OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLAHOMA — On May 3, 1999, one of the most violent tornado outbreaks in American history tore through Oklahoma and Kansas in less than 21 hours, producing 74 tornadoes, killing 46 people, injuring 800 more, damaging or destroying more than 8,000 homes, and causing nearly 1.5 billion dollars in property damage. 74 Tornadoes…
TEXAS, OKLAHOMA, ARKANSAS AND TENNESSEE — A Slight Risk severe weather outbreak is taking shape for Tuesday, May 5, 2026, with supercells capable of producing very large hail, damaging winds and a couple of tornadoes threatening a corridor stretching from Dallas, Texas to Memphis, Tennessee during the afternoon and evening hours. Slight Risk Zone Covers…
SOUTHEASTERN UNITED STATES — Accumulated precipitation data from May 2 to May 3, 2026 shows a highly uneven rainfall distribution across the Southeast, with northern Gulf Coast areas and South Florida collecting the highest totals while drought-stricken portions of the region received far less than needed. Northern Gulf Coast Recorded the Heaviest Totals CoCoRaHS observed…
CENTRAL UNITED STATES — A significant shift has occurred in the 30-day precipitation outlook for the Central United States. The forecast valid through June 5, 2026 has flipped dramatically over the past ten days, moving from a wetter than normal signal to a much drier pattern across a broad swath of the central and western…
OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLAHOMA — At 6:57 PM CDT on May 3, 1999, forecasters at the National Weather Service office in Norman, Oklahoma made a decision that had never been made before in American history. With an F5 tornado barreling up the H.E. Bailey Turnpike toward the southern Oklahoma City metro, they issued the very first…
SOUTHWEST OKLAHOMA AND NORTH TEXAS — A dangerous severe weather setup is developing along the dryline in southwest Oklahoma and north Texas on Monday, May 5, 2026, with storm initiation increasingly plausible as models show convection firing near Lawton, Burkburnett, Walters and Wichita Falls — bringing a threat of tennis ball size hail, damaging wind…
ILLINOIS, INDIANA AND OHIO — Severe weather returns to the Midwest on Monday, May 4, 2026, with scattered storms developing during the afternoon hours and becoming more widespread through the evening and overnight, bringing isolated damaging wind gusts, large hail, and a nonzero tornado risk across a corridor covering Illinois, Indiana, Ohio and Missouri. Afternoon…
ILLINOIS, INDIANA AND OHIO — A second round of severe weather is bearing down on the Midwest late Monday evening, May 4, 2026, with wind gusts exceeding 60 MPH, hail up to 1 inch, and a nonzero risk of an isolated tornado across a corridor stretching from St. Louis and Springfield through Chicago, Indianapolis, Fort…
UNITED STATES — A developing El Nino is set to push summer rainfall significantly below normal across the Gulf Coast and Southeast, based on composite data averaged across the last five strong El Nino years — 1972, 1982, 1997, 2015, and 2023. Gulf Coast From Texas to Alabama Faces the Steepest Rainfall Deficit The precipitation…
MISSISSIPPI AND ALABAMA — A powerful cold front pushing through the South this week is building a multi-day heavy rain and severe weather event, with the peak danger window opening Wednesday, May 6 and continuing into Thursday, May 7, 2026, targeting areas from the lower Mississippi Valley through the Southeast and into the Southern Mid-Atlantic….