Weather News

ORLANDO, Florida — Florida and the broader Southeast are heading into a summer rainfall outlook that is raising serious concerns about drought expansion and wildfire danger across a region already gripped by extreme to exceptional drought. The summer precipitation forecast points toward drier than normal conditions across Florida through July 2026, driven by large-scale atmospheric…

CHARLOTTE, North Carolina — Sunshine is breaking through thinning clouds across the Carolinas Thursday but a cold front is still on the way and will arrive by 5 PM Friday, bringing one more round of scattered to isolated showers and thunderstorms along the frontal boundary. Rain coverage will be less than what fell overnight and…

ORLANDO, Florida — A Level 1 out of 5 severe storm risk is in place for central Florida this Friday afternoon and evening, with high instability and strong winds aloft combining to fuel the potential for large hailstones and damaging wind gusts across a corridor stretching from Gainesville and Ocala through Daytona Beach, Palm Coast…

JACKSON, Mississippi — You are more likely to be hit or killed by a tornado in Mississippi and Alabama than anywhere else on Earth. That is not a dramatic claim — it is what 68 years of tornado path data from 1950 to 2018 shows when averaged by total path damage per year per unit…

WICHITA, Kansas — The next 10 days will bring a sharp split across the United States, with cooler than normal conditions settling across the eastern half of the country while the Plains, Southwest and Rockies bake under above-average temperatures that will directly worsen an already serious drought. Severe weather activity will remain fairly limited across…

INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana — A rain system pushing through Indiana and Illinois this evening carries two distinct risks for residents across the region. Widespread rain approaching central Indiana will likely bring 30 to 40 mph wind gusts along the leading edge, while scattered storms trailing through central Illinois hold the potential for a couple of stronger…

WASHINGTON, D.C. — After running 2.6 degrees below average for the month through yesterday, Washington D.C. and much of the eastern United States are headed toward a significant warmup that is expected to sustain longer than recent brief warm spells. Another cooldown early next week will temporarily pull temperatures lower before a seasonably strong high…

KANSAS CITY, Missouri — The final 10 days of May are shaping up to bring a significant uptick in severe weather and tornado potential across the Great Plains through the Great Lakes region as peak season finally arrives. A textbook trough-ridge pattern setting up across the United States is expected to ignite an active severe…

BROOKHAVEN, Mississippi — A Particularly Dangerous Situation tornado warning is in effect for Brookhaven, Mississippi with a tornado observed on the ground as of 7:40 PM CDT Wednesday May 6, 2026. The warning covers Franklin and Lincoln counties and expires in 35 minutes. Anyone in Brookhaven and the surrounding area must seek shelter immediately. Warning…

BROOKHAVEN, Mississippi — Southern Mississippi and Alabama represent the most tornado-prone place on Earth in terms of total tornado path length and width, surpassing even the conventional Tornado Alley of Oklahoma and Kansas. Average tornado path lengths in this region run slightly longer than those seen across the central Plains, and southern Mississippi and Alabama…