That may have been the best half of USMNT soccer that we have ever witnessed - they are dialed in 🇺🇸

This has to be one of the most comprehensive and detailed damage surveys that I’ve ever seen! NWS St. Louis spent the last year refining the May 16, 2025 St. Louis Tornado damage assessment Incredible work by the forecast office and local partners www.weather.gov/lsx/STLTornado

For the first time ever in @nws.noaa.gov forecast office operations history, forecasters used Phased Array radar data (the Advanced Technology Demonstrator [ATD]) to supplement their warning operations to issue a tornado warning for the EF-2 tornado near Caney, Oklahoma www.ou.edu/ciwro/news/a...

“Ain’t No Love in Oklahoma” (from Twisters)…in Oklahoma Memorial Stadium…while it’s raining and severe weather is on the doorstep Epic

Huge props to NWS Norman and OU Emergency Preparedness for moving the Luke Combs concert up a couple hours to make sure that the artists could make it through their setlists and get everyone out safely!

Looks like we may have had a downburst occur just north of the house

May in Oklahoma

The E Franklin to Monticello Mississippi tornado was given a preliminary rating of EF3 (estimated peak winds of 137 mph) and a path length of 35.9 miles Fantastic work by NWS Jackson Mississippi for providing an average lead time of 38 minutes (0 casualties have been reported from the tornado)

Monster tornadic supercells in the Deep South this evening Check out the overshooting tops and the gravity waves traveling downstream

May the fourth be with you

It’s the wonder of nature, baby!

Amazing radar imagery from the C-band miniCOW Doppler on Wheels from the Braman, Oklahoma tornado Watch how the satellite tornado is ingested into the main tornado 🌪️

NWS Norman surveyed several EF4 damage indicators from the tornado near Enid, Oklahoma last night (damage surveys still ongoing) This is the first EF4 in Garfield County since April 26, 1991 (F4)

When someone asks me what springtime in Oklahoma is like - I show them something like this

Wisconsin is shattering records for the number of severe thunderstorm and tornado warnings issued through this part of the year (284) There have already been as many SVR+TOR issued in Wisconsin from January 1 - April 18 as the previous 12 years combined during that same timeframe

how it started how it’s going

Science is so f’ing cool Welcome home #ArtemisII crew!

NASA, Air Force, and Navy planes and helicopters are in position for the #ArtemisII Orion spacecraft splashdown off the coast of San Diego

Just as we are losing the signal from the Artemis II crew on the Orion spacecraft, the NASA live feed shows a crescent Earth behind the crescent Moon Just incredible

Happy Easter!

I love having a 1-min resolution TDWR nearby 📡

See the aurora? That basically represents Earth’s atmosphere Incredible how thin our atmosphere is relative to the Earth itself As a meteorologist, that thin area is my specialty Mind-blowing

Local on the 8s is directly responsible for two things in my life: 1) Becoming a meteorologist ⛈️ 2) Becoming a jazz guitarist 🎸 *sound on* weather.com/retro/

GOES-18 (GOES West) Mesoscale 2 Sector was focused all the way east to view Florida for the #ArtemisII launch and captured it beautifully! 🚀

In honor of the Artemis II launch, a throwback to a couple years ago when I had VIP access to watch the GOES-U launch at Kennedy Space Center I saw the VAB that housed Artemis II, Launch Complex 39B, and I got to walk down the same ramp that the astronauts will walk down today before launch! 🚀

Closing out March 2026, OKC set the record for the highest average max temperature for the month of March (76.4°F) and the highest average temperature for the month of March (61°F) YTD, 2026 is also record-setting for highest average max temperature (64.1°F) and highest average temperature (50°F)

SWEET CORN 16

Three consecutive days of record-breaking global high temperature records for a single day (counts dating back to July 2010 - coolwx.com/record)

March Madness in Norman, Oklahoma ☝️

According to coolwx.com, March 19, 2026 now has the top number of global high temperatures records for a single day (counts dating back to July 2010)

