Author: Avery Hughes

SOUTHEAST — A low-end severe weather threat is in place for Monday, May 11, 2026, stretching from the Gulf Coast through the Carolinas with a few stronger storms possible during the afternoon and evening hours. The categorical outlook updated at 10:18 AM ET places a Marginal Risk zone across a broad corridor covering Birmingham, Atlanta,…

HILLSDALE, MICHIGAN — Residents in downtown Hillsdale, Michigan were very lucky to be alive on Saturday after lightning struck a nearby tree, causing it to violently splinter into many pieces with some fragments becoming embedded directly into the ground. The dramatic and dangerous strike occurred while residents were outside in the downtown area during the…

ILLINOIS — A dramatic warmup is on the horizon for Illinois and the broader Midwest region, with summer-like temperatures surging in next weekend around May 16, 2026, after a seasonal stretch of 60s and 70s through the middle of this week. NWS NDFD maximum temperature mapping valid Saturday May 16 at 7 PM CDT is…

NORTH TEXAS — Showers and storms are moving south across the Red River into North Texas at 30 mph as of the 9:45 AM radar update on Sunday, May 10, 2026, capable of 40 mph wind gusts and isolated pea size hail. Nothing severe is expected with this first round of storm activity through the…

NORTH TEXAS — The first batch of storms from Oklahoma is dropping southward into North Texas after 11 AM on Sunday, May 10, 2026, with radar at 9:03 AM already showing intense red and orange cores moving through the Ardmore corridor toward Gainesville and Denton. These early storms are largely weakening and not expected to…

CENTRAL US — An uptick in severe weather activity is expected to develop after next weekend across the central United States, potentially marking the start of an extended and active severe weather period running through much of June 2026. Ensemble models are coming into agreement on a gradual pattern change taking shape next weekend and…

OKLAHOMA — Severe storms will refire across western Oklahoma late Saturday afternoon, May 9, 2026, bringing a tornado, wind, and hail threat as storms develop and push eastward through the evening hours. The storm zone covers a broad yellow risk area stretching from Woodward, Alva, and Enid through Oklahoma City, Norman, Lawton, and Ardmore southward…

OKLAHOMA AND NORTH TEXAS — A couple to a few rounds of severe storms are possible across Oklahoma and parts of north Texas from this afternoon through Sunday morning, May 9 to 10, 2026. The strongest storms early on could produce baseball sized hail across the best damaging hail zone covering western Oklahoma from Woodward…

OUTER BANKS, NORTH CAROLINA — A strong thunderstorm capable of producing waterspouts is being monitored along the Outer Banks in Dare County, North Carolina as of 11:12 AM Saturday, May 9, 2026. The warned storm is directly impacting Cape Hatteras and Hatteras Village, with an active warning polygon outlined on radar covering the immediate offshore…

NATIONAL — An Omega Block weather pattern is developing for the second half of May, potentially locking above normal temperatures across the central and eastern United States from May 15 through May 22, 2026. This powerful blocking pattern occurs when areas of high and low pressure become locked in place rather than moving west to…