Posts Tagged ‘Thunderstorm’

The violent thunderstorm that struck early Wednesday morning caused an estimated $50,000 in damage to the Edmond Public Schools’ athletic facilities, district athletic director Mike Nunley said. Of the damages, an estimated $30,000 came at Edmond North High School, where the play clock on the school’s football field was at a 45-degree angle, trees were [...]

Violent thunderstorms will pound parts of the northern and central Plains today into tonight as a storm system advances eastward along the United States-Canada border. On Sunday, powerful thunderstorms triggered by this system pounded parts of the northern Rockies. Thunderstorm winds gusting past 50 mph damaged an airplane hangar at the Salt Lake City International [...]

A storm system pushing across the Midwest was already sparking severe thunderstorms near Kansas City, St. Louis and in other parts of Missouri early Friday afternoon. Downed trees and power lines have been reported. More thunderstorms like these will ignite through tonight, evolving into a line that extends from Missouri and eastern Kansas to the [...]

As a new disturbance moves out of the northern Rockies, locally damaging thunderstorms and flash flooding will again visit portions of the northern and central Plains through Tuesday. As Meteorologist Meghan Evans discussed earlier Monday, hot air ramming northward, combined with a strong jet stream overhead will help to fuel the latest round of severe [...]

Severe thunderstorms will become more widespread over the Midwest today. Chicago  and Detroit  are among the cities, towns and rural areas being threatened. Today is starting with a cluster of thunderstorms spreading from Iowa to the upper Great Lakes. Milwaukee and Green Bay lie in the path of these thunderstorms.

AccuWeather.com meteorologists expect violent thunderstorms will form in the Upper Midwest during the early portions of Wednesday morning. Morning commutes may be hampered as these storms have the potential to ravish the region with destructive winds, downpours leading to flash flooding and large hail.

A cold front that stretches from New York to Texas has been moving slowly. The front has triggered plenty of thunderstorms, and pockets of heavy rain. Parts of eastern Texas and western Texas will continue to see heavy rain and thunderstorms. The storms in western Texas have the best chance to produce severe weather and [...]

MANHATTAN – Severe weather season has already had a profound impact on the 2010 Kansas wheat crop, with hail and straight line winds flattening fields in northern Kansas last week and severe thunderstorms and tornadoes racing across the landscape in southern Kansas. Meanwhile, the effects of a Mother’s Day weekend cold snap on the wheat [...]

While no widespread outbreak of severe weather is expected tonight, the risk of dangerous and destructive thunderstorms will begin later Thursday and last through much of the weekend. Thunderstorms will ignite this evening across the northern High Plains. However, without sufficient moisture in place, an outbreak of severe weather is not expected. Still, it is [...]

Flooding rain, violent thunderstorms and a tornado outbreak are among the concerns AccuWeather.com meteorologists have this weekend for the Ohio and lower Mississippi valleys, including Churchill Downs and the Kentucky Derby Saturday. Read more »