Author: Colton Hayes

CHICAGO, Illinois — A high-resolution look at the storm pattern unfolding across the Great Lakes and Midwest from Monday, April 13 through Wednesday, April 15 reveals a relentless three-day severe weather siege that begins in the Upper Midwest Monday evening and progressively spreads south and east through Wisconsin, Michigan, Illinois, Indiana, and Iowa as the…

MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota — A locally significant and potentially violent severe weather episode is locked in for Monday, April 13 across Minnesota, Wisconsin, and northern Iowa, as a low pressure center near Brookings, South Dakota lifts a powerful warm front northward — triggering 2 to 3 rotating supercells capable of producing baseball-sized hail, damaging wind gusts,…

KANSAS CITY, Missouri — Before the current week’s severe weather outbreak has even finished, another dangerous system is already taking shape on the horizon — as Friday, April 17 emerges as a potential rough severe weather day from the Southern Plains up through the Upper Midwest, with a strong storm system rolling out of the…

KANSAS CITY, Missouri — A high-impact and potentially historic severe weather event is taking shape for Tuesday, April 14 across the Midwest, as an extraordinarily energetic atmosphere builds over a corridor stretching from Kansas City and Kirksville, Missouri through Springfield, Illinois, Chicago, and Davenport — delivering what could be some of the highest atmospheric instability…

MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota — The National Weather Service has issued an Enhanced Risk — Level 3 out of 5 severe weather outlook for Monday, April 13 across much of southern Minnesota through western Wisconsin, as a powerful warm front erupting between 4:00 PM and 6:00 PM threatens to unleash thunderstorms capable of all severe weather hazards…

BIRMINGHAM, Alabama — Alabama is entering one of its driest and most difficult stretches of the spring season, as a warm, dry, and increasingly dangerous drought pattern is forecast to persist across the state for the next 5 to 7 days — pushing already stressed soil conditions further into deficit territory while the rest of…

NASHVILLE, Tennessee — A dramatic and rapidly evolving weather pattern is taking shape across the Southeast, Southern Appalachia, and the Tri-Cities region this week, as unseasonably hot and primarily dry conditions push temperatures into the 80s and even 90s across much of the region through April 18-19 — before a significant pattern shift brings stormier…

CHICAGO, Illinois — One of the most significant and wide-reaching severe weather outbreaks of 2026 is now officially underway, as a 5-day severe weather threat spanning April 11 through April 15 puts over 50 million Americans across the central United States directly in the path of dangerous storms capable of producing large hail, damaging winds,…

CAROLINA FOREST, South Carolina — Residents across Carolina Forest and other parts of Horry County who woke up Saturday morning to an unusual smell of smoke in the air now have a clear answer — a 200 acre wildfire located 16 miles west of Carolina Forest in southern Marion County is the source, and the…

DENVER, Colorado — A fast-moving and dangerous storm system is sweeping across Colorado’s Front Range right now, as shower and thunderstorm activity rapidly expands across the foothills west of I-25 and stretches north into southeast Wyoming — bringing intense lightning strikes, wind gusts up to 55 mph, and deteriorating conditions that are already impacting air…