Drivers across a five-state stretch of the Plains and Gulf Coast face an active severe thunderstorm threat today, Friday May 8, 2026, with golf ball hail, 60 mph wind gusts, and embedded supercell ...

Thunderstorms need moisture, energy — which meteorologists call instability — and some sort of lift to form. Usually, the lift comes from cold and warmer air masses colliding along a line called a ...

Fitting for an active March, the final day of the month brought severe weather. This trend continued into the first week of April, leading to rounds of severe storms every day from March 31 to April 4 ...