Author: Colton Hayes

KANSAS CITY, Missouri — Veteran storm chasers and atmospheric scientists are zeroing in on Tuesday, April 14 as the single most potent and dangerous severe weather setup of the entire multi-day outbreak sequence currently unfolding across the central United States — with the NAM model painting a striking and deeply concerning picture of atmospheric conditions…

DETROIT, Michigan — Forecasters are keeping a close and serious eye on Tuesday, April 14, as one of the most atmospherically loaded severe weather setups of the entire year takes shape across the Great Lakes region — with models showing some of the highest instability values seen in 2026 combining with favorable wind shear to…

CHICAGO, Illinois — A sprawling and dangerous severe weather outbreak is taking shape for Monday, April 13, with two distinct and separate severe storm corridors threatening millions of Americans from the Upper Mississippi Valley and Great Lakes down through the Southern Plains — putting cities including Minneapolis, Milwaukee, Madison, Chicago, Oklahoma City, and Dallas all…

KANSAS CITY, Missouri — After months of sitting well below normal soil moisture levels, the Central Plains is finally catching a break — heavy rain that fell Saturday, April 11 across a corridor stretching from Lincoln and Omaha, Nebraska south through Topeka, Kansas is beginning to chip away at what has been a persistently dry…

KANSAS CITY, Missouri — The Storm Prediction Center has just issued an upgraded tornado outlook for Saturday, April 11, raising the tornado probability across a corridor from southeast Nebraska into northeast Kansas to a 5% hatched tornado risk — a designation that signals increasing forecaster confidence in a volatile, supercell-supporting environment capable of producing a…

KANSAS CITY, Missouri — A serious and active tornado threat is unfolding Saturday, April 11 across Nebraska and Kansas as forecasters warn that at least a couple of tornadoes are possible this afternoon and evening — and a strong tornado cannot be ruled out — as supercell thunderstorms develop across a largely uncapped, moderately sheared…

DALLAS, Texas — A highly conditional but potentially dangerous severe weather setup is in place for Sunday, April 12, as forecasters warn that if storms are able to develop across the Texas, Oklahoma, and Kansas corridor, the environment will be more than capable of supporting large hail, damaging winds, and a few tornadoes from San…

Chicago, IL — A dangerous and fast-evolving severe weather setup is taking shape for Monday, April 13, as a colliding cold front and warm front create the conditions needed to spawn powerful thunderstorms capable of producing tornadoes across the Midwest, while isolated supercells threaten further south across the Plains if a stubborn atmospheric cap breaks…

LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas — Northwest Arkansas is staring down its most dangerous weather day of the entire week on Wednesday, April 16, as a powerful severe storm system locks onto the northwest one-third of the state with extreme atmospheric energy, intense lightning, and destructive wind fields that forecasters say are more than enough to produce…

UNITED STATES — A developing tropical system in the western Pacific is now drawing attention not just for its potential impact near Guam, but for what it could mean for the broader weather pattern across the United States later this month. Tropical Storm Sinlaku Could Become a Major Threat Near Guam Current projections indicate that…