Author: Cabarrus Weekly

INDIANA — The Storm Prediction Center has upgraded concerns for Tuesday, March 10, adding a 10% hatched tornado area highlighting the potential for EF2 or stronger tornadoes along the warm frontal zone from northeastern Missouri across northern Illinois into northwest Indiana. This upgrade signals growing confidence that at least a few strong tornadoes could develop…

IOWA — A new high-resolution RRFS model run is adding a layer of complexity to Tuesday’s severe weather forecast across Illinois and eastern Iowa. While simulated radar reflectivity shows intense storms developing Tuesday evening, a deeper look at the environment suggests a possible “fail mode” for the tornado threat — with storms potentially moving north…

NORTHWEST INDIANA — A dangerous severe weather setup is expected to unfold Tuesday afternoon and evening across Illinois and northwest Indiana, with the warm front acting as a sharp dividing line between different — but equally serious — threats. Forecasters indicate that areas along and south of the warm front will be the primary focus…

INDIANA — Concern is increasing for parts of southeast Iowa, central and northern Illinois, and northwest Indiana on Tuesday, March 10, as a potentially dangerous severe weather setup begins to take shape near a warm front draped across the region. Forecast analysis points to a corridor from near Cedar Rapids and Davenport, Iowa, east through…

TEXAS — Another round of strong to severe thunderstorms is expected to develop across North and Central Texas Tuesday afternoon and continue into Tuesday night, with the Dallas–Fort Worth Metroplex sitting squarely inside the primary threat area. The National Weather Service office in Fort Worth highlights a broad zone of concern stretching from Graham and…

UNITED STATES — What is typically one of the cooler stretches of early spring instead felt more like midsummer overnight across large portions of the South and East. A wave of exceptionally warm air led to what forecasters are calling a “historic summer night,” with hundreds of record warm minimum temperatures either broken or threatened…

ILLINOIS — Another round of severe weather is lining up for Tuesday, March 10, and much of Illinois is already under an Enhanced Risk (Level 3 of 5) according to the Storm Prediction Center. The latest outlook highlights a concentrated corridor of higher storm potential stretching from western Illinois through central portions of the state…

UNITED STATES — Just as much of the country flirts with springlike warmth, winter is not finished across the northern tier of states. New forecast data through March 16 shows widespread chances for at least 3 inches of snow stretching from the Pacific Northwest across the northern Rockies, through the Upper Midwest, and into the…

UNITED STATES — It’s going to feel more like late April or even early summer across much of the country as a widespread warm spell surges eastward this week. Forecast data for March 8 through March 14 shows roughly 244 million Americans will experience temperatures climbing into the 70s, while around 124 million people are…

MISSOURI & ILLINOIS — Just days after a multi-day tornado outbreak swept across parts of the central United States, another round of severe weather is already lining up for Tuesday. The Storm Prediction Center (SPC) has issued an Enhanced Risk (Level 3 of 5) stretching from portions of Missouri into Illinois, signaling the potential for…