Weather News

CONCORDIA, Kansas – Several supercells are expected to fire along a stationary warm front across central and northern Kansas into southeast Nebraska and possibly western Iowa starting around 2:00 to 3:00 PM CDT Monday, May 18. The environment is described as extremely volatile, capable of producing 3 inch or larger hail and strong to intense…

CHICAGO, Illinois – An active 2 week precipitation stretch is underway for most of the country, with scattered rain opportunities hitting the Corn Belt and Eastern Ag Belt through Sunday, May 24 and continuing into the May 25 through May 31 period. Consecutive dry days will be hard to come by across these regions, while…

WICHITA, Kansas – A Level 4 Moderate risk of severe weather is in place across Kansas and Nebraska for Monday, May 18, 2026, with an outbreak of severe weather possible driven primarily by 3 inch or larger hail and EF2 to EF3 or stronger tornadoes. Wichita, Topeka, Omaha and Hastings sit inside the highest-risk corridor,…

TRENTON, Missouri – A Flash Flood Emergency is in effect right now for Trenton, Missouri as of 9:30 PM on Saturday, May 16, with 5.5 to 7.5 inches of rain already fallen and dangerous, catastrophic flash flooding actively occurring. The Flash Flood Warning for Grundy County, Missouri expires in 5 hours and 53 minutes. GET…

SIOUX CITY, Iowa – A critical 3:00 to 7:00 PM CDT window on Sunday, May 17 will allow rotating supercells to fire along the I-29 corridor between Omaha and Sioux Falls, threatening numerous tornadoes including EF2 or stronger across a bull’s eye zone centered on Sioux City, Pierce and Yankton. This is one of the…

OMAHA, Nebraska – A potentially dangerous tornado event is taking shape for Sunday afternoon and evening, May 17, with supercells expected to fire between 4:00 and 6:00 PM CDT across Nebraska, South Dakota, Iowa and Minnesota. The greatest tornado threat zone is centered on Omaha, Sioux City and Sioux Falls, where intense EF3 or stronger…

OMAHA, Nebraska – The severe weather threat for Sunday, May 17 is shifting toward a damaging wind and tornado threat from a fast-moving line of storms expected to fire around 5:00 to 6:00 PM across northern Kansas, central and eastern Nebraska and southeast South Dakota and western Iowa. Rather than isolated supercells with a tornado…

MIAMI, Florida – The 2026 Atlantic hurricane season has not yet produced its first named storm as of Sunday, May 17, 2026, with the season start date still listed as unknown. The average date of the first Atlantic storm since 2000 is May 29, meaning 2026 is currently running right on pace with historical norms…

OMAHA, Nebraska – A powerful pulse of high-altitude jet stream energy racing at 44 knots will serve as the afternoon trigger for significant tornado-producing storms across the Plains and Upper Midwest on Monday, May 18. This energy is forecast to travel 850 miles in just 12 hours, moving from near New Mexico at 10:00 AM…

ENID, Oklahoma – The violent tornado that struck southern Enid, Oklahoma on April 23, 2026 has been officially upgraded to a mid-range EF4, with peak estimated winds of 175 to 180 mph, a path length of 10.4 miles and a maximum width of 600 yards. The long-track tornado touched down at 8:11 PM CDT near…