Author: Avery Hughes

CENTRAL PLAINS — For the first time in a significant stretch, an EF-2 or greater tornado risk zone has been outlined across the central Plains on Saturday, May 30, 2026, with Max Velocity Weather tornado probability maps updated at 2:08AM ET showing a notable green probability corridor stretching from near Rapid City southward through Nebraska…

EASTERN NEBRASKA AND FAR WESTERN IOWA — A tornado risk is in place for eastern Nebraska and far western Iowa on Sunday, May 31, 2026, as a weak low pivots eastward following tonight’s storm activity and sets up the next round of organized severe weather across the corridor. The risk carries a Level 1 designation…

NEW ENGLAND — A powerful and still-cranking storm system is battering New England Saturday morning, hauling in a boatload of cold air that is dropping temperatures steadily across the region while frozen precipitation continues to show up on radar across portions of New Hampshire, Vermont, and Massachusetts. The storm has already produced dramatic impacts including…

NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA — Following rounds of scattered showers and storms through the weekend, a chance for strong to severe storms emerges across north and central Georgia on Monday, June 1, 2026, with damaging wind gusts and hail as the primary hazards. The severe threat zone covers a broad corridor from the Tennessee border…

CENTRAL PLAINS — A large and dangerous severe weather setup is unfolding across the central and northern Plains on Saturday, May 30, 2026, with a Risk Level 2 out of 5 covering a broad corridor from southwest South Dakota through Nebraska and into central Kansas and northern Oklahoma. Central Kansas carries the highest tornado concern…

ARKANSAS — A hot, humid, and potentially stormy Saturday is in store across Arkansas with high temperatures climbing well into the 80s and touching the low 90s across southern portions of the state, while nasty humidity pushes heat index values significantly higher than the actual air temperature. A few afternoon storms are also possible through…

GULF COAST AND SOUTHEAST UNITED STATES — Large plumes of African dust have successfully crossed the Atlantic Ocean and reached the Gulf of Mexico, with satellite imagery showing a massive and dense dust layer wrapping northward through the Gulf before curling back toward the Southeast and Florida through the weekend. A second even larger plume…

WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTH GEORGIA — A welcome and significant cooldown is arriving across the western Carolinas and north Georgia beginning Sunday evening, May 31, 2026, as drier air filters into the region and pushes temperatures 5 to 11 degrees below normal through Wednesday. After weeks of relentless humidity and tropical downpours, the pattern shift…

MIAMI VALLEY AND SURROUNDING REGION — A quiet weather pattern is taking over across the Miami Valley and surrounding region on Friday, May 29, 2026, bringing a welcome break from the active weather that has been impacting the broader area in recent days. The coverage area spans multiple counties across west-central Ohio including communities such…

SOUTH CAROLINA — A mysterious sonic boom that rattled communities across South Carolina has been ruled out as both an earthquake and military or aircraft event, leaving investigators increasingly focused on a meteor explosion in the atmosphere as the most likely explanation. The USGS confirmed no seismic activity was recorded near the state, and military…