JACKSONVILLE, Florida — Record heat is possible across Florida Thursday with highs running from the lower to mid 90s statewide and northeast Florida pushing into the upper 90s. Jacksonville is forecast to reach 97 degrees, Orlando 96 degrees and Daytona 96 degrees, with a heat index between 97 and 102 degrees making conditions feel even…
JACKSON, Mississippi — Strong to severe thunderstorms will continue this evening from eastern Texas into the lower Mississippi and Tennessee Valleys and southern Appalachians, with the strongest storms capable of producing EF2 or stronger tornadoes, damaging wind gusts, large hail and locally heavy to excessive rainfall. A Moderate Risk for flash flooding, level 3 out…
JACKSON, Mississippi — A Moderate Risk for flash flooding, rated level 3 out of 4, is in place from southeast Mississippi into south-central Alabama today. Heavy rain is expected to train repeatedly over the same locations across the Jackson, Hattiesburg and Montgomery corridor, meaning the same streets, neighborhoods and low-lying areas will receive multiple rounds…
MEADVILLE, Mississippi — A preliminary EF4 or stronger tornado tore through Franklin County, Mississippi Wednesday evening, with radar data showing a rotational velocity of 74.0 knots and debris lofted to more than 25,000 feet above the ground. The rating is preliminary and pending official ground surveys by the National Weather Service Jackson office, but intensity…
WASHINGTON, D.C. — This morning’s light rain has moved off to the east after dropping 0.1 to 0.3 inches across the Washington D.C., Northern Virginia and Maryland region. It helped depleted soils and streams but falls well short of what the area needs. A broken line of showers and thunderstorms is now possible late this…
JACKSON, Mississippi — A potent severe weather environment is in place across southwest Mississippi and the southern fringe of Dixie Alley, with strong divergence and difluence at 300 mb, the nose of the 850 mb jet positioned directly over the threat area, and surface-based CAPE values running at 2,000 to 2,500 joules per kilogram across…
JACKSON, Mississippi — Wednesday’s severe weather event across Mississippi exceeded meteorological expectations in ways that mattered most. Models underperformed significantly on both thermodynamics and kinematics, with both overperforming on the actual day, driving a more intense and localized tornado threat than the setup suggested on paper. Long-tracked, likely intense and possibly violent tornadoes occurred in…
HAMMOND, Louisiana — The weather models failed significantly on Wednesday evening across the Hammond, Louisiana corridor, missing the actual low-level wind shear by a dramatic margin and directly contributing to why multiple strong and violent tornadoes occurred in an area where the forecast suggested a much lower threat. The observed winds from the Hammond radar…
MONTGOMERY, Alabama — Rain covers much of Alabama just before midnight with all storms currently below severe limits, but a tornado watch remains in effect for South Alabama until 6:00 AM CDT Thursday, May 7, 2026. The overall severe threat is low with fading instability values, and the greatest immediate concern has shifted to flooding….
DES MOINES, Iowa — The Northern Corn Belt is heading into one of its most critical agricultural windows under a pattern that is forecast to run much drier than normal over the next 10 days, and Pacific Ocean analogs pointing into June suggest the dry trend is unlikely to reverse quickly. Some areas will receive…