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Critical to Extremely Critical Fire Weather Conditions in Southern California; Hurricane Rafael

A strong Santa Ana wind event will lead to critical to extremely critical fire weather conditions over portions of southern California Wednesday. Rafael has strengthened into a hurricane and is expected to enter the Gulf of Mexico by Thursday. Tropical Storm Watches have been issued for parts of the Florida Keys. It is too soon to determine any northern Gulf Coast impacts. Read More >

Overview

A line of severe thunderstorms moved rapidly east through southwest into central Kansas during the late evening hours of 26 May 2019 into the early overnight hours of 27 May 2019. Several short-lived tornadoes resulted from this line of storms with all tornadoes resulting in either EF1 or EF0 damage.

 

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