WEATHER

MCALESTER, OK — The southern Plains woke up Saturday morning already behind the eight ball. A potent severe weather setup is unfolding across a broad corridor stretching from central Oklahoma through northeast Texas, northwest Arkansas, and into southeast Kansas — and current analysis indicates this afternoon and evening will deliver a dangerous combination of giant…

ENID, OK —A violent tornado carved a path of destruction across the southern edge of Enid, Oklahoma on April 23, 2026, leaving entire homes flattened in the Gray Ridge neighborhood and sending multiple people to the hospital. The storm tracked dangerously close to Vance Air Force Base, one of the U.S. Air Force’s primary pilot…

WICHITA, KS — Thursday’s severe weather outbreak across eastern Kansas and northern Oklahoma is underway, and the threat profile is as serious as any event this spring. Supercells are firing across eastern Kansas this afternoon, tracking southward toward the Kansas-Oklahoma border through the evening, with initial storms capable of producing very large hail of 2…

ENID, OK — In one of the most dramatic storm initiation sequences of the spring season, the atmospheric cap along the Kansas-Oklahoma border shattered Thursday afternoon — and what followed happened with stunning speed. At 4:55 PM, there were no storms. By 5:20 PM, 45,000-foot supercells were exploding into the atmosphere near Enid, Oklahoma and…

TALLAHASSEE, FL — Florida is on pace for one of its most destructive wildfire years in recent memory, and the numbers through April 23, 2026 are alarming. An estimated 129,000 acres have already burned across the state — and that total covers only the first four months of the year. Every other year on the…

BIRMINGHAM, AL — After a prolonged dry stretch across much of Alabama, rain is finally arriving — and for most of the state, that is genuinely welcome news. Storms are expected to push into Alabama Friday evening, April 24, 2026, with the future radar projection for 8:00 PM Friday showing organized storm activity already sweeping…

WICHITA, KS — The greatest tornado risk on Thursday, April 23, 2026 is locked onto southern Kansas along and east of I-35, where a dryline bulge and surging low-level wind shear are creating the most favorable environment for isolated tornadic supercells in the entire Thursday outlook. Current analysis identifies Wichita, Emporia, Topeka, and the southern…

LITTLE ROCK, AR — A significant severe weather system is bearing down on the mid-South and Ohio Valley for Friday, April 24, 2026, and the outlook updated April 22 places a Level 2 Slight Risk — the highest designation in Friday’s outlook — directly over a densely populated corridor stretching from Oklahoma City and Dallas…

ATLANTA, GA — The severe weather pattern affecting the southern United States through late April is not finished when Monday’s event wraps up. Extended range atmospheric data is already flagging another potential severe weather setup for the Southeast later next week — with the current signal pointing toward Friday, May 1, 2026 as the date…

BIRMINGHAM, AL — The Storm Prediction Center has placed Alabama inside a formal severe weather outlook for Monday, April 27, 2026, and the atmospheric data building toward that date is showing enough organization to warrant serious attention across the state. A 15 to 29% probability of severe thunderstorms covers virtually all of Alabama — from…