Author: Avery Hughes

HOUSTON — A surprise storm complex is blowing through the Houston coastal counties Tuesday morning, sending heavy rain showers well north of the city and creating a challenging and difficult-to-predict weather pattern through the area. Radar at 6:40 AM shows intense yellow and orange returns blanketing the greater Houston metro from Columbus and Brenham through…

SOUTHEAST — Early risers across Georgia, Florida, North and South Carolina, and potentially Virginia, Maryland, and Delaware are in for a rare and stunning sky show Thursday morning as a SpaceX rocket launches from Cape Canaveral, Florida at 5:26 AM. The rocket exhaust rapidly expanding in the thin upper atmosphere will create a glowing jellyfish-like…

MICHIGAN — A cold front working through Michigan Tuesday is bringing severe storm potential to the state, with model guidance focusing the best storm coverage across southeast Michigan during the mid afternoon to early evening hours. Any storm that develops today carries the potential for damaging winds up to 60 mph and large hail up…

COLORADO — In the wake of Monday’s departing storm system, a dramatically different and much cooler Tuesday is unfolding across Colorado, Wyoming, and the surrounding region. Wyoming sits in the cold 30s and 40s while the Front Range and I-25 corridor deals with 50s, morning rain and snow showers, and additional afternoon thunderstorms. The eastern…

ARKANSAS — Storms are arriving across Arkansas Tuesday morning exactly as forecasted, with the entire state expected to see rain and thunderstorm activity as the system pushes through during the day. Radar at 6:04 AM shows an intense line of storms tracking from Oklahoma and Missouri southeastward directly into Arkansas, with the heaviest activity currently…

INDIANA — A Slight Risk severe weather setup is taking shape across Indiana Monday, May 18, 2026, with a squall line expected to enter the state between 11 AM and 1 PM and continue through the evening hours. Damaging winds, heavy rain, large hail, and localized flooding are the primary hazards, with a brief tornado…

TEXAS — A significant severe weather event is expected Tuesday across Texas as an approaching cold front breaks the cap and drives widespread storms across the state with 70 percent coverage during the main timeframe of noon to 6 PM. Quarter size hail, wind gusts of 40 to 60 mph, dangerous lightning, and heavy downpours…

HOUSTON — Houston and Southeast Texas are facing a potentially significant flooding situation as a much wetter pattern takes hold following Monday and is expected to persist for at least a week or longer. The WPC total precipitation forecast valid through May 25 shows staggering rainfall totals of 5 to 7 inches across the Houston…

NEBRASKA — Today, Monday May 18, 2026, is shaping up to be the worst tornado day of May so far following 22 confirmed tornadoes Sunday, with TORCON 7 values and intense EF3-plus long-track tornadoes possible from Michigan to Texas. The most concentrated danger zone runs from near Omaha, Nebraska southward through Wichita, Kansas where discrete…

IOWA — Forecast soundings across the Moderate Risk area are now supporting tornadoes up to EF4 intensity and softball size hail Monday, May 18, 2026, representing one of the most dangerous severe weather confirmations issued for this region in recent memory. The SPC Day 1 Categorical Outlook shows the red Moderate Risk core centered over…