Author: Nina Clarke

ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI — A significant multi-day severe weather outbreak is expected to unfold from Sunday into Monday across large portions of the eastern United States, with the Midwest and Mid-South first in line before the threat pushes toward the Carolinas and eastern Virginia. Forecast data indicates a powerful, amplifying upper-level trough will sweep out…

ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI — An intense and rapidly strengthening storm system is expected to mature quickly through the day Sunday, setting the stage for a widespread and potentially high-impact severe weather event from Arkansas and Mississippi northward into Missouri and Illinois. Evening forecast guidance highlights a strongly forced line of storms developing by mid to…

MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE — A dynamic spring storm system is poised to bring a multi-state severe weather threat from the Midwest to the Southeast, with Sunday focusing on the Mississippi River Valley and Monday shifting into the Carolinas and Mid-Atlantic. Forecast maps indicate a broad corridor of high-end severe potential centered on St. Louis, Memphis, and…

ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI — Confidence is increasing that a significant severe weather outbreak will unfold Sunday across the Mississippi River Valley, as the Storm Prediction Center has expanded and intensified its Enhanced Risk area ahead of a powerful, fast-moving squall line expected to stretch from Illinois to Texas. The latest outlook shows a broad swath…

WASHINGTON, DC — The Storm Prediction Center has taken the unusual step of issuing a Day 4 Enhanced Risk for portions of the Mid-Atlantic, placing Washington, DC, northern Virginia, and nearby Maryland communities in a heightened severe weather outlook for Monday. Enhanced Risk areas at four days out are uncommon, underscoring forecasters’ growing concern about…

ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI — Sunday is shaping up to be a very significant severe weather day across the Midwest, Heartland, and Mid-South, with a large Level 3 (Enhanced) risk already in place and the possibility of further upgrades if current trends continue. Forecast guidance shows a narrow, fast-moving, and intense squall line developing Sunday afternoon…

BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA — Meteorologists are beginning to draw comparisons between the upcoming Sunday–Monday severe weather setup and the highly prolific April 4–5, 2011 event — not necessarily for a historic tornado outbreak, but for the potential scale and organization of severe reports across the South and Mid-South. While it remains too early to determine exact…

MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE — A more potent cold front is now in focus for Monday, and early forecast data suggests this system could pack a stronger punch than the one currently moving through parts of the South. Meteorologists are watching a developing setup that could bring a renewed round of strong to severe thunderstorms from the…

DALLAS, TEXAS — The Storm Prediction Center has officially introduced organized severe weather risks for both Sunday and Monday, signaling a potentially active two-day stretch from the Southern Plains into the Southeast and Mid-Atlantic. Forecast outlooks show highlighted severe risk areas on Sunday, March 15, centered over parts of Texas, Louisiana, Arkansas, Mississippi, and western…

NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA — A volatile and potentially dangerous severe weather setup is taking shape for Monday across portions of the Deep South, with Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, and the Florida Panhandle positioned beneath an unusually intense combination of upper-level dynamics and Gulf moisture. Forecast model data shows a powerful mid-level trough digging across the central…