OKLAHOMA CITY, Oklahoma — Saturday’s severe weather setup across Oklahoma and north Texas is coming into sharper focus, and the picture has two very different sides to it. Very large hail is essentially locked in — forecasters describe it as a 100% certainty with today’s supercells. The tornado threat, however, faces several potential fail modes…
CENTRAL UNITED STATES — Monday, April 27, 2026 is carrying the hallmarks of a classic tornado outbreak, with the latest severe probability forecast showing a maximum severe weather probability of 62.1 percent concentrated across a corridor centered on Illinois, Missouri, Arkansas, and Mississippi — one of the highest probability signals possible at the four-day forecast…
ENID, OKLAHOMA — The National Weather Service in Norman has issued a Tornado Emergency for Enid, Breckinridge, and Fairmont, Oklahoma, valid until 8:45 PM CDT on Thursday, April 23, 2026. This is a life-threatening situation and anyone in the affected area must seek shelter immediately. This Is a Life-Threatening Emergency A Tornado Emergency is the…
CENTRAL UNITED STATES — Monday, April 27, 2026 brings a significant severe weather risk across a wide corridor of the central United States, with strong tornadoes and widespread damaging winds both considered likely across portions of Missouri, Illinois, Arkansas, and Tennessee, and possible across a broader surrounding region. Severe Weather Likely Across the Core Zone…
ENID, OKLAHOMA — A strong tornado was photographed crossing a road southeast of Enid, Oklahoma on the evening of April 23, 2026, with a still image capturing the violent storm in full contact with the ground as a power explosion lit up the scene at the base of the funnel. Power Flash Marks Direct Strike…
CENTRAL AND MID-SOUTH UNITED STATES — Monday, April 27, 2026 is continuing to trend toward a major severe weather outbreak across a broad corridor of the central United States, with ensemble guidance indicating a very favorable and wide-ranging environment featuring 50-plus knot flow at 1 kilometer altitude alongside CAPE values exceeding 2,500 J/kg across much…
MID-SOUTH AND DIXIE ALLEY — The next seven days will bring multiple rounds of significant severe weather to portions of the Mid-South and Dixie Alley, targeting a region that has seen unusually low severe weather activity so far in 2026 — meaning the atmosphere is primed and the risk of impactful events is heightened. A…
KANSAS AND OKLAHOMA — An extremely dangerous severe weather environment is in progress across Kansas and Oklahoma this Thursday evening, April 23, 2026, with the threat for very large hail and significant tornadoes expected to continue for at least 2 to 3 or more hours as multiple intense storm cells track through the region. Greatest…
ENID, OKLAHOMA — Southeast Enid, Oklahoma found itself under a tornado emergency on the night of Thursday, April 23, 2026 — one of the rarest, most serious and life-threatening alerts the National Weather Service can issue, and now one of only 316 ever recorded in United States history. What a Tornado Emergency Actually Means A…
CENTRAL UNITED STATES — A significant severe weather outbreak is forecast for Monday, April 27, 2026, with the highest risk zone centered across Illinois, Indiana, and into Kentucky, where damaging winds are the dominant threat but tornadoes and large hail remain on the table as well. Damaging Winds Are the Primary Concern Model guidance is…