Weather

UNITED STATES — A significant severe weather threat is unfolding today across Illinois and possibly northwest Indiana, where the position of a stalled warm front will determine whether communities face strong tornadoes or primarily destructive hail. Forecasters say the setup is highly sensitive to the exact location of the stationary boundary stretching across central Illinois….

UNITED STATES — The Storm Prediction Center is now cautioning that intense tornadoes, including EF3+ strength, are possible this evening across northern Illinois, northern Indiana and southern Michigan as confidence grows in a dangerous warm-front setup. Forecasters indicate that one or more supercells could track eastward along a lifting warm front, tapping into strong low-level…

UNITED STATES — A potentially very dangerous tornado setup is unfolding across central and northern Illinois today, with multiple strong tornadoes possible between 2PM and 6PM, especially near and south of Interstate 80. The latest tornado outlook highlights a focused corridor of concern stretching from near Galesburg and Peoria eastward through Bloomington, Ottawa, Joliet, Kankakee…

UNITED STATES — A dangerous severe weather outbreak is unfolding today from Texas through the Midwest, with very large hail, damaging winds and a few strong tornadoes likely as storms intensify this afternoon and evening. The latest severe weather outlook for Tuesday, March 10 highlights a broad corridor of risk stretching from south Texas through…

CALIFORNIA — A potentially record-breaking March heatwave is increasingly likely to develop across the American Southwest and California in the coming week, with forecast models showing exceptionally large temperature anomalies spreading across the region. Long-range ensemble guidance for March 16 through March 21 indicates widespread above-average temperatures across: California Nevada Arizona Utah New Mexico Southern…

ALABAMA — A Level 2 out of 5 “Slight Risk” for severe weather is in place Monday, March 9, covering much of Arkansas and extending into northern and central Mississippi and Alabama. A warm front lifting north is drawing in warm, humid air, increasing atmospheric instability — the fuel thunderstorms need to intensify. At the…

UNITED STATES — Severe weather will continue Wednesday, March 11, expanding from the southern Plains through the Deep South, Tennessee Valley and into parts of the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast. Forecasters indicate damaging winds, large hail and a few tornadoes are possible as widespread thunderstorms develop along a sweeping storm system. More than 120 million people…

UNITED STATES — A new week of severe weather is unfolding across the central U.S., beginning Monday in the southern Plains and Mid-South before expanding northeast into the Midwest on Tuesday. Forecast maps show a broad corridor of strong to severe thunderstorms stretching from Texas through Oklahoma, Missouri, Illinois, Indiana and into parts of Michigan,…

ALABAMA — Thunderstorms are expected to develop across the state Monday afternoon and continue into the evening, with some storms potentially becoming strong to severe. The primary concern is large hail, though a low-end tornado threat is also in place. Forecasters highlight a main severe weather window from roughly 3:00 PM until midnight, when storm…

UNITED STATES — The latest Day 2 outlook for Tuesday, March 10, signals an increasingly concerning severe weather setup stretching from Texas through Missouri, Illinois and Indiana, where a 10% significant (EF2+) tornado risk has been outlined. Forecasters indicate that atmospheric conditions will favor discrete supercells during the late afternoon and evening hours before storms…