Severe Thunderstorms and Heavy Rainfall Across the South; Heat Spreads Across the West and Southern Plains

A couple of frontal boundaries will move east and south from the Plains to the Gulf and Atlantic coastlines. These boundaries will focus showers and thunderstorms through the weekend, with scattered severe thunderstorms from the Southern Plains and across the Gulf Coast states. Locally heavy rainfall may also occur, which may be welcome news across drought areas. Meanwhile, heat spreads westward. Read More >

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Last Map Update: Sat, May 9, 2026 at 6:12:38 pm CDT

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Strong to severe storms will be possible late this afternoon/evening across portions of Oklahoma and western north Texas. Large hail and damaging wind gusts will be the primary hazards.

Multiple rounds of storms will be possible overnight into Sunday. Strong to severe storms will remain possible but transition to other areas and intensity of hazards late this evening/overnight compared to late this afternoon/evening. Damaging wind gusts up to 80 mph and large hail will be the primary hazards. Locally heavy rain/flooding will also be a concern.

Multiple rounds of storms are possible across parts of the area late this afternoon into Sunday. Some of the storms could become strong to severe with large hail and damaging winds the primary concerns. Here is the potential timing of severe storms.

A warming trend starts next week becoming hot by Tuesday into Wednesday with near-record breaking temperatures possible through the latter half of next week.

Local Weather History For May 9th...

This day in 2003 marked the last day of a 3-day string of strong to
violent tornadoes over Oklahoma. Like the day before, May 9, 2003 saw
strong tornadoes plague central parts of the Sooner state. During the
evening hours, tornadic storms ripped through areas from near Binger,
in Caddo County, east and northeast through Union City, Bethany and
Warr Acres, into Edmond, Wellston and Stroud. The strongest tornado
produced F3 damage as it tore through the Edmond and Luther areas.
Remarkably, there were only 10 injuries and no fatalities. The low
numbers are attributed to the preparedness and actions taken by
Oklahomans, emergency management, broadcast media, and the National
Weather Service Forecast Office.

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