MISSOURI AND ILLINOIS — A catastrophic severe weather outbreak is unfolding across Missouri and Illinois today, Monday, April 27, 2026, with multiple strong tornadoes and widespread wind damage considered likely across both states. The Storm Prediction Center’s Day 1 outlook has placed the highest risk at Level 4 of 5, with an extreme Level 5…
ARKANSAS — Significant severe weather is possible across Arkansas this Monday afternoon and evening, with scattered supercell thunderstorms capable of producing large to extremely large hail up to baseball size and a few tornadoes. Storm formation is expected by late afternoon at the earliest, with additional storm development continuing into the evening hours. While the…
SOUTHEAST — A soaking rain event is on the way for a wide swath of the Southeast, with steady rainfall and embedded thunder expected to push through Tuesday night into Wednesday across Mississippi, Alabama, Tennessee, Georgia, South Carolina, and North Carolina. Rainfall totals of 1 to 3 inches are possible across the region, delivering much-needed…
NORTH TEXAS — A violent supercell thunderstorm broke through the atmospheric cap near Wichita Falls around 5:30 PM Saturday evening and tracked southeast all the way to the Dallas area, leaving a trail of destruction and two confirmed fatalities in its path. The storm rapidly intensified after initiation, producing baseball-size hail, destructive winds up to…
ALABAMA — Today is the calm before a busy week across Alabama, with Sunday bringing mainly sunny skies and highs in the low 80s before a significant two-wave storm pattern arrives midweek. Tuesday and Wednesday are both flagged as Impact Days, with strong to severe thunderstorms expected to affect much of the state during both…
OKLAHOMA AND NORTH TEXAS — A conditional severe weather risk is in place across Oklahoma and North Texas this Sunday evening, April 26, 2026, with the main threat window running from 5 PM through midnight. A strong capping inversion has suppressed storm development through much of the day, but the cap may weaken enough after…
CENTRAL AND EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA — Scattered showers are pushing through central and eastern sections of North Carolina this morning and into the early to mid afternoon hours, bringing light and spotty rainfall to communities including Raleigh, Greenville, Goldsboro, and Wilmington. Total rainfall across the state is expected to range from near zero to around…
NORTH TEXAS — The Storm Prediction Center has upgraded and expanded the severe weather risk across North Texas today, Sunday, April 26, 2026, with a Slight Risk now covering a broad area including Dallas, Fort Worth, Denton, Gainesville, and Sherman. Rogue supercells may initiate during the afternoon hours, carrying the potential for 2 to 4…
NORTH CENTRAL OKLAHOMA — A round of severe storms is possible across north central Oklahoma after 2 PM this Sunday, April 26, 2026, developing along a warm front and dryline pushing through the region. The greatest risk corridor stretches from just west of Enid through Stillwater to Bartlesville, where an Enhanced Risk is in place…
WESTERN ARKANSAS — A low-probability but potentially dangerous severe weather scenario is possible across western Arkansas this Sunday evening, April 26, 2026, between 5 PM and 10 PM local time. Confidence in storms even forming and impacting the region remains low, with most of the area expected to stay dry through the night. However, if…