangerous storm zones are taking shape across the Central Plains today, with eastern Kansas, northeastern Oklahoma, and central/southern Oklahoma both carrying serious tornado potential as a cold front and dryline collide across the region. Wichita, Kansas sits at the heart of the higher-confidence threat zone, while Oklahoma City faces…
JACKSON, Mississippi — A powerful and unusually consistent long-range signal is pointing toward a significant severe weather event across the Deep South around Thursday, May 1 — and Mississippi, Alabama, and Louisiana are sitting directly in the bull’s-eye. Multiple atmospheric data sets are in strong agreement on a southern trough digging into the region for…
MEMPHIS, Tennessee — Confidence is rapidly growing that Monday, April 27 will bring a significant and dangerous severe weather outbreak across the Mid-South, with Tennessee, Arkansas, and Mississippi locked in as the core bull’s-eye zone. Every major atmospheric data set is now converging on the same target area — a corridor where damaging winds, large…
WASHINGTON, D.C. — A cold front pushing through Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, and the broader Mid-Atlantic this weekend will bring the first meaningful rain chance in weeks — but do not mistake light relief for a drought fix. Most areas from Washington, D.C. through Philadelphia and Richmond are expected to pick up around a quarter of…
CHARLOTTE, North Carolina — Something highly unusual has been happening across the Carolinas and the Southeast this April — and the numbers make it impossible to ignore. Through April 21, 2026, not a single tornado warning has been issued across North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, or Alabama. Zero. In a region where spring thunderstorms are…
MEMPHIS, Tennessee — Monday, April 27 is shaping up to be a dangerous severe weather day across the Deep South and Mid-Mississippi Valley, with rotating supercells expected to bring EF2 or stronger tornadoes, scattered damaging wind gusts, and large hail to a corridor stretching from Memphis, Tennessee through Paducah, Kentucky — a zone that has…
MEMPHIS, Tennessee — Two separate zones of dangerous severe weather are taking shape for Monday, April 27, and Tennessee, Alabama, and Mississippi are sitting directly in the crosshairs. Tornado probability values are climbing as high as 85% across parts of the Mid-South — a signal that this could be one of the more significant severe…