• Freeze Warnings issued for parts of Kentucky, Indiana, Illinois and Missouri

    Freeze Warnings have been issued across Kentucky, southern Indiana, southern Illinois, and southeast Missouri, with sub-freezing temperatures forecast overnight into March 28, 2026. The warnings are in effect from late March 27 through the morning hours of March 28, with minimum temperatures expected between −4°C and −1.5°C (24–29°F). Frost and freeze conditions are expected to damage crops, sensitive vegetation, and exposed outdoor plumbing.

  • Freeze Warnings and Watches issued across parts of Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Missouri, and Tennessee

    Freeze Warnings and Watches have been issued for parts of eight southern U.S. states as sub-freezing temperatures are forecast from March 16 into March 17, 2026. Temperatures could fall as low as −12°C (10°F) in the coldest parts of Arkansas, while many other areas are expected to bottom out in the −7°C to −2°C (19 to 28°F) range. Frost, freeze conditions, and gusty post-frontal winds may damage sensitive vegetation and, in the coldest areas, affect exposed outdoor plumbing.

  • Enhanced Risk of severe thunderstorms for parts of Missouri, Iowa, Illinois and Indiana on March 10

    An Enhanced Risk of severe thunderstorms is in effect for parts of the Midwest on March 10, 2026, including northeast Missouri, southeast Iowa, northern and central Illinois, and northwest Indiana. The forecast environment supports the development of supercells and organized thunderstorm clusters capable of producing tornadoes, damaging wind gusts, and large hail during the afternoon and evening hours.

  • Winter weather impacts Appalachians and Mid-Atlantic while severe storm risk expands across parts of Oklahoma and Kansas

    A lifting frontal boundary draped from the southern Plains to the Mid-Atlantic is producing a swath of mixed winter precipitation across the Ohio and Tennessee Valleys on March 2, 2026, while setting the stage for isolated severe thunderstorms in Oklahoma and Kansas on March 3. Winter weather advisories are in effect from Indiana to Pennsylvania, with ice accretion possible across the higher terrain of the Appalachians, according to the Weather Prediction Center.

  • Prolonged heat wave causes two deaths in Texas and Missouri, United States

    Two heat-related deaths were reported in Texas and Missouri between June 21 and 23, 2025, as a prolonged and intense heat wave driven by a persistent heat dome engulfed large parts of the central and eastern United States. Extreme heat will linger in the Ohio Valley through Friday, then we will finally see some relief from the heat this weekend.