Weather Events
Flood watch active in central Illinois
Alert for Cass; Christian; Clark; Clay; Coles; Crawford; Cumberland; Effingham; Fulton; Jasper; Lawrence; Logan; Macon; Mason; Menard; Morgan; Moultrie; Richland; Sangamon; Schuyler; Scott; Shelby (Illinois) Issued by the National Weather...
Read moreBi-state region under heat advisory
The bi-state region will be under a heat advisory beginning mid-morning on Monday. Temperatures are to be in the 90s to 100s, with heat indexes in the 110s. The affected...
Read moreTornadoes confirmed in Missouri’s Lead Belt, southwestern Illinois
ST. MARY, FREDERICKTOWN and FARMINGTON, Mo./CHESTER, Ill. -- The National Weather Service (NWS) in St. Louis confirms that tornadoes touched down Sunday evening throughout the bi-state region. NWS alerts at...
Read moreHeavy snow, bitter cold across Illinois to make travel hazardous
SPRINGFIELD – The Illinois Department of Transportation and Illinois State Police are warning the public that a major winter storm will create hazardous conditions across the state, urging drivers to...
Read moreEarly-week storm to threaten more snow for Midwest, Northeast
STATE COLLEGE, Penn. (UPI) -- Following an expansive swath of snow stretching from the central Plains to the Great Lakes and Eastern Seaboard this weekend, another round of snow is...
Read moreApril warmup to encompass central, eastern U.S. into midweek
Increasingly mild conditions across the eastern half of the U.S. will send temperatures rising into midweek. In the wake of a record-breaking winter storm that tracked through the Plains, temperatures...
Read moreSevere thunderstorms, flooding to impact the U.S. Midwest
Portions of the midwestern United States are expected to deal with rounds of thunderstorms, which may pose a threat for flooding, damaging winds, hail and even a tornado or two...
Read moreAccuWeather: Bahamas has potential for tropical development
THE BAHAMAS (UPI) -- AccuWeather meteorologists and National Hurricane Center forecasters are monitoring the southwestern Atlantic Ocean for potential gradual tropical development later this week. The Atlantic basin has been...
Read moreRising flood waters forces Pere Marquette juvenile facility to transfer services
GRAFTON/SPRINGFIELD (Heartland Newsfeed) -- Rising flood waters along the Mississippi and Illinois Rivers in Jersey County is prompting the Illinois Department of Juvenile Justice (IDJJ) to transfer operations from the...
Read moreMississippi woman is first tornado death this year
COLUMBUS, Miss. (UPI) -- A 41-year-old woman died after being caught in a building that collapsed in Mississippi, becoming the first tornado death in the United States this year. The...
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