FLORIDA — Florida is enduring its worst wildfire season in more than 25 years, with 1,797 wildfires burning 103,211 acres across the state so far in 2026 — both figures the worst recorded since 1998 — and the crisis is not over yet, as southerly winds this weekend are expected to push wildfire smoke into…
KENTUCKY — A very serious severe weather threat is five days away from striking portions of Kentucky and the surrounding region, with threat level mapping for Monday April 27, 2026 showing a concentrated bull’s-eye of 70 to 80 MPH damaging winds, 2 to 3 inch large hail, and a medium tornado risk centered across western…
UNITED STATES — One of the most consequential severe weather stretches of the 2026 spring season is now officially underway, with five consecutive days of potentially significant severe weather outlined from Thursday April 23 through Monday April 27 — targeting a shifting corridor that spans from Minneapolis and Kansas City on Thursday all the way…
CAROLINAS — The drought gripping the Carolinas and surrounding region has reached a level of severity that a few storms or even a rainy weekend cannot fix, with data showing cities across North Carolina, South Carolina, and Virginia need 16 to 22 inches of rainfall over the next three months just to end the drought…
ARKANSAS — Atmospheric parameter data valid Tuesday April 28 is producing a strong and well-defined signal for east and northeast Arkansas on Monday April 27, with forecasters identifying a setup capable of delivering very large hail and a meaningful tornado threat — while the most favorable tornado window may actually arrive Sunday afternoon as storms…
UNITED STATES — The National Weather Service has issued a staggering 838 tornado warning events across 68 Weather Forecast Offices from January 1 through April 21, 2026 — and the geographic distribution of those warnings tells a dramatic story about just how dramatically the 2026 severe weather season has shifted toward the Upper Midwest and…
INTERMOUNTAIN WEST — A life-threatening and Particularly Dangerous Situation fire weather emergency is unfolding across the Intermountain West, Rockies, and Plains today, with Red Flag Warnings issued for more than 11 million people and portions of the region elevated to the most extreme fire weather designations on the scale — meaning a single ignition could…
FLORIDA — A wildfire crisis is tightening its grip across the Sunshine State, with 39 out of 67 Florida counties — 58 percent of the entire state — now operating under active burn bans as of April 22, 2026, as drought-fueled fire danger reaches critical levels from the Panhandle through Central Florida and deep into…
MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE — Tornado probability data initialized Tuesday night April 22 is producing one of the most striking and alarming extended-range tornado signals seen so far in the 2026 spring season, with the core threat zone for Monday April 27 now reaching into the high tornado threat range of 0.5 to 0.6 — centered directly…
KANSAS — A classic Great Plains severe weather outbreak is taking shape for Saturday and Sunday April 25 and 26, 2026, with all of the textbook atmospheric ingredients converging across Kansas, Oklahoma, North Texas, and western Arkansas to produce what forecasters are describing as a significant severe weather event — including baseball-sized or larger hail,…