Tornadoes, damaging wind gusts blast Plains before severe weather shifts east for Easter weekend
The first round of a fierce storm passed through the plains on Thursday. Level 3 of NOAA’s Storm Prediction Center’s five risk zones included over 1 million people, with Omaha, Nebraska, located in Bullseye. The city missed seeing the strongest storm, but prevented warning sirens from erupting on the north side of the city, and […]
Nearly 2,000 flights delayed or canceled as winter storm bashes Plains, mid-Atlantic
More than 1,000 flights were canceled and hundreds of others were delayed across the United States on Monday as a winter storm brought heavy snow and ice to much of the country. As of 6:45 a.m. ET, a total of 1,339 flights were canceled and 606 were delayed, according to aviation tracking website FlightAware. Southwest […]
Dangerous storms lead to flash flooding, severe weather over Southern Plains
More life-threatening severe weather is possible in the southern Plains after a twister hit the nation’s center on Friday. Additionally, there is growing confidence that flash flooding is possible in parts of east-central Oklahoma, with 5 to 10 inches of rain possible by Sunday. More than 50 million people are under threat from severe weather […]