The Chicago area could see widely scattered showers and thunderstorms Saturday afternoon, with damaging “downburst winds” and quarter-size hail possible. Storms were forming in the western portions of ...

The material in this paper was jointly researched, compiled, and written by J.S. Held. It was originally published for attendees of the 31st Conference on Severe Local Storms in October 2024.

During the first half of 2023 alone, there were over 7,000 reports of severe-caliber thunderstorm winds or associated damage, according to the National Weather Service’s Storm Prediction Center. These ...

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Heat advisories and excessive heat warnings are in place across NWA and the River Valley before storm chances later this evening. It will be a stormy 4th of July night. From 6 p.m. Thursday to 2 a.m.

Thunderstorms can come with many different hazards and one of those hazards is a downburst. A downburst is the collapse of a thunderstorm that produces a lot of wind energy. Strong thunderstorms ...

WASHINGTON (7News) — A line of severe storms moving at highway speeds slammed the D.C. and Baltimore metros Friday evening, leading to widespread wind damage and even a couple of tornado warnings. On ...