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Rain returns to Denver as drought grips Colorado

THE TAKEAWAYDENVER – Amid a widespread drought gripping much of Colorado, Denver is running below average for August precipitation as a scorching summer marked by wildfires, extreme heat and persistent dry summer conditions continues.August got off to a scorching and largely dry start in Denver, with temperatures reaching 102 degrees on consecutive days early in the month and little measurable rainfall through the first part of the month. With rain making a welcome return to Denver, the city rem

Arizona could face more severe storms after monsoon dust storms left thousands in the dark across Phoenix

PHOENIX — Monsoon thunderstorms threaten to bubble up again beginning Thursday afternoon across parts of Arizona, including Phoenix and Tucson. Dust storms and damaging wind gusts will be the biggest threat after monsoon storms knocked out power to over 32,000 customers Wednesday.7 FACTS ABOUT MONSOON SEASONMore than 15,000 customers were still without power early Thursday across Maricopa County, according to poweroutage.us. Many of those outages were restored by mid-morning.The National Weather

SPC Severe Thunderstorm Watch 603 Status Reports

WW 0603 Status Updates <br /><a href="https://www.spc.noaa.gov/products/watch/ws0603.html"><img src="https://www.spc.noaa.gov/products/watch/ww0603_radar.gif" border="1" alt="WW 0603 Status Image" hspace="1" vspace="1" width="525" height="459" align="center" /></a><pre>STATUS FOR WATCH 0603 HAS NOT BEEN ISSUED YET</pre><a href="https://www.spc.noaa.gov/products/watch/ws0603.html">Read more</a>

SPC Severe Thunderstorm Watch 603

WW 603 SEVERE TSTM KY TN 200510Z - 201100Z URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTEDSevere Thunderstorm Watch Number 603NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK1210 AM CDT Thu Aug 20 2026The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of Western Kentucky Middle Tennessee* Effective this Thursday morning from 1210 AM until 600 AM CDT.* Primary threats include... Scattered large hail and isolated very large hail events to 2 inches in diameter possible

SPC Severe Thunderstorm Watch 602 Status Reports

WW 0602 Status Updates STATUS REPORT ON WW 602SEVERE WEATHER THREAT CONTINUES RIGHT OF A LINE FROM 25 S FLP TO20 SSW UNO TO 15 WSW FAM...SQUITIERI..08/20/26ATTN...WFO...LZK...MEG...PAH...SGF...LSX...STATUS REPORT FOR WS 602 SEVERE WEATHER THREAT CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS ARC021-049-055-065-075-121-135-200540-AR . ARKANSAS COUNTIES INCLUDED ARECLAY FULTON GREENE IZARD LAWRENCE RANDOLPH SHARP

Hurricane forecasters put Hawaii on alert as tropical storm brews

While most computer forecast models keep the storm south of Hawaii, the Honolulu weather service office is warning of ...

SPC MD 2046

MD 2046 CONCERNING SEVERE POTENTIAL...WATCH UNLIKELY FOR EASTERN NEW MEXICO...EASTERN COLORADO Mesoscale Discussion 2046NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK0459 PM CDT Wed Aug 19 2026Areas affected...eastern New Mexico...eastern ColoradoConcerning...Severe potential...Watch unlikely Valid 192159Z - 200000ZProbability of Watch Issuance...20 percentSUMMARY...A few instances of large hail and damaging wind will bepossible this afternoon.DISCUSSION...Thunderstorm activity has increased in co

Keeping an eye on the Atlantic as tropics show signs of waking up at the end of August

THE TAKEAWAYThe Atlantic is not expected to see any tropical development in the next week, as per the National Hurricane Center, but long-range forecast models are indicating that the period of inactivity may not last much longer.According to the FOX Forecast Center, computer forecast models are showing that an area of low pressure will spin up offshore Africa by Sunday and quickly turn into a tropical depression or tropical storm next week.BRYAN NORCROSS: REMEMBERING 34 YEARS AGO TODAY AND KEEP

SPC MD 2039

MD 2039 CONCERNING SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 599... FOR PARTS OF SOUTH CENTRAL/SOUTHEASTERN NEBRASKA ADJACENT SOUTHWESTERN IOWA AND NORTHWESTERN MISSOURI Mesoscale Discussion 2039NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK1226 PM CDT Wed Aug 19 2026Areas affected...parts of south central/southeastern Nebraskaadjacent southwestern Iowa and northwestern MissouriConcerning...Severe Thunderstorm Watch 599...Valid 191726Z - 191930ZThe severe weather threat for Severe Thunderstorm Watch 599continues.

