NORTHWEST ALABAMA — The severe weather outlook for Monday April 27 across Alabama has been scaled back significantly, with the Storm Prediction Center pulling the risk area back to a smaller portion of Northwest Alabama only — as the main storm energy now appears likely to stay west of Alabama through most of Monday, with…
CAROLINAS — A significant pattern change is arriving for the Carolinas as the month closes out, with the large and persistent area of high pressure that has acted as a brick wall against moisture and storm systems for the past several weeks now showing clear signs of weakening and shifting — finally opening the door…
WASHINGTON, DC — After logging the third warmest spring on record with an unusual number of 80-degree days, the Washington DC region is heading into a significant pattern change — with a dip in the jet stream locking in cooler than normal temperatures from April 29 through May 5, dropping afternoon highs from the expected…
CENTRAL PLAINS — A relentless multi-day severe weather sequence is unfolding across the central United States this week, with three consecutive days of organized severe storm threats outlined for Wednesday April 22, Thursday April 23, and Friday April 24 — driving southeastward from the northern Plains through Kansas and Oklahoma and into the ArkLaTex corridor….
ILLINOIS — In one of the most remarkable geographic shifts in recent severe weather history, Illinois has become the undisputed national leader in severe weather reports for 2026 — ranking first in the entire country for tornado reports, hail reports, and high wind reports through April 19, according to data from NOAA’s Storm Prediction Center….
UNITED STATES — The 2026 tornado warning tally through April 20 reveals a striking geographic shift compared to recent years, with the Midwest dominating the national count and Illinois leading all states with 131 tornado warnings — while traditional Dixie Alley states like Tennessee and Kentucky have seen remarkably little activity, and a highly active…
SOUTHERN PLAINS — Ensemble atmospheric data is painting one of the most striking severe weather setups of the 2026 spring season for Sunday April 26 and Monday April 27, with an 80 to 90 percent probability of basic severe weather parameters coming together across the Southern Plains on both days — driven by a powerful…
FEMA REGION 7 — The Storm Prediction Center has issued a formal severe weather outlook for Thursday April 23, 2026, with a Slight Risk — Level 2 covering a concentrated corridor from northern Oklahoma through Kansas and Nebraska into southern Minnesota, and a broader Enhanced Risk — Level 3 and Marginal Risk — Level 1…
TEXAS — After one of the quietest severe weather seasons the Southern Plains has experienced in recent memory, Texas and surrounding states are facing their first legitimate severe weather threat in a long time — with a 15 percent severe weather risk zone covering a massive corridor from Wichita and Tulsa through Oklahoma City, Dallas,…
UNITED STATES — The Storm Prediction Center has now outlined severe weather risk areas for six consecutive days — Wednesday April 22 through Monday April 27, 2026 — as one of the most sustained and widespread severe weather stretches of the 2026 spring season gets underway, with the threat corridor shifting progressively eastward from the…