Weather

TAMPA, Florida — Central Florida including both the Tampa and Orlando areas face an increasing supercell and isolated tornado risk between 1:00 PM and 5:00 PM this afternoon, Tuesday, May 12, 2026, with the core threat zone centered across a broad area from Bradenton and Tampa northeastward through Kissimmee, Tavares and Palm Bay. A low…

WICHITA, Kansas — An organized severe weather threat is appearing increasingly likely for Saturday, May 16, 2026, stretching from Texas northward through Oklahoma, Kansas and into Nebraska, with damaging winds, very large hail and a tornado threat all anticipated across the corridor from Oklahoma City and Wichita through Kansas City and Omaha. The outlook was…

DES MOINES, Iowa — A Slight Risk of severe weather, rated Level 2 out of 5, has been introduced for parts of Iowa on Sunday, May 17, 2026, covering a broad zone from Sioux City and Fort Dodge eastward through Des Moines, Cedar Rapids and Davenport. This outlook is still 6 days away and details…

GREEN BAY, Wisconsin — A storm system sweeping through the Great Lakes region this evening, Tuesday, May 12, 2026, is bringing strong to locally severe storms with wind gusts of 50 mph or more and small hail across Wisconsin, Michigan, Illinois and Indiana, with a low-end spin-up tornado risk near the Green Bay area. Simulated…

OKLAHOMA CITY, Oklahoma — A 15 percent severe weather probability zone has been outlined for Saturday, May 16, 2026, covering Kansas and Oklahoma as an active mid-May pattern delivers a handful of lower-end severe weather events before what forecasters expect to be a very active June. The Day 6 outlook valid Saturday, May 16 was…

ORLANDO, Florida — A classic setup for big storms and torrential downpours is in place across the Florida Peninsula this afternoon and evening, Tuesday, May 12, 2026, with a stalled front and low pressure forcing air to rise through an exceptionally moist atmosphere centered near Orlando. Atmospheric moisture levels are running 150 to 200 percent…

TAMPA, Florida — A dangerous rotating supercell complete with hail and a series of strong tornadic waterspouts is moving southeast toward the Florida coast and could reach land between 1:00 PM and 2:30 PM this afternoon, Tuesday, May 12, 2026. If this storm holds together as it crosses the coastline near Tampa, Clearwater, Hudson and…

ATLANTA, Georgia — The Southeast United States is likely heading into an extended period without meaningful rainfall after last week’s much needed rain, with a ridge of high pressure dominating the pattern and pushing all storm energy around the region through Tuesday, May 19, 2026. Florida will pick up a soaking in spots today, Tuesday,…

KANSAS CITY, Kansas — Severe thunderstorms are possible across parts of the Plains and into the Upper Midwest on Saturday, May 16 and Sunday, May 17, 2026, with a 15 percent probability of severe weather outlined in both the Day 5 and Day 6 outlooks issued Tuesday, May 12. Damaging winds and large hail remain…

ORLANDO, Florida — Scattered strong to severe storms are possible across Florida this afternoon and evening, Tuesday, May 12, 2026, with the greatest storm coverage expected along the east coast from St. Augustine and Melbourne south through West Palm Beach and Miami. Some storms will be capable of frequent lightning, larger hail, gusty winds and…