BIRMINGHAM, Alabama — After 37 straight days without a single tornado warning anywhere in Alabama, the quiet is about to end. A major shift in the upper atmosphere is flipping the switch, and Alabama, Mississippi, and Tennessee are now staring down three separate rounds of severe weather over the next two weeks — including a…
WICHITA, Kansas — Today is the day — Thursday, April 23 severe weather is arriving across the Plains and Midwest, and two specific zones are drawing serious attention. Eastern Kansas is facing a greater tornado threat with strong tornadoes possible along the cold front, while Oklahoma carries a conditional all-hazards threat where isolated supercells capable…
OKLAHOMA CITY, Oklahoma — Sunday’s severe weather setup is being called a classic Plains dryline event — and forecasters are warning it has a very high ceiling, meaning the potential for truly violent storms is not being capped by any limiting factors in the atmosphere. Once storms fire along the dryline cutting through Oklahoma and…
WICHITA, Kansas — Sunday, April 26 is coming into sharper focus — and the Kansas-Nebraska border down through north-central Oklahoma is now the primary target zone for what could be a high-end severe weather day. The atmosphere is loading up with 1,000+ J/kg MUCAPE combined with 40+ knot shear across a focused corridor, and any…
ORLANDO, Florida — The drought divide across Florida could not be more stark. In the past 24 hours ending Tuesday, April 21, virtually every drop of rainfall across the entire state was concentrated near the Florida Keys and offshore waters — while Central Florida, North Florida, and the entire Gulf Coast received essentially zero measurable…
MEMPHIS, Tennessee — Monday, April 27 has the potential to deliver a significant severe weather event across the Mid-South, Deep South, and Mississippi Valley — and tornado activity is anticipated. The atmospheric setup is drawing serious attention from forecasters, with ample Gulf moisture surging north combining with a racing subtropical jet stream to create a…
TAMPA, Florida — The forecast could not be more clear — or more alarming. Florida and the Deep South are staring down what could be one of the hottest and driest summers in recent memory, with the official seasonal precipitation outlook showing below-average rainfall through July, August, and September across the region. And the heat…
OKLAHOMA CITY, Oklahoma — A tornado outbreak is possible this weekend across the Southern Plains — and the atmosphere is setting up in a way that forecasters describe as a classic dryline tornado event. Oklahoma, Kansas, and North Texas are in the direct path, with the threat building Saturday afternoon and peaking Sunday as peak…
KANSAS CITY, Missouri — The severe weather calendar is filling up fast — and residents across the Plains, Midwest, and Mid-South are staring down a five-day stretch of back-to-back severe weather threats running from Thursday April 23 all the way through Monday April 27. Every single day in this window carries a threat of tornadoes,…
CHICAGO, Illinois — A stunning look back at the April 17, 2026 tornado outbreak is now emerging — and it confirms what the damage surveys have been showing on the ground. A retrospective analysis of what the perfect forecast would have looked like for April 17 reveals that the highest tornado probability zone would have…