Weather

INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA — A line of rain showers is pushing through Indiana and Illinois this Friday morning May 15, 2026, with the best chance for lightning, heavier rainfall, and gusty winds up to 40 MPH south of the main frontal boundary. Arrival times are already tracked for several cities across the region. Storm Arrival Times…

OMAHA, NEBRASKA — A multi-day significant severe weather outbreak is increasingly possible Sunday and Monday May 17 and 18, 2026, with the potential for a couple of strong to intense tornadoes across the Corn Belt and Upper Midwest on Sunday, followed by a bimodal double threat across the Plains and Midwest on Monday. Both days…

DES MOINES, IOWA — The Storm Prediction Center has introduced an Enhanced Risk Level 3 out of 5 across Iowa today, Friday May 15, 2026, valid until 7:00 AM CDT Saturday May 16. Initial supercells will bring very large hail and damaging winds before quickly transitioning to a line of storms producing hurricane-force damaging winds…

ATLANTIC BASIN — The National Hurricane Center has begun issuing tropical weather updates multiple times daily as the hurricane season ramps up, but the good news is that the Atlantic Basin is completely quiet for at least the next 7 days. No tropical development is expected across the Atlantic through the May 27 through June…

MINNESOTA — Long range precipitation analog data valid from May 29 through June 11, 2026 is signaling a significant moisture split across the United States, with the Northern Plains and Canadian Prairies expected to see well below normal rainfall while the eastern Ohio Valley and East Coast remain active with above normal precipitation. Where It…

PASCO COUNTY, FLORIDA — Two EF0 tornadoes have been confirmed in Pasco County, Florida from Tuesday’s storms, touching down near Hudson and Shady Hills within approximately 30 minutes of each other. Both tornadoes produced peak winds of 85 MPH and caused roof and carport damage to a few homes, with a large tree falling onto…

OHIO — Record heat is possible across a wide stretch of the Midwest and Ohio Valley on Monday May 18, 2026, with temperatures forecast to surge well into the upper 80s to mid 90s across Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, and West Virginia by 2:00 PM EDT. Final temperatures will be highly dependent on storm timing, as…

KANSAS — A large area of severe storm risk is in place for Friday May 15, 2026, stretching from Texas to Wisconsin. The categorical outlook updated at 4:11 AM ET on May 14, 2026 shows a Slight Risk centered over Omaha, Kansas City, and Des Moines, with damaging winds and very large hail as the…

KANSAS — Saturday May 16, 2026 brings an increasing supercell risk across the Kansas-Nebraska corridor, with the greatest threat running from Colby, Kansas to near Omaha including McCook, Kearney, Hastings, and Lincoln along the I-70 to I-80 corridor. Discrete supercells capable of baseball to apple-sized hail up to 3 inches, a few tornadoes, and an…

KANSAS — The Storm Prediction Center has increased severe weather probabilities to 30% for both Sunday May 17 and Monday May 18, 2026 across parts of the Plains and Upper Midwest. Both outlooks were issued at 09:01Z on May 14, 2026, and confirm that all modes and hazards including tornadoes are likely on both days…