Author: Cabarrus Weekly

EASTERN OHIO — A developing tornado threat is taking shape this afternoon across portions of the Eastern Ohio Valley, where forecasters warn that scattered mini supercells could rapidly intensify in a strongly sheared and moderately unstable environment. The greatest concern centers on Eastern Ohio into Western Pennsylvania, including communities such as Akron, Canton, Youngstown, Steubenville,…

ALABAMA — A developing batch of rain and thunderstorms is expected to move into Northwest Alabama after 3:00 p.m., gradually sliding southward through the evening and into tonight. The Storm Prediction Center has placed parts of West Alabama under a Slight Risk (Level 2 of 5) for severe weather, while the remainder of the state…

UNITED STATES — Severe weather season is ramping up once again as a renewed threat is expected Tuesday afternoon and evening across a broad corridor stretching from South Texas through Arkansas, Missouri, and into Illinois. The latest outlook highlights a 15% severe probability zone extending in a southwest-to-northeast arc, signaling a notable setup capable of…

TENNESSEE — A developing line of thunderstorms is expected to organize over Tennessee this afternoon before pushing east into the southern Appalachians and the Carolinas later tonight. Forecast model guidance shows the line moving steadily eastward, with the strongest activity initially centered across central and eastern Tennessee before reaching western North Carolina late this evening….

NEBRASKA — A 7 a.m. First Alert update has shifted the overall severe weather risk area farther north, placing more communities in and around Omaha, Atlantic, Red Oak, Plattsmouth, Nebraska City, and Shenandoah into a higher threat zone for multiple severe hazards later today. The updated outlook indicates storms will fire along a cold front…

TEXAS — Isolated to scattered severe thunderstorms are expected to develop this afternoon and evening across portions of North and Central Texas, especially along and north of the Interstate 20 corridor, with the highest concern stretching from the Dallas–Fort Worth Metroplex toward Sherman and Paris. According to the latest severe weather outlook issued early Friday…

UNITED STATES — A broad and concerning corridor of elevated severe weather probabilities is setting up from southeast Texas through Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Tennessee, Kentucky, Indiana, Ohio, and into southern Michigan, signaling a multi-state severe weather risk. The probability map shows a pronounced axis of higher values (highlighted in deeper red and magenta shading) beginning…

NEBRASKA — A new round of severe weather could develop tonight across parts of eastern Nebraska and northeast Kansas, particularly south of Omaha, as a strong cold front interacts with very favorable atmospheric dynamics. Forecast analysis highlights the potential for rotating storms ahead of the front, supported by impressive wind shear and steep lapse rates…

OKLAHOMA — Preliminary Storm Prediction Center data confirms that 11 tornado reports, 20 hail reports, and 4 damaging wind reports were logged on March 5, with the majority of activity concentrated across western and central Oklahoma into southern Kansas. While the setup had been described as conditional ahead of time, the final storm reports show…

UNITED STATES — The much-anticipated severe weather day has arrived across the central United States, with a broad and dangerous setup stretching from north Texas through Oklahoma, Kansas, Missouri, and into Iowa and the Upper Midwest. Forecasters are warning that all hazards are possible today — including strong tornadoes, very large hail, and widespread damaging…