Tornado warning south of St. Louis; More storms possible Wed. from Texas to Tenn., Ga.; Severe storms possible Fri. and Sat. in same areas; Storm could bring 20 inches of snow to N. Black Hills in W. S.D.; Spring storm dumps snow on W. N.D.; Cooler weather coming to N., C. Texas, Okla.; AccuWeather: Plains likely to see summer drought; Ill. already ahead of annual tornado average; Times-Picayune, Sun Herald win Pulitzers for Katrina coverage; Federal officials urge Md. citizens to prepare for hurricanes; Ala. wants 2-year colleges for shelters; Texas leaders’ emergency plan may defy Perry
Stormy: Tornado warning south of St. Louis | Radar loop | Weather Plus streaming video | More coverage from KMOV-TV 4
More storms possible Wednesday across the South from Texas to Tennessee and Georgia
Severe storms possible Friday and Saturday in same areas
Cold: Storm could bring 20 inches of snow to northern Black Hills in western South Dakota | NWS watches/warnings map, radar loop and Western S.D. weather and live webcam images | Spring storm brings snow to western North Dakota
Cooler: Cooler weather coming to North, Central Texas and Oklahoma
Dry: AccuWeather: Plains likely to see summer drought
Other Weather News: Illinois already ahead of annual tornado average
Times-Picayune, Sun Herald win Pulitzers for Katrina coverage
Federal officials urge Maryland citizens to prepare for hurricanes
Ala. wants 2-year colleges for shelters
From Texas: Local leaders’ emergency plan may defy Perry
Top 5 WXnation.com city weather and webcam pages visited on Tuesday: 1. St. Louis 2. Austin 3. Kansas City 4. Dallas/Fort Worth 5. Rapid City … See the top 20 so far this month in the center column of our home page
For the record, the NWS predicted the midwest drought to persist long before Accuweather’s press release Monday: http://www.cpc.noaa.gov/products/expert_assessment/seasonal_drought.html. It is a shame that the article portrays Accuweather’s announcement as news when the NWS has been saying this for some time.
Dan,
Indeed, the drought is not “news,” and I’m all about giving NOAA credit where credit is due… It is front-and-center in NOAA’s spring outlook released in mid-March, but specifics on drought conditions for the months of July and August will probably not be officially released by NOAA until the summer outlook is released several weeks from now. Until then, they do have these forecast maps (Legend is here)