Winter Drought Leads to Elevated Fire Concerns
May 23, 2013 AccuWeather Staff Writers A fire season that started early this year may get much worse over the next five to six months. A winter that started off wet in November and December 2012 turned into the driest winter on record in more than 130 years for parts of Southern California. Since Jan. [...]
Live: Evacuations, Water Rescues as Severe Storms Move East
By Jillian MacMath, AccuWeather.com Staff Writer May 22, 2013 Severe storms are shifting eastward into the Ohio Valley and will continue over upstate New York and part of New England through Wednesday. Strong to severe thunderstorms will impact areas from Nashville, Tenn., to Cincinnati and Cleveland, Ohio, Detroit, Mich., and Buffalo and Albany, N.Y., [...]
Northeast Memorial Day Weekend to Start Wet, Chilly
By Alex Sosnowski, Expert Senior Meteorologist May 22, 2013 The Memorial Day weekend will begin cool, windy and rainy in New England and part of the mid-Atlantic. The storm system responsible for severe weather and deadly tornadoes over the Plains earlier this week will give birth to a new storm over the Northeast as [...]
Severe Weather Moves into Detroit, Cincinnati Wednesday
By Brian Thompson, Meteorologist May 22, 2013 The focus for severe storms will shift eastward into the Ohio Valley on Wednesday, bringing the threat for damaging winds, hail and heavy rainfall. The thunderstorms will be fueled by warm and humid air that will be in place across the Ohio and Tennessee valleys. With a warm, [...]
Severe Storms to Reach DC, NYC, Albany Thursday
By Alex Sosnowski, Expert Senior Meteorologist May 21, 2013 The same storm system responsible for producing violent and deadly thunderstorms in Oklahoma recently will reach the heavily populated Atlantic Seaboard Thursday. The nature of the storms will change somewhat from producing tornadoes to more of a straight-line wind gust, hail and flash flooding event. However, [...]
Severe Storms From Texas to New York
May 21, 2013 By AccuWeather Staff Writers More severe weather is on the way for the southern Plains on Tuesday as well as parts of the Midwest and the Northeast. Severe weather will spread from Texas to New York as an area of low pressure over the central Plains slowly moves to the east. Thunderstorms [...]
Summerlike Tuesday in DC, Philadelphia, New York
By Courtney Spamer, Meteorologist May 20, 2013 Rising temperatures and humidity across the mid-Atlantic will have it feeling like the end of June. After a day of temperatures near 80 degrees on Monday, the humidity will be kicking up on Tuesday, making it feel sticky across the area. Temperatures will be reaching the middle to [...]
Heavy Rain Dumps on Carolinas, Virginia
By Courtney Spamer, Meteorologist May 20, 2013 Showers and thunderstorms will bring heavy rain to portions of the mid-Atlantic and Southeast.. Thunderstorms will extend from Massachusetts to Florida Monday afternoon and into the evening. The storms are not expected to be severe; however, they could contain locally strong wind gusts. While heat builds in [...]
Dallas to Chicago: Severe Storm Outbreak Continues Monday
By Meghan Evans, Meteorologist May 19, 2013 Severe storms may erupt from Dallas to Chicago on Monday as the storm system that spawned several tornadoes across the Plains on Saturday and Sunday shifts slowly to the east. . Oklahoma City, Tulsa, St. Louis, Milwaukee and Green Bay are among the cities at risk for severe [...]
Tornado Threat Exists for Oklahoma City to Kansas City
May 19, 2013 By AccuWeather Staff Writers More severe weather is in store for the Plains on Sunday in the wake of a day with more than 200 reports of severe weather. The area that will be affected by this severe weather will stretch from South Dakota to Texas, just east of where severe weather [...]
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