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Thursday brings excessive heat, severe weather threat
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Dangerous heat and humidity are bearing down on the Northeast on Thursday, following a surge of more than 350 storms on Wednesday — one of the stormiest days of 2026 so far
Southeastern Wisconsin faces another round of potentially severe weather, with the threat of hail, damaging winds, tornadoes and flooding. 6:02 p.m. A Tornado Warning has been issued for Kenosha and Racine counties until 6:45 p.
A low risk for a few severe thunder NOAA’s Storm Prediction Center is forecasting a Level 1 out of 5 -- or marginal -- risk for severe storms on Friday. A Level 1 risk means isolated severe storms will be possible.
The Lehigh Valley and surrounding areas are under a severe thunderstorm warning Thursday evening as another evening of storms was expected across the region.
The Mumford & Sons concert at Wrigley Field is delayed until 10 p.m. because of severe storms racing toward the Chicago area
Virtually the entire Chicago area is under a severe thunderstorm watch as powerful lines of storms rumble toward the region. Get live updates here.
A dryline in the northeastern Panhandle could spark thunderstorm development beginning as early as 2 p.m., though the greatest window for severe weather is expected between 4 p.m. and 10 p.m., according to the National Weather Service (NWS) Amarillo Office.
States across the Midwest and northern Plains could see ongoing flooding as severe storms hit, forecasters say.
