Weather

KANSAS — Severe weather is returning across a wide corridor from the Great Lakes to the Southern Plains on Monday, May 4, 2026, as moisture advances north ahead of a southward-progressing cold front. Large hail and damaging winds are the main threats across the entirety of the risk area today, with the most intense activity…

EAST TEXAS — Scattered severe storms are expected across East Texas, Mississippi and Alabama on Wednesday, May 6, 2026, as a cold front pushes through the region during the afternoon and overnight hours. The highest risk reaches Level 2 of 5 across the core zone, with damaging wind gusts, large hail and a few tornadoes…

ARKANSAS — The entire state of Arkansas is facing a noteworthy severe weather threat on Tuesday, May 5, 2026, with large hail, strong winds and a few tornadoes expected to occur during the late afternoon and evening hours. The threat is conditional on storm development but concern is growing heading into Tuesday. Storms Expected to…

WASHINGTON, D.C. — A persistent and deepening rainfall deficit has taken hold across the Washington D.C. area, with April’s rainfall coming in at less than half of normal — marking the tenth below-normal month out of the past eleven. May has opened with just 0.01 inches of rain recorded so far, and the week ahead…

KANSAS, MISSOURI AND ILLINOIS — The Storm Prediction Center has issued a Slight Risk of severe storms across parts of Kansas, Missouri and Illinois valid Monday, May 4, 2026 from 1:00 PM through Tuesday morning, with large hail as the primary driver and isolated damaging winds and a tornado or two also possible across the…

ILLINOIS, INDIANA AND OHIO — Severe weather is returning to the Midwest and Southern Plains on Monday, May 4, 2026, with a large batch of storms expected to fire late this afternoon into the evening hours, bringing isolated damaging winds, hail and a brief tornado that cannot be ruled out across a wide corridor stretching…

CHARLOTTE, NORTH CAROLINA — The best chance of moderate to heavy rainfall in nearly two months is setting up across North Carolina and Upstate South Carolina for Wednesday night, May 6 through Thursday, May 7, 2026, with real potential for many areas to pick up at least 1 inch of rainfall as a beneficial mid-week…

OHIO, INDIANA, KENTUCKY AND TENNESSEE — Ensemble rainfall guidance valid through Saturday, May 9, 2026 shows a significant precipitation gradient setting up across the Great Lakes region and surrounding states next week, with the heaviest totals of 50 to 99mm concentrated across Ohio, Indiana, Kentucky and Tennessee while areas north of the Great Lakes receive…

ORLANDO, FLORIDA — A weakly rotating supercell thunderstorm is moving through Orlando, Florida with quarter-sized hail as the primary hazard, while forecasters are actively monitoring the storm in case rotation intensifies to a more dangerous level. Supercell Tracking Directly Over Orlando With Warning Polygon in Place Radar shows the supercell’s most intense core centered directly…

MIAMI, FLORIDA — The Miami Grand Prix kicks off at 1:00 PM EDT on Sunday, May 3, 2026, under a forecast of 81 degrees Fahrenheit with a growing storm threat as the race progresses. Rain chances start at 30 percent at race start and climb to 60 percent after 2:00 PM, with risks of heavy…