New tropical threat emerges for Hawaii as Invest 90E has high chance of becoming a tropical storm

THE TAKEAWAYHAWAII – The residents of Hawaii can’t catch a break as a renewed storm threat of Invest 90E could bring a new threat to the Hawaiian Islands.This comes as, just west of Hawaii, Lala returned to hurricane status before intensifying into a Category 4 storm overnight.Since then, it has dropped to Category 3 strength.WHAT IS A CATEGORY 3 HURRICANE?In light of this, forecasters are monitoring the newly-developed Invest 90E as it moves over the Central Pacific, trailing behind Hurricane L

More than 170K without power after storms brought tornado alerts

More than 170,000 people are without power as storms slammed the Greater Cincinnati region Tuesday afternoon and evening.

Did you hear that? Suburban Chicago tornado sirens ‘accidentally' go off in middle of night

Did you hear tornado sirens go off overnight across the Chicago suburbs under perfectly calm skies? In the quiet of the night, many in DuPage County were woken up about 3 a.m. Tuesday to tornado ...

Tornado watch issued for Cape May County

What are NWS meteorologists saying? At 4:20 p.m., the NWS issued a statement including the following information: "THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED TORNADO WATCH 529 UNTIL 10 p.m. EDT THIS ...

Bryan Norcross: Remembering 34 years ago today and keeping an eye on Hawaii again

Updated at 9:00 a.m. ET on Wednesday, Aug. 19, 2026Coincidentally, August 19 was a Wednesday in 1992, as it is today. We were tracking the first named storm of the year — a tropical storm northeast of the Caribbean. At first glance, the storm looked impressive on the satellite, but Hurricane Hunters had found it to be disorganized.The National Hurricane Center (NHC) was estimating that Tropical Storm Andrew had 50 mph winds that afternoon, down to 45 mph that evening.Legendary forecaster Hal Ger

SPC MD 2034

MD 2034 CONCERNING SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 598... FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN KANSAS AND WESTERN MISSOURI Mesoscale Discussion 2034NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK1140 PM CDT Tue Aug 18 2026Areas affected...portions of eastern Kansas and western MissouriConcerning...Severe Thunderstorm Watch 598...Valid 190440Z - 190615ZThe severe weather threat for Severe Thunderstorm Watch 598continues.SUMMARY...A severe threat persists along the KS/MO border. However,the threat should gradually decr

SPC Severe Thunderstorm Watch 598 Status Reports

WW 0598 Status Updates <br /><a href="https://www.spc.noaa.gov/products/watch/ws0598.html"><img src="https://www.spc.noaa.gov/products/watch/ww0598_radar.gif" border="1" alt="WW 0598 Status Image" hspace="1" vspace="1" width="525" height="459" align="center" /></a><pre>STATUS FOR WATCH 0598 HAS NOT BEEN ISSUED YET</pre><a href="https://www.spc.noaa.gov/products/watch/ws0598.html">Read more</a>

SPC MD 2030

MD 2030 CONCERNING SEVERE POTENTIAL...WATCH POSSIBLE FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL KANSAS Mesoscale Discussion 2030NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK0551 PM CDT Tue Aug 18 2026Areas affected...portions of central KansasConcerning...Severe potential...Watch possible Valid 182251Z - 190015ZProbability of Watch Issuance...40 percentSUMMARY...Convective trends are being monitored for the conditionalscenario that supercells develop over the next few hours. Shouldthis occur, severe wind and hail w

SPC MD 2029

MD 2029 CONCERNING SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 595... FOR NORTHEAST IOWA...SOUTHERN WISCONSIN...NORTHERN ILLINOIS Mesoscale Discussion 2029NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK0529 PM CDT Tue Aug 18 2026Areas affected...northeast Iowa...southern Wisconsin...northernIllinoisConcerning...Severe Thunderstorm Watch 595...Valid 182229Z - 190030ZThe severe weather threat for Severe Thunderstorm Watch 595continues.SUMMARY...Severe threat continues within WW595.DISCUSSION...Thunderstorms across sou

SPC MD 2028

MD 2028 CONCERNING SEVERE POTENTIAL...WATCH POSSIBLE FOR NORTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN PENINSULA Mesoscale Discussion 2028NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK0452 PM CDT Tue Aug 18 2026Areas affected...northern lower Michigan PeninsulaConcerning...Severe potential...Watch possible Valid 182152Z - 182345ZProbability of Watch Issuance...40 percentSUMMARY...Large hail and damaging wind will be possible withisolated supercells this evening.DISCUSSION...Thunderstorm activity is shifting eastward ac

SPC Severe Thunderstorm Watch 596 Status Reports

WW 0596 Status Updates <br /><a href="https://www.spc.noaa.gov/products/watch/ws0596.html"><img src="https://www.spc.noaa.gov/products/watch/ww0596_radar.gif" border="1" alt="WW 0596 Status Image" hspace="1" vspace="1" width="525" height="459" align="center" /></a><pre>STATUS FOR WATCH 0596 HAS NOT BEEN ISSUED YET</pre><a href="https://www.spc.noaa.gov/products/watch/ws0596.html">Read more</a>

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