MIDWEST & NORTHEAST — The Storm Prediction Center has upgraded Wednesday’s severe weather outlook, issuing a 30% severe wind risk across parts of the Midwest and Northeast, signaling the potential for scattered to numerous damaging wind gusts. The elevated wind threat stretches from portions of the Ohio Valley into the Mid-Atlantic and interior Northeast, with…
ILLINOIS — After a wild day of severe weather that brought record-breaking hail and strong tornadoes across Illinois and Indiana, the tornado threat has significantly decreased overnight. While the atmosphere remains active from the Midwest down into southern Texas, the primary concern has shifted away from tornadoes and toward damaging winds and large hail. Forecasters…
CENTRAL ILLINOIS — The Storm Prediction Center has issued a Mesoscale Discussion for parts of central Illinois as severe storms continue to move east out of Missouri and Iowa into the heart of the state. The discussion highlights ongoing concerns within Tornado Watch 32, where tornadoes, large hail, and an increasing damaging wind threat are…
ILLINOIS — A significant tornado threat is unfolding today across a broad corridor stretching from the Midwest to southern Texas, but the primary focus is squarely on northern Illinois and northern Indiana, where the Storm Prediction Center (SPC) has issued a 15% tornado risk — the highest tornado probability issued so far in 2026. This…
UNITED STATES — February 2026 delivered a dramatic display of temperature extremes across the country, with the highest recorded temperature reaching 105°F in Laredo, Texas, while the coldest reading plunged to -28°F in Ray, Minnesota. The nationwide contrast underscores just how volatile late-winter weather patterns were from the southern border to the northern Plains. Data…
DENVER, COLORADO — An exceptional early-season heatwave is poised to grip Colorado and the broader Southwest next week, as a powerful upper-level ridge settles over the western United States. Forecast guidance shows a strengthening heat dome parking directly over the West, bringing temperatures far above normal and raising concerns about rapid snowpack melt in the…
ILLINOIS — A focused tornado target area has been identified for Tuesday afternoon and evening across portions of central and north-central Illinois, particularly along the I-80 corridor from Princeton through Ottawa, Morris, Joliet, Streator, Kankakee, and Pontiac. Forecasters warn that several tornadoes may develop between 3 p.m. and midnight, with at least one potentially strong….
AUSTIN, TEXAS — Forecast guidance shows Texas positioned for more organized storm development than Illinois early in the event, with multiple pre-frontal supercells expected to form before consolidating into a damaging squall line across south-central parts of the state. While low-level wind shear is projected to be stronger across the Midwest, atmospheric conditions across central…
ILLINOIS — Severe weather concerns Tuesday are not limited to tornadoes. Updated hail intensity guidance shows two distinct hail corridors developing — one stretching across the Corn Belt and Midwest, including Illinois, and another across Texas and the Southern Plains. Forecast models indicate hail could reach egg-sized across parts of Illinois and neighboring Midwest states,…
JACKSON, MISSISSIPPI — The Storm Prediction Center has upgraded tornado probabilities to 5% across northern Mississippi and northern Alabama for Monday afternoon and evening, placing cities such as Greenwood, Starkville, Tupelo, and parts of northwest Alabama within a focused tornado outlook zone. While large hail and damaging winds remain the primary threats, forecasters say a…