Widespread and potentially severe thunderstorms, including the possibility of damaging winds and tornadoes, are likely on Friday for over a dozen states in the Midwest and the mid-South, potentially affecting over 30 million people. The thunderstorms, which could bring heavy rain and flash flooding threats, are likely to begin in the middle-to-lower Mississippi Valley and…
A regional outbreak of severe thunderstorms, with damaging gusts of up to 75 miles per hour, hail as large as billiard balls or larger, and several tornadoes — including some that could be “intense” — is expected Thursday into Friday across a swath of the country from Texas to Tennessee, forecasters warned. Over 30 million…
At least three tornadoes had been reported in Kansas and Oklahoma as part of a powerful storm that packed severe gusts as it moved northeast from the Texas panhandle on Sunday evening, forecasters from the National Weather Service said. Tornado watches and warnings remained in effect in Oklahoma. One of the tornadoes downed trees and…
The Weather Service in Birmingham, Ala., identified five areas in the state of likely tornado damage. It said it would not be able to carry out damage assessments until Wednesday because of ongoing threats, including a tornado warning that was in place on Tuesday afternoon in eastern Alabama, near Roanoke. On Tuesday evening, a tornado…
A line of storms moving across North Texas spawned at least two confirmed tornadoes on Tuesday, including one near Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport, where passengers were briefly urged to shelter in place and hundreds of flights were delayed. There were two reports of injuries and “multiple reports of homes and businesses damaged” in Wise County,…