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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>

How low will temperatures get in Miami amid dangerous, life-threatening heat in the Southeast?

MIAMI – The summer heat is making an unbearable return to the Southeast U.S., as millions of Americans continue to see record-setting temperatures this week. An extreme heat event will slam most of the Southeast and Mid-South this week as an upper-level dome of high pressure dawns across the regions.This setup will trap warm, humid air over the Southeast, pushing daytime temperatures into the upper 90s and low 100s with no relief in sight.Heat index values could reach as high as 115 degrees in s

Lala roars back to hurricane strength, putting marine wildlife and historic monument in its path

THE TAKEAWAYHAWAII – Just days after Hurricane Lala slammed the Hawaiian Islands, the storm is making a comeback as the National Hurricane Center (NHC) has issued additional storm alerts on Tuesday, with a national monument at risk.The storm is moving west of the Hawaiian Islands, where atmospheric conditions are helping the storm move over warmer waters.BREWING SUPER EL NIÑO EXPECTED TO BE STRONGEST ANYONE ALIVE ON THE PLANET HAS EVER EXPERIENCEDAs a result, the NHC has announced that Lala has

Flash flood threat building for half a dozen states in the East to end the week

THE TAKEAWAYThe east is getting a few days to dry out through midweek this week, but that won't last long as storms return toward the end of the workweek and bring an increasing flash flood threat to at least six states through the weekend.By Thursday, a cold front will move into the east from the Ohio Valley with an area of low pressure trailing behind it.KNOW YOUR FLOOD TERMINOLOGY: WHAT FLOOD WATCHES, WARNINGS AND EMERGENCIES REALLY MEANFrom Thursday into Friday, the cold front will start sta

Brewing Super El Niño expected to be strongest anyone alive on the planet has ever experienced

THE TAKEAWAYAs El Niño continues to strengthen, models show a 69% chance it will become the strongest event since record-keeping began in 1950. This potential "Super El Niño" could have major ripple effects on weather patterns around the world.EL NIÑO CONTINUES TO STRENGTHEN TO RECORD TERRITORY, INCREASED ODDS OF REACHING 'SUPER' STATUS BY YEAR'S END"Nobody alive has ever experienced an El Niño event this strong," FOX 35 Orlando meteorologist Noah Bergren said. "By this fall, we are tracking a s

Bryan Norcross: The Atlantic stays quiet while the Pacific can't stop

Last updated at 9:30 a.m. on Aug. 18, 2026Saharan dust season is slowly coming to an end, but the regime of hostile upper-level winds across the Caribbean and the Atlantic continues. For now, the disturbances moving off Africa have no chance to develop.Long-range computer forecasts show more robust disturbances moving into the Atlantic over the next couple weeks. Tentatively, a persistent dip in the jet stream along the East Coast of the U.S. will turn them north into the open ocean, but we’ll w

Tornado in Prince George, Virginia? Hopewell on alert amid radar-confirmed twister; check map as scary visuals emerge

A tornado warning was issued for Prince George County, Virginia by the National Weather Service as Hopewell remained on alert ...

SPC MD 2022

MD 2022 CONCERNING SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 592...594... FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND EASTERN NEBRASKA Mesoscale Discussion 2022NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK1121 PM CDT Mon Aug 17 2026Areas affected...portions of central and eastern NebraskaConcerning...Severe Thunderstorm Watch 592...594...Valid 180421Z - 180545ZThe severe weather threat for Severe Thunderstorm Watch 592, 594continues.SUMMARY...A brief bout of severe hail or a gust may still occur withone of the stronger embedded

SPC Severe Thunderstorm Watch 594

WW 594 SEVERE TSTM NE 180130Z - 180700Z URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTEDSevere Thunderstorm Watch Number 594NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK830 PM CDT Mon Aug 17 2026The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of Central and Northeast Nebraska* Effective this Monday night and Tuesday morning from 830 PM until 200 AM CDT.* Primary threats include... Scattered damaging winds and isolated significant gusts to 75 mph possible Scatter

SPC MD 2017

MD 2017 CONCERNING SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 591... FOR PORTIONS OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA Mesoscale Discussion 2017NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK0554 PM CDT Mon Aug 17 2026Areas affected...portions of western and central South DakotaConcerning...Severe Thunderstorm Watch 591...Valid 172254Z - 180000ZThe severe weather threat for Severe Thunderstorm Watch 591continues.SUMMARY...The risk for severe wind and hail will continue acrosswestern and central SD over the next seve

SPC MD 2016

MD 2016 CONCERNING SEVERE POTENTIAL...WATCH LIKELY FOR PORTIONS OF WESTERN INTO CENTRAL NEBRASKA Mesoscale Discussion 2016NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK0529 PM CDT Mon Aug 17 2026Areas affected...portions of western into central NebraskaConcerning...Severe potential...Watch likely Valid 172229Z - 172330ZProbability of Watch Issuance...80 percentSUMMARY...The risk for severe hail and wind is increasing acrossportions of western and central Nebraska. A WW issuance will beissued soon.

SPC MD 2018

MD 2018 CONCERNING SEVERE POTENTIAL...WATCH UNLIKELY FOR NORTHERN MISSISSIPPI/ALABAMA INTO SOUTHERN MIDDLE TENNESSEE Mesoscale Discussion 2018NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK0604 PM CDT Mon Aug 17 2026Areas affected...Northern Mississippi/Alabama into Southern MiddleTennesseeConcerning...Severe potential...Watch unlikely Valid 172304Z - 180100ZProbability of Watch Issuance...5 percentSUMMARY...Isolated damaging wind gusts are possible into theevening. The severe wind threat is expec

SPC MD 2015

MD 2015 CONCERNING SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 590... FOR EASTERN TENNESSEE INTO WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA Mesoscale Discussion 2015NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK0449 PM CDT Mon Aug 17 2026Areas affected...Eastern Tennessee into Western North CarolinaConcerning...Severe Thunderstorm Watch 590...Valid 172149Z - 172345ZThe severe weather threat for Severe Thunderstorm Watch 590continues.SUMMARY...The threat for damaging winds will continue over the nextfew hours as storms cluster across t

See it: Lightning triggers massive tank explosion in Oklahoma

GLENPOOL, Oklahoma - Three gas tanks exploded in Glenpool, Oklahoma, on Monday, after lightning struck a tank at a pipeline facility.AMERICAN TOURIST KILLED BY LIGHTNING WHILE CLIMBING MOUNT ETNA AMID ACTIVE VOLCANIC PHASEAround 8:30 a.m., emergency personnel, including the Glenpool Police Department and local fire crews, responded to the facility following reports of an explosion.Evacuations for surrounding businesses and residents were immediately ordered, while a shelter-in-place order went i

Magnitude 4.1 earthquake rattles Hawaiian island slammed by former Hurricane Lala

THE TAKEAWAYBIG ISLAND, Hawaii - A magnitude 4.1 earthquake rattled Hawaii's Big Island on Monday, and officials are warning that aftershocks are possible in the coming days to weeks.The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) said the earthquake happened about 10 miles south-southeast of Hōnaunau-Nāpōʻopoʻo on the Big Island at a depth of 14 miles below sea level. The rattling took place at 9:24 a.m. local time.It's the latest earthquake to rattle the Pacific Ring of Fire — which is the most seismically

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