Weather

TEXAS — Widespread strong to severe thunderstorms are expected across a large portion of Texas on Sunday, May 10, 2026, as ample humidity and warmth combine with a cold front sagging southward to create significant instability across the state. Four distinct storm zones have been identified, each carrying different storm modes and hazards ranging from…

ALABAMA — A band of showers and thunderstorms is tracking across the US-80 corridor in South Alabama on Saturday, May 9, 2026, bringing additional heavy rain to an area that has already recorded over 5 inches of rainfall this week from Selma to Montgomery. The northern half of the state remains rain-free. A three-day outlook…

MARYLAND AND PENNSYLVANIA — A striking weather contrast is unfolding across the region as of 10:10 AM on Saturday, May 9, 2026, with heavy rain pounding the Pennsylvania border corridor from Chambersburg and Gettysburg through York, Harrisburg, and Lancaster while Baltimore and areas southward remain completely dry for now. The pattern is worth watching closely…

OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST TEXAS — Isolated to widely scattered severe storms are expected across parts of Oklahoma and northwest Texas on Saturday, May 9, 2026, mainly during the late afternoon and evening hours. The primary hazard is large to very large hail, with a couple of tornadoes and damaging winds also possible. The SPC Day…

TEXAS — A significant severe weather outbreak is set to impact Texas and surrounding states on Sunday, May 10, 2026 — Mother’s Day — with an Enhanced Risk Level 3 of 5 centered directly over Dallas and the surrounding region. Very large hail of 2 inches or greater, significant damaging winds of 74 MPH or…

NORTH CAROLINA — An unexpected round of elevated thunderstorms with lightning moved through the Charlotte and Winston-Salem corridor on Saturday morning, May 9, 2026, surprising forecasters despite surface temperatures holding in the low to mid 50s. The storms were driven not by surface instability but by elevated CAPE above the surface layer, triggered by an…

GULF COAST AND TEXAS — The ECMWF Extended Ensemble model initialized 00Z May 8, 2026 is hinting at the potential for an early season storm system affecting the Gulf Coast during the June 6 through June 13, 2026 window, with the mean sea level pressure forecast showing two low pressure centers positioned over Texas and…

MISSISSIPPI — A lingering frontal boundary is keeping high temperatures well below normal across a broad swath of the South and East through the coming weekend and into next week, with the 5-day rolling average of high temperature anomalies showing readings of 5 to 7 degrees below normal across the core cool zone. The forecast…

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…