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CHICAGO, Illinois — Not all tornado country is the same. A simple but revealing map breaking down how tornado activity and storm appearance differ across the United States shows three distinct zones — green for fewer but more photogenic tornadoes, yellow for mixed conditions and red for more tornadoes but less photogenic storms. Understanding which…

CHILDRESS, Texas — A dry line bulge near Childress to Quanah, Texas is being watched closely Sunday May 10, 2026 for supercell storm initiation this evening and tonight. Any storm that fires along this boundary is capable of producing gorilla hail — extremely large hailstones well above the standard severe threshold. Strong tornadoes are possible…

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana — Over 8 inches of rain has fallen across parts of southern Louisiana in just the past 48 hours, with 8.54 inches recorded just west of Baton Rouge as of 1:00 AM ET Sunday May 10, 2026. Multiple flood warnings are in place across the region as the extraordinary rainfall totals continue…

OKLAHOMA CITY, Oklahoma — The tornado risk for Sunday May 10, 2026 was downgraded from earlier forecasts — not something forecasters see too often — after recent trends confirmed a lower threat than initially anticipated. An isolated tornado threat still exists across Oklahoma and Texas this evening and separately near Cleveland, Detroit and Buffalo along…

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana — A large and active storm system over the western Gulf of Mexico is producing an impressive convective cluster as of Saturday May 9, 2026 at 1745 UTC, with 1,151 total lightning flashes detected by the GOES-19 Geostationary Lightning Mapper across the Gulf and adjacent land areas. The system is not tropical…

CLEVELAND, Ohio — The coming week brings four separate rain opportunities across the Great Lakes and Midwest, with systems moving through on Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday May 12 through May 16, 2026. The heaviest totals of 1 to 2 inches will be concentrated across the lower Great Lakes region including Cleveland, Toledo, Columbus and…

KANSAS CITY, Missouri — A clear signal for a significant uptick in severe weather is emerging for mid to late May 2026 across the central and eastern United States. Ensemble model data shows the severe weather environment dropping to its quietest point of the current period around May 13 through May 15 before a sharp…

DALLAS, Texas — An Enhanced Risk of severe weather, level 3 out of 5, is in place for northern and central Texas on Sunday May 10, 2026, with Dallas, Abilene, Austin and Killeen sitting inside the highest danger zone. Widespread convection is expected to develop along a southward-sagging cold front by early afternoon, beginning with…

MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota — The June through August 2026 precipitation outlook updated May 6, 2026 shows a sharp split across the United States this summer, with the Northern Plains and much of the Southern Coastline facing below normal rainfall while the Agricultural Belt from Kansas through Colorado and the Pacific Northwest is favored for above normal…

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana — Long-range weather models are hinting at early season tropical development most likely in June 2026, with a potential system showing up in the western Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico corridor in extended model guidance. At the same time, a dramatic pattern shift is forecast across the central United States by late…