A multiple-day severe weather outbreak packing powerful wind gusts, tornadoes, large hail and flash flooding will pose a significant risk to lives and property in the middle of the United States into Sunday, AccuWeather meteorologists continue to warn. The threat of severe weather returning to a portion of Tornado Alley that makes up much of the Great Plains after a lull over the past few years was brought to attention by AccuWeather's long-range team months ago during the spring outlook. Over t
Meteorologist Craig "Ceecee" Croskery has spent the last two years identifying, verifying and logging buildings that he described as "almost impossible" for the average citizen to easily find, despite the fact that they are meant to be places of refuge in life-threatening severe weather events. Mere seconds can mean the difference between life and death when a tornado strikes and time matters even more when seeking out the closest public storm shelter. "It matters because oftentimes seconds c
Following a relative lull in severe weather to end last week and start this one, Tornado Alley could roar back to life beginning later this week, as a severe weather event is expected to unfold and extend across multiple days and states, warn AccuWeather meteorologists. "A potential multi-day severe weather outbreak is possible across the central U.S. starting Thursday afternoon," said AccuWeather Senior Meteorologist Dan Pydynowski. "There could be multiple rounds of severe thunderstorms across