Phoenix, AZ just set the record for the earliest occurrence of a recorded 100°F temperature (March 18, 2026) The previous record for earliest occurrence of a recorded 100°F temperature in Phoenix was March 26, 1988 The average first occurrence of a recorded 100°F temperature in Phoenix is May 10

I-35 between Lindsey and Main Street in Norman, Oklahoma is shut down due to downed powerlines The live traffic camera on the Main Street bridge (shaking like crazy!) shows southbound traffic being diverted to the off ramp at Main Street

Everything Everywhere All At Once

This is also the first time ever that a Storm Prediction Center Day 2 Convective Outlook has included a 60% Wind Risk

The Storm Prediction Center did upgrade portions of the Mid-Atlantic region to a Moderate Risk (Level 4 out of 5) in their Day 2 Convective Outlook The last time a Day 2 Moderate Risk was issued for this area was in June 2013 (for the June 12-13 Derecho event)

The Day 3 Convective Outlook from the Storm Prediction Center mentioned the possibility of upgrading portions of the Mid-Atlantic region to a Moderate Risk (Level 4 out of 5) in subsequent outlooks The last Day 2 Moderate Risk for the Mid-Atlantic was June 2013 (the June 12-13, 2013 Derecho)

With NWS damage surveys completed yesterday, Oklahoma has officially set the record for the most confirmed tornadoes ever in the month of March with 20

The Mid-Atlantic region is currently in a Day 4 30% risk from the Storm Prediction Center This is only the second time that this area has been in this level of a risk at the Day 4 issuance (available records back to early 2015) The last time this Day 4 30% issuance occurred was June 2, 2016

In case you missed it, the viral hail report in Kankakee, Illinois that was challenging the record for largest recorded hailstone ever (8 inches - Vivian, SD) is gone However, Illinois does have a new state-record hailstone (also from Kankakee) with a preliminary maximum size of 6.14 inches

Preliminary local storm reports (PLSRs) of 2-inch and larger hail from March 10, 2026 and the Storm Prediction Center Day 1 Convective Outlook Hail Probability Verification (with conditional intensities)

Evolution of the convective outlooks from the Storm Prediction Center from the Day 5 severe weather outlook on March 6 through the morning of March 11 (with preliminary reports as of 12Z) Stellar work once again in communicating hazards days in advance (including conditional intensities)

This supercell trekking through OKC is a prolific lightning producer⚡️

Massive updraft and mammatus forming on the underside of the anvil on the tornado-warned supercell that is encroaching on the OKC metro

Tornado watches spanning 1,100+ miles from southwest Texas to north-central Illinois

Large Hail Parameter and Violent Tornado Parameter for southern Texas and the Midwest Could see some GIANT hail in the Texas Big Country (Del Rio likely gonna Del Rio) in addition to possible tornadoes Large hail and tornadoes are also possible along the warm front across portions of the Midwest

Updated tornado survey results from NWS Northern Indiana (including the Union City, MI tornado - estimated winds up to 160 mph [high-end EF3]) mesonet.agron.iastate.edu/wx/afos/p.ph... The Union City, MI tornado had an average lead time of 11 minutes (included crossing into NWS Grand Rapids CWA)

The Union City, MI tornado is a prime example of one of the experimental scenarios that we tested in the Hazardous Weather Testbed at NSSL with Threats in Motion - how to handle severe weather that straddles neighboring County Warning Areas (in this case - NWS Northern Indiana and NWS Grand Rapids)

The Union City, Michigan tornado has been given a preliminary EF-3 rating with estimated winds of 150 mph mesonet.agron.iastate.edu/wx/afos/p.ph...

Busy start to the year for severe weather in Oklahoma Through March 7, we’ve had the second most tornado warnings issued in the state on record to date and a tie for most severe thunderstorm warnings issued in the state to date Can’t thank the folks at the NWS offices enough for all their efforts