14May2025 Read more FORECAST: Severe Storms Return!! The return of powerful jet stream winds are expected to result in a multi-day severe weather event across parts of the Midwest/Great Lakes and Ohio Valley as we head into the weekend. Latest on tornado risk and timing in this video update...
13May2025 Read more FORECAST: Midweek Showers Give Way to Big Weekend Storms! The Storm Prediction Center has a Slight Risk of severe storms posted for much of the Midwest and Ohio Valley going into the weekend. Details on main threats and if tornadoes will be an issue in the blog...
5May2025 Read more MAY OUTLOOK: Accessing The Water Shut off Valve After weeks of rain, WE FINALLY will have a chance to dry out as we head into middle May. Just how much rain has fallen since March and when Mother Nature turns off the fire hose in this weather outlook.
2Apr2025 Read more HIGH RISK ISSUED: "Numerous Strong Tornadoes LIKELY" SPC: "A tornado outbreak is expected today and tonight from parts of the lower Mississippi Valley into the Mid-South and lower Ohio Valley. Numerous tornadoes, along with multiple EF3+ tornadoes, appear likely." Latest on the HIGH RISK and TORNADO THREAT...
29Mar2025 Read more VIDEO UPDATE: Tornado and Flood Threats this Week! VIDEO: After a lull in activity over the last 10 days or so, the Eastern US is about to go into a very active period with multiple rounds of severe storms expected. Specifically discussing the TORNADO THREAT Sunday Night and again on Wednesday. In addition, we are looking at the potential of EXCESSIVE RAINFALL with flooding becoming a real threat by late week.
2Apr2024 Read more Stories from '74: SPC's Deputy Director Bill Bunting The Deputy Director of the Storm Prediction Center, William Bunting, sat down with me, virtually, to discuss the significance of the 1974 Super Outbreak and how it has led to MANY of the advances in meteorology that we take for granted today..
2Apr2024 Read more Stories from '74: Louisville NWS Forecaster Dave Reeves Dave Reeves was a forecaster working for the National Weather Service in Louisville on April 3, 1974. He is the guy that issued the Tornado Warning for the city on that fateful day. Here is his story..
2Apr2024 Read more Stories from '74: Brandenburg's Dan Dressel Dan Dressel was 15 years old when the tornado struck Brandenburg. He lost his father in that storm and nearly lost his mother and grandparents as well. Here is his story..
1Apr2024 Read more PROMO: The Super Outbreak On April 3, 1974 the Eastern US bore witness to the most violent outbreak of tornadoes ever recorded. It is a day that changed the course of weather history.