Welcome to April! Spring is in full swing across the center of the country this week as a significant severe weather threat builds into Wednesday across many of the same areas that saw damaging storms just the other day. A multi-day flash flood risk will build alongside the storms throughout...

Supercell thunderstorms with very large hail could develop across parts of the Pacific Northwest on Wednesday afternoon. While severe thunderstorms usually happen in Washington and Oregon every year, the severity of the storms expected on Wednesday could rival the upper bounds of what folks...

A multi-day severe weather outbreak that unfolded across the central and southern United States over the past couple of days certainly lived up to its deadly potential.There's a chorus of naysayers after every high-risk severe weather event who say the forecast was a bust and the event didn't...

A rare 'high risk' for severe weather—a level five out of five—is in effect for a swath of the Deep South on Saturday as a dangerous thunderstorm setup sweeps across the region.The Storm Prediction Center (SPC) only issues one or two high risk areas every year. This means that forecasters...

Two significant rounds of severe thunderstorms are likely over the next couple of days as a powerful low-pressure system develops across the center of the country.I covered the basics of the setup yesterday. All the dynamics are present for a multi-day severe thunderstorm outbreak heading...

The risk for severe thunderstorms will build heading into this weekend as yet another significant low-pressure system roars to life across the center of the country. Widespread severe thunderstorms are likely on Friday and Saturday, an event the Storm Prediction Center described on Wednesday...

Widespread severe thunderstorms, winter weather, and damaging winds are likely over the next couple of days as a powerful low-pressure system develops across the center of the country. This storm could come close to breaking some monthly pressure records across the Midwest. Even if it...

The National Weather Service (NWS) is probably the single most important federal agency you benefit from on a daily basis. We must protect it from indiscriminate cuts and outsourcing.  Every time you check your weather forecast, whether it's from a private weather company or...