CONCORDIA, Kansas – As of 5:18 PM EDT Monday, May 18, storms across Kansas and Nebraska are struggling to fully organize into discrete supercells, but the threat of strong to intense tornadoes continues as long as any storm can break free along the line pushing through Concordia, Beatrice and Manhattan. The window is closing but…
OMAHA, Nebraska – An aggressive tornado probability forecast valid from Monday, May 18 through Tuesday morning, May 19 is showing a 45% chance of a tornado within 25 miles of a point across the core risk zone, with a 10% or greater chance of an EF2 or stronger tornado hatched across a significant corridor through…
AMARILLO, Texas – Dangerous and extremely critical fire weather conditions are in place across the southern High Plains today, Sunday, May 17, with an Extreme Fire Weather Risk zone covering eastern New Mexico into the Texas and Oklahoma Panhandles and southwest Kansas. Single-digit humidity, strong winds and critically dry fuels are combining to support rapid…
OMAHA, Nebraska – A localized tornado outbreak is likely this evening across eastern Nebraska, western Iowa, southwestern Minnesota and northern Kansas between 4:00 and 10:00 PM, with strong to violent tornadoes possible across a corridor from Omaha through Sioux City. Damaging winds and large hail will also be major threats with all storms this evening….
OMAHA, Nebraska – A multi-day severe weather event now underway across the Plains is delivering much-needed rainfall from Sunday, May 17 through Tuesday morning, May 19, with localized totals of 3 inches or more possible across Nebraska and Kansas and scattered totals of 1 to 2 inches or more reaching Minnesota, Iowa, Wisconsin and Illinois….
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…