Author: Colton Hayes

UNITED STATES — As attention turns toward the May 15–20 timeframe, new forecast guidance is beginning to outline a broad but not highly organized severe weather pattern across parts of the central and eastern United States. No Major Outbreak Signal Despite Social Media Buzz Recent discussions around individual model runs — particularly from deterministic guidance…

UNITED STATES — A developing weather system is expected to bring scattered strong to isolated severe thunderstorms on Tuesday, stretching from parts of the central Plains into the Midwest, while a separate zone of storms targets the Florida Peninsula with additional wind threats. Central Plains to Midwest: Isolated Severe Storms Expected A frontal boundary extending…

OKLAHOMA CITY, Oklahoma — A severe weather outlook has been introduced for Saturday, May 16, 2026, targeting a corridor from central Kansas into north Texas, with Wichita, Kansas and Oklahoma City, Oklahoma sitting directly in the heart of the threat zone. An expansive warm sector is expected to be in place across the southern and…

MONTICELLO, Mississippi — A violent EF-3 tornado tracked across Mississippi for 104 minutes on Wednesday, May 6, 2026, traveling from Garden City all the way to Monticello and passing near Brookhaven and McComb in one of the longest-tracked tornadoes to hit the state in recent memory. Despite tracking over highly vulnerable areas including mobile and…

MIAMI, Florida — The latest sea surface temperature data as of Sunday, May 10, 2026 is pointing toward a less eventful Atlantic hurricane season this year, with below normal ocean temperatures stretching from the Gulf all the way to the Coast of Africa making tropical cyclone formation significantly more difficult than in recent years. Warmer…

WASHINGTON, DC — A few rounds of rainfall since Sunday afternoon delivered anywhere from a few hundredths of an inch to 0.76 inches across the Washington DC and Virginia region, with the heaviest totals falling south of the Capital Beltway through Monday, May 12, 2026. Washington DC picked up 0.22 inches since Sunday, while Springfield,…

ATLANTA, Georgia — A low-end severe weather threat is in place for Monday, May 11, 2026, stretching from the Gulf Coast northeastward through Georgia, South Carolina and North Carolina, with a few stronger storms still possible through the afternoon and evening hours. Damaging winds, hail and an isolated tornado cannot be ruled out as storms…

ORLANDO, Florida — Hurricanes are far more dangerous than just wind and storm surge. On average, 70 percent of hurricanes produce at least one tornado, and those tornadoes can strike far away from the storm center, even a few days after the hurricane makes landfall. Hurricane Milton in 2024 serves as a powerful example, spawning…

DALLAS, Texas — Giant hail and wind gusts of 60 to 85 mph are on the table for Central and North Texas this afternoon and evening, Monday, May 11, 2026, with the highest hail probability zone centered directly over Dallas and extending eastward toward Shreveport, Louisiana. Hail larger than 2 inches in diameter is possible…

DALLAS, Texas — A significant heat buildup is forecast across a large portion of the central United States from Wednesday, May 14 through Sunday, May 18, 2026, with multiple days of 90F and above temperatures possible across a zone stretching from Houston and Dallas northward through St. Louis and Des Moines. At least 80F temperatures…