WICHITA, Kansas — The atmosphere across Kansas and Oklahoma is building toward a dangerous tornado outbreak setup for Saturday, April 18, and the data coming in is not subtle. Forecasters are describing the northern zone as having “classic hodographs for a big tornado outbreak” — a phrase that carries serious weight — while the sounding…
MILWAUKEE, Wisconsin — A extremely volatile atmosphere is locked in across the Upper Midwest today, and the threat arriving this afternoon and evening is as serious as anything seen this spring. Two separate and distinct danger zones are active simultaneously — one centered over Wisconsin, Illinois, and Iowa carrying the greatest chance for strong to…
CHICAGO, Illinois — A widespread severe weather outbreak is unfolding today, Friday April 17, stretching from the Great Lakes all the way down to the Southern Plains — and the greatest threat for strong and intense tornadoes is locked in directly over Wisconsin, Iowa, and Illinois, with the bull’s eye sitting over the La Crosse…
RALEIGH, North Carolina — Fifteen years ago today, North Carolina experienced the single greatest one-day tornado outbreak in state history. On April 16, 2011, 30 confirmed tornadoes ripped across North Carolina in a matter of hours — EF3 monsters staying on the ground for over 55 miles, tearing through some of the most populated corridors…
LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas — Rotating supercells capable of producing golf ball to baseball sized hail are possible across central and western Arkansas today between 3 PM and 10 PM, and the scattered nature of this threat makes it one of the harder severe weather setups to pin down — which is exactly what makes it…
CHICAGO, Illinois — Eastern Iowa, northwestern Illinois, and southwestern Wisconsin just received an upgraded tornado risk for today, Friday April 17, and the threat level now being discussed is not a routine severe weather day — forecasters are now putting EF3+ tornadoes as a conditional possibility for a magenta zone that covers some of the…
WASHINGTON, D.C. — One of the sharpest temperature crashes of the spring season is about to hit the Mid-Atlantic hard. The 90-degree heat sitting over Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, and Washington D.C. right now is about to be replaced by temperatures locked in the 50s — and by Monday night, frost and freeze conditions are possible…
MADISON LAKE, Minnesota — Baseball sized hail slammed into Madison Lake, Minnesota on April 13 as a powerful severe weather system swept through the region, sending massive chunks of ice crashing into the lake surface and covering the surrounding shoreline in white. Video captured right at the water’s edge in Madison Lake shows the moment…
SWEETSER, Indiana — Golf ball sized hail tore through Sweetser, Indiana Tuesday evening, blanketing yards, battering rooftops, and leaving a trail of damage that residents across Grant County are now waking up to assess. Video captured on the ground in Sweetser shows the sheer intensity of the storm — hailstones covering the ground completely white…
MADISON, Wisconsin — A dangerous supercell and tornado threat is taking shape for Friday, April 17 across Wisconsin and parts of Illinois, as an explosive combination of atmospheric energy, powerful wind shear, and extreme instability lines up in a way that has forecasters paying very close attention. The setup arriving Friday is not a routine…