severe weather

There has been a lot of areas recently reporting big booms. What is all this noise about? Could these loud noises be preventing hail?

West Michigan has been placed in an enhanced risk for strong/severe thunderstorms Wednesday night and into Thursday morning.

Damn heatwave.

The state of Michigan wants to make sure we're prepared for severe weather.
WLNS reports that Governor Gretchen Whitmer has declared March 24-30 as Severe Weather Awareness Week in Michigan.
While severe weather can occur at an time in Michigan, tornados are most common in Michigan…

Several rounds of showers and thunderstorms, some potentially on the strong to severe side, are forecast for tonight.

This video is getting a lot of play around the country, as a TV anchor takes the viewers to task.
It has to deal with storm safety.  You would think viewers would care...but...not when there’s good TV on.

A rough morning filled with severe weather, flooding, and power outages across West Michigan.
Hard rain and flooding were spread across West Michigan. Some areas got hit hard, while others didn't see as much rain.
Over 5,000 Consumers Energy customers lost power this morning in Jenison...

I'm kind of a weather geek.  Having grown up in eastern Iowa and then living in Wichita, Kansas, I always had an appreciation for severe weather and strong storms.
Since Wichita is right in the thick of "tornado alley," some of my days on the radio included covering severe weather, some day…

This Winter weather has been the strangest, wackiest, most unusual weather we have seen in many years.  Oh, I know it's happened before.  But, this season, lighter snow fall totals, warm ups, cool downs, and wild storms have left our heads spinning.

NBC Nightly News reports that by  late afternoon today The Weather Channel had tallied 17 tornadoes across Minnesota, Iowa, and Missouri.  Severe weather watches and warnings cover a thousand mile stretch from Dallas north to Minnesota.