Baseball size hail and 80+ mph winds likely on the southern Plains Thursday
An unusually intense mid-June severe weather outbreak looms for the southern Plains on Thursday. Storms will sweep across much of Oklahoma through Thursday evening before pushing into Texas and heading toward the Mississippi River after dark. Widespread…
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Tropical Downpours Fueling Widespread Flash Flood Threat Across Southern U.S.
The southern half of the United States finally dove into a wet pattern after so many weeks (and weeks, and weeks…) of hot and dry conditions. We’re feeling tropical moisture associated with a disturbance that almost became a tropical storm in…
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Dangerous Heat, 110°F+ High Temperatures On The Way For Southern Plains
There’s a hot summer day and a dang hot summer day. A spell of extreme heat on the southern Plains is set to get worse over the next couple of days as high temperature crank well above the 100-degree mark for much of the region. Highs will easily…
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A Hurricane’s Remnants Could Bring Flash Flooding To Texas This Week
Tropical Storm Pamela will make landfall on Mexico’s West Coast as a hurricane late Tuesday night and quickly push inland over the next few days. Mexico’s rugged terrain will tear the storm to shreds in a hurry, but the system’s remnant…
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East Texas Enjoys And/Or Despises Its Biggest Snow In Years
A rare snowstorm blanketed parts of Texas, Louisiana, and Mississippi this weekend with more snow than some communities have seen in decades. The unusually robust winter storm left behind snow from western Texas to northern Alabama, bringing a brief dose…
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Texas Reels From Another Historic Flood After Imelda Drops Nearly Four Feet Of Rain
The remnants of Tropical Storm Imelda triggered yet another flash flood emergency in southeastern Texas, the fourth time this region has had to deal with historic, devastating floods in the last four years. Since Tuesday, the Beaumont area has seen bands…
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Here’s Why the Atmosphere Is Primed for a High-End Tornado Outbreak on the Plains
A rare high risk for severe weather is in effect Monday for a large chunk of Texas and Oklahoma, now including the Oklahoma City metro area, ahead of what could be a high-end severe weather event for the region. It’s been a long time since…
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A Rare ‘High Risk’ Tornado Outbreak and Flash Flooding Are Likely in Texas and Okla. Monday
Monday could be a high-end severe weather day on the southern Plains, with a threat of severe weather we only see once every couple of years. Multiple rounds of severe thunderstorms are possible, beginning in the morning and likely continuing after…
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Texas’ Lake Travis Approaches Record Levels as Heavy Rain Continues
It’s been pretty calm across most of the United States for the past week, a far cry from what we’ve experienced for…well, the entire year up until now. Hurricane Michael is out of the picture, the raging Santa Ana winds in southern…
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A Tropical Wave Could Drop More Than 10 Inches of Rain on Coastal Texas This Week
A slow-moving tropical disturbance over the Gulf of Mexico will bring several days of heavy rain to eastern Texas this week. Some areas could see double-digit rainfall totals by the end of the event. The persistent heavy rain will likely lead to at least…
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