Weather

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,…

MISSISSIPPI VALLEY — A Slight Risk — Level 2 of 5 severe weather outlook is now in place for Monday April 27, 2026 across a large corridor stretching from the Mississippi Delta through Memphis, Nashville, and Birmingham, with tornado activity expected across the Mississippi Valley and multiple data sources converging on a higher-ceiling severe weather…

SOUTHERN MICHIGAN — A messy area of rain and storms pushing southeastward through the Great Lakes region this morning is giving way to a second round of pop-up storm development expected this afternoon and evening across southern Michigan, northern Indiana, and northern Ohio — with a few strong storms capable of gusty winds and small…

CENTRAL UNITED STATES — A Slight Risk — Level 2 of 5 severe weather outbreak is locked in for Thursday April 23, 2026 across the central United States, with damaging winds, large hail, and a few tornadoes all possible as storms fire and intensify through the afternoon and evening hours across a corridor stretching from…

KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI — The Storm Prediction Center’s Day 2 Tornado Outlook valid Thursday April 23 through Friday April 24 places Kansas City directly within a 5 percent tornado probability zone — with the severe thunderstorm threat timed for late Thursday afternoon and evening and up to 2 inches of rain possible with the heaviest…