Weather

NORTHEASTERN UNITED STATES — An unexpected and widespread rain band is sweeping across the Northeast on Saturday morning, May 23, 2026, showing up clearly on radar valid at 1430Z and catching AI-based forecast models off guard with coverage and intensity that was not well anticipated. The radar is showing a broad area of moderate to…

ARKANSAS, LOUISIANA AND MISSISSIPPI — The Storm Prediction Center has issued Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 241 covering portions of Arkansas, Louisiana, and Mississippi, valid from 10:15 AM through 6:00 PM CDT on Saturday, May 23, 2026. Active and intense storm cells are already visible on radar across the watch area, with the heaviest activity concentrated…

SOUTH-CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS — The Weather Prediction Center has issued Mesoscale Precipitation Discussion Number 0216 affecting south-central to southeast Texas on Saturday, May 23, 2026, warning that areas of mainly urban flash flooding will be possible going into the afternoon hours. The discussion highlights a developing storm and rainfall setup centered around the Houston…

UNITED STATES — Saturday, May 23, 2026 will feature a widespread storm corridor stretching from Texas all the way to New Jersey, with isolated damaging winds, large hail, and a brief tornado or two possible across multiple states during the Memorial Day holiday weekend. The outlook updated at 8:58 AM ET shows a Marginal Risk…

BIG ISLAND, HAWAII — A magnitude 6.0 earthquake struck the Big Island of Hawaii at 9:46 PM local time on Friday, May 22, 2026 (7:46:01 UTC, overnight into May 23), sending shockwaves across the island. The quake occurred through oblique reverse faulting at a shallow depth of 14 miles and is not connected to any…

ALABAMA — Alabama’s Memorial Day weekend is off to a quiet start Saturday morning with only scattered light rain over the Tennessee Valley, and the overall holiday weekend forecast offers a manageable picture for residents with outdoor plans. While scattered showers and thunderstorms will pop up daily through Monday, the weekend is not expected to…

WASHINGTON D.C., MARYLAND AND VIRGINIA — The Memorial Day holiday weekend across the Washington D.C., Maryland, and Virginia region is off to a wet start, but the rain is delivering critical drought relief to a region that desperately needed it. Since Wednesday, most locations have already received 1 to 2 inches of rainfall, western mountain…

WEST TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA — A Slight Risk of severe storms is in effect across parts of west Texas and western Oklahoma this Friday afternoon and evening, May 22, 2026, with storms capable of producing damaging wind gusts up to 80 mph, large hail up to 2.5 inches in diameter, and a tornado or two…

LAUDERDALE COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI — A tornado warning has been issued for a very small portion of Lauderdale County, Mississippi on Friday, May 22, 2026, but forecasters are providing important reassurance: the warning will not be extended into West Alabama and radar data shows no evidence of rotation with this storm as of 8:39 to 8:41…

MISSISSIPPI, ALABAMA, TENNESSEE AND KENTUCKY — A growing tornado threat is developing across a corridor stretching from Mississippi to Kentucky on Friday, May 22, 2026, with forecasters warning that a tornado or two cannot be ruled out during the peak severe weather window of 2:00 PM to 7:00 PM. The outlook was updated at 3:31…