KANSAS — A Level 2 of 5 Slight Risk of severe weather is in place across a broad corridor stretching from Kansas down through Oklahoma and into north Texas on Friday, May 8, 2026, with large hail up to 2 inches possible this afternoon followed by a damaging wind line moving south through the night…
TENNESSEE, ALABAMA, AND THE MID-SOUTH — Two years ago today, May 8, 2024, a significant outbreak of severe storms and tornadoes struck the Mid-South and Deep South, producing a total of 64 tornadoes along with multiple swaths of wind and hail damage across the region. One tornado-related fatality was confirmed from the Columbia, Tennessee EF-3…
OKLAHOMA AND LOUISIANA — A low tornado threat is being monitored for Friday afternoon and evening, May 8, 2026, across two separate zones: one covering Wichita, Kansas through Tulsa and Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, and a second across the Gulf Coast corridor near New Orleans, Louisiana and Mobile, Alabama. The tornado probability outlook updated May 8,…
GULF STATES — Some of the best rainfall totals over the next 10 days are concentrated across the Gulf Coast states, where they are needed most, with the NOAA Blend of Models showing accumulations of up to 3.99 inches through Friday May 15, 2026. Meanwhile a hot ridge building over the Southwest into the Plains…
MISSOURI, ILLINOIS, KENTUCKY, AND ARKANSAS — Strong to severe storms will gradually develop during late Friday afternoon on May 8, 2026, eventually organizing and pushing southeast through the evening hours, bringing wind gusts of 50 to 60 MPH and large hail to a corridor stretching from St. Louis, Missouri through Carbondale, Illinois, Evansville, Indiana, and…
VIRGINIA, MARYLAND, AND WASHINGTON DC — Friday morning delivered some of the coldest temperatures the Washington DC metro, northern Virginia, and Maryland will likely see until fall, with upper 30s recorded across the colder north and west suburbs and 40s recorded elsewhere across the region. A much warmer pattern is expected to take hold after…
EASTERN UNITED STATES — A persistent trough locked over the Eastern United States will keep rain and storm chances pushed toward the South and up the East Coast over the next several days, with the most significant severe weather threat arriving Sunday as energy moves across the South Central United States. The 7-day and 5-day…
TEXAS, OKLAHOMA, AND THE GULF COAST — Severe weather will continue across the Plains and Gulf Coast on Saturday, May 9, 2026, with damaging winds, large hail, and a brief tornado all possible. The categorical outlook updated May 8, 2026 at 3:03 AM ET places a maximum Slight Risk across a focused zone near Amarillo…
OHIO VALLEY — A Strong to Super El Nino pattern is shaping up as a major influence on the upcoming summer season, with traditional El Nino summers bringing cooler and wetter than normal conditions to the Ohio Valley through an active sub-tropical jet and a dip in the northern jet stream. What El Nino Traditionally…
SOUTHEAST KANSAS, OKLAHOMA, AND NORTH TEXAS — The Storm Prediction Center has outlined a Slight Risk Level 2 of 5 of severe weather across southeast Kansas, much of Oklahoma, and far north Texas on Friday, May 8, 2026, with storms expected to fire along a cold front through the afternoon and evening. The outlook is…