DENVER AND COLORADO FRONT RANGE — A warm and mostly dry Tuesday gives way to a significant pattern change beginning Wednesday as a cold front pushes into Colorado, bringing rain and mountain snow west of the Continental Divide and isolated strong thunderstorms capable of gusty winds, lightning, and hail along the dryline across the far…
OKLAHOMA, NORTH TEXAS, AND ARKANSAS — The Storm Prediction Center has highlighted a Slight Risk for severe storms late afternoon into the evening hours this Saturday across a broad corridor covering Oklahoma, North Texas, and Arkansas. A dryline pushing in from West Texas combined with a disturbance and frontal boundary will interact with strong instability…
SOUTHERN MINNESOTA, KANSAS, AND OKLAHOMA — A significant severe weather day is shaping up for Thursday April 23, 2026 across a corridor stretching from southern Minnesota through Kansas and into Oklahoma. Supercells producing very large hail over 2 inches are expected to be the dominant storm mode during the daytime hours, with the potential for…
IOWA, NEBRASKA, AND KANSAS — Severe thunderstorms capable of very large hail and damaging winds are possible across a broad corridor of the central United States this Thursday April 23, 2026, as the SPC Day 3 Outlook places a significant portion of the Plains and Midwest under an elevated severe weather risk. The highest risk…
SOUTHERN PLAINS AND MIDWEST — A significant multiday severe weather outbreak is taking shape across the Southern Plains and Midwest from Thursday April 23 through Monday April 27, with all modes of severe weather possible across different regions on each day of the five-day period. Strong tornadoes, large hail greater than 2 inches, and damaging…
ALABAMA — A multi-day severe weather threat is developing for Alabama this week, with the most significant long-range concern centered on Monday April 27 when the NOAA Storm Prediction Center Day 7 Outlook places a significant portion of Alabama including Birmingham and areas to the north in a 15 to 29% risk area for severe…
ARKANSAS — Arkansas is heading into what forecasters are calling the most active severe weather stretch of 2026, with a regional risk for severe weather expected every single day from Friday through Monday. Each day will likely feature a risk somewhere in the state with an all-hazard threat including tornadoes, hail, and strong winds. The…
TEXAS, ARKANSAS, AND MISSOURI — Severe weather will continue into Friday April 24, 2026 across a broad corridor covering Dallas, Little Rock, and Springfield Missouri, as another active stretch of severe weather pushes through the south-central United States. The Max Velocity Weather Severe Weather Outlook for Friday shows a 15% severe weather probability zone blanketing…
ARKANSAS, OKLAHOMA, AND NORTH TEXAS — A strong to severe storm threat is being watched for Friday across a broad corridor covering Arkansas, Oklahoma, and North Texas, with the risk currently appearing to be a daytime event rather than overnight. The Arkansas Weather Network Severe Outlook for Friday places a Low to Medium risk zone…
IOWA, MISSOURI, AND OKLAHOMA — Thursday April 23, 2026 is shaping up as the next significant severe weather day across a broad corridor stretching from southern Minnesota southward through Iowa, Missouri, Kansas, and into Oklahoma. All modes of severe weather are possible across this zone, with significant severe weather specifically flagged including strong EF-2 tornadoes,…