Author: Nina Clarke

CARBONDALE, ILLINOIS — A dangerous and intensifying line of severe storms is charging northeast through west Tennessee, western Kentucky, and southern Illinois, prompting widespread Severe Thunderstorm Warnings and triggering Wireless Emergency Alerts on mobile phones across the region. Forecasters warn this is not an ordinary squall line. Straight-line wind gusts between 75 and 90 mph…

CHARLOTTE, NORTH CAROLINA — A late-night forecast update indicates the main line of severe storms expected Monday across North Carolina and South Carolina is picking up speed, meaning an earlier arrival is now likely from the western Piedmont through the coastal plain. The primary threat remains damaging winds of 60 to 70 mph, with isolated…

WASHINGTON, D.C., VIRGINIA — A powerful upper-level jet stream configuration is setting the stage for potentially dangerous severe weather across Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania and New York on Monday, March 16, as meteorologists monitor a rare and concerning negatively tilted trough swinging through the eastern United States. Forecasters say the atmospheric setup has the kind of…

COLUMBUS, OHIO — A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 4:00 AM EDT Monday for a large portion of central and southwest Ohio, as well as parts of eastern Indiana and northern Kentucky, with conditions favorable for damaging winds and intense storms overnight. The watch area stretches across major population centers including Columbus, Cincinnati,…

WASHINGTON, D.C., VIRGINIA — Forecast confidence has decreased heading into Monday as meteorologists wrestle with a critical question: what will the overnight QLCS do as it crosses the Appalachian Mountains? High-resolution models continue to offer a mixed bag of solutions for a powerful line of storms expected to move from the Ohio Valley into the…

CHICAGO — A sprawling and highly dynamic storm system is unleashing an extraordinary range of weather alerts across the United States, with tornado warnings, blizzard warnings, winter storm alerts, ice storm warnings, severe thunderstorm warnings, high wind alerts, red flag warnings, freeze watches, freeze warnings and even extreme heat watches all active at the same…

BLOOMFIELD, MISSOURI — On March 14, 2025, a prolific and violent regional tornado outbreak tore across southeast Missouri and northeast Arkansas, leaving behind one of the most concentrated corridors of strong and violent tornadoes seen in years. By the end of 2025, an extraordinary statistic emerged: within a 75-mile radius spanning portions of southeast Missouri…

WASHINGTON, D.C. — A potentially historic severe weather setup is unfolding across the Mid-Atlantic and Southeast, with growing concern that a powerful QLCS — a fast-moving line of severe thunderstorms — could produce hurricane-force wind gusts from Pennsylvania to Georgia on Monday. Forecasters are calling this one of the most potent early-season setups in nearly…

ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS — High-resolution weather models are trending lower on snowfall totals across northern Illinois Sunday night into Monday afternoon, but dangerous blizzard conditions remain increasingly likely across northwest Illinois as powerful winds sweep through the region. The latest 00z model runs suggest snowfall accumulations may not be especially impressive for much of northern Illinois….

ATLANTA, GEORGIA — The Storm Prediction Center is now discussing a potential upgrade to a Level 4 out of 5 Moderate Risk for severe weather across parts of Georgia, South Carolina and North Carolina on Monday, underscoring growing concern about widespread and potentially destructive wind damage. According to the latest Day 3 probabilistic outlook valid…