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<div>Lucy is originally from the Boston area but has spent the last four years forecasting and living in Colorado! She stayed in the northeast for her education, graduating Summa Cum Laude from SUNY Oswego with a B.S. in Meteorology. Just a few days after graduation, she made the cross country move to Colorado Springs, CO to begin her career at KKTV, the CBS affiliate. Lucy has covered historic blizzards, tornadoes, windstorms, the largest wildfires in Colorado state history and dust storms ... they truly "get it all" in Colorado! Lucy is excited to forecast on a national level and continue her passion of explaining the science behind the weather!</div>
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Lucy Bergemann

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<p>Multiple strong storms have been rolling across the Gulf including a waterspout near Perdido Key, on the Alabama/Florida line. Multiple tornado warnings were issued in the panhandle as a line of storms blasted through.</p><div class="twitter-tweet" style="display: flex; justify-content: center" data-twitt-post-id="1790064462294028429" src="https://twitter.com/WeatherNation/status/1790064462294028429"></div><p>Storms in the Florida panhandle continue to push to the south and east through the evening with the risk of tornadoes and gusty winds along with heavy rainfall. More storms are possible from Texas into the Deep South tonight as storm development in central Texas will cluster overnight. Individual storm cells pose the risk of large hail and tornadoes between I-35 and I-45. As the evening progresses we will see individual cells cluster into a line of storms that continues overnight through Louisiana and Mississippi, eventually arriving into the Florida Panhandle and southern Alabama on Tuesday morning. For more on the storm threat in the Southeast on Tuesday and Wednesday,<a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.weathernationtv.com/news/midweek-severe-risk"><strong><em><u> visit our article here</u></em></strong></a>.</p><video src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2024/05/0513-1715638371088.mp4" controls="true" width="100%"></video><p>Given the amount of moisture in this airmass once storms develop there is a threat for large to very large hail, which is why the SPC has issued a "hatched" or "significant" <strong>threat for large hail</strong> for cities such as San Antonio and New Orleans. As storms organize into multicell clusters, the threat will shift into a <strong>significant wind threat,</strong> where storms could produce up to 75+ mph gusts across Texas, Louisiana, and southern Mississippi late Monday night and early Tuesday morning.</p><p><img src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2024/05/Screenshot 2024-05-13 161331-1715638420155.png"></p><p>These additional storms are plaguing an already saturated landscape and there aren't many spots for the additional rainfall to go, other than swollen waterways. An additional 2-4" of rainfall will be possible in parts of Texas and Louisiana through Tuesday before the system moves to the Gulf Coast states. For more information on the flooding threat, see this related article:<a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.weathernationtv.com/news/moderate-level-34-flood-threat-through-monday"><strong><em> Moderate (Level 3/4) Flood Threat Through Monday.</em></strong></a></p>

Taban Sharifi

Watch: Waterspout hits Florida Coast

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Taban Sharifi grew up in Southern California between Los Angeles and San Diego. She is a Certified Broadcast Meteorologist (CBM) with the American Meteorological Society (AMS). She has a B.S. in Atmospheric, Oceanic, and Environmental Sciences with a minor in Environmental Systems and Society from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). Go Bruins! While in school, Taban was a meteorology intern with NBC LA. There she helped forecast daily weather for the greater Los Angeles region and created a playbook to deploy weather sensors for NBC owned-and-operated stations across the country. Her first on-air job took her to San Angelo, Texas, where she was a morning meteorologist and co-anchor. Working in West Texas gave her knowledge and experience covering severe storms. From there, she moved to Palm Springs, California. People think forecasting in California is sunshine all the time, but with temperatures in the 120’s, wildfires, damaging winds, floodings, and earthquakes, the forecasting kept her very busy! She also worked there as a general assignment reporter and told community stories. Taban is excited for the challenge and opportunity to forecast nationally with WeatherNation. She also looks forward to exploring all that Colorado has to offer!

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<p>A Colorado Low positioned in the western Plains of Kansas and Colorado helped to orient Gulf moisture towards the mountains, brining snow to the higher elevations. Those easterly winds assisted with the upslope flow and enhanced snowfall for the highest elevations. Enough cold air was in place to support snowfall at the highest elevations.</p><p><img src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2024/05/co snow-1715632610340.jpg">Thundersnow was even heard!</p><div class="twitter-tweet" style="display: flex; justify-content: center" data-twitt-post-id="1789815320338702354" src="https://twitter.com/WeatherNation/status/1789815320338702354"></div><p>As we head through the work week, some spots across the Four Corners and Northern Rockies can anticipate more moisture ahead, especially during the afternoon hours. Daytime heating will prompt showers and storms throughout the next couple of afternoons. Outside of the highest elevations, most of this will fall as rain. A few flakes will impact peaks over 10k feet. This area of low pressure then gets a kick to the east where it sets up the severe weather threat on Wednesday in the Plains.</p><video src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2024/05/2024-05-13 14-34-08-1715632619017.mp4" controls="true" width="100%"></video><p>There is a marginal risk of severe weather in the Panhandle of Texas on Wednesday with the primary threat being large hail and damaging winds.</p><p><img src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2024/05/svrwed-1715632861668.jpg">A weak frontal boundary will drop south throughout the day on Wednesday. At the same time, temperatures will warm ahead of that cold front in the Texas and Oklahoma panhandle. With highs soaring into the 90s, this boundary might have just enough energy to work with to produce storms. Timing looks to favor the afternoon and evening on Wednesday. With these storms being driven by the heating of the day, they will likely fizzle the severity shortly after sunset.</p><video src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2024/05/2024-05-13 14-34-56-1715632554107.mp4" controls="true" width="100%"></video>

Colorado Low Brings More Showers & Severe Weather to Plains

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<p>Many cities from Texas, Oklahoma, Louisiana, Mississippi, Arkansas, and into the rest of the southeast have seen a surplus of rainfall over the last 30 days which has led to a heightened flooding risk with upcoming rounds of rainfall and storms. The areas highlighted in blue and green below have seen 200 to over 300% above the 30-day percentage of normal. It's been an especially wet start to the year across many southern cities, but Dallas Texas has had so much rainfall it's been the THIRD wettest start to the year wringing in at nearly 30" of rainfall since January.</p><p><img src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2024/05/05-12_30 day perc-1715553510555.png">More rain is on the way in the Deep South through Tuesday morning. A<strong> flood watch</strong> has been issued for portions of Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, and western Florida through Tuesday. Between 3" to 6" of widespread rainfall is possible with locally higher totals over 8" according to the National Weather Service. Read more here for the severe weather components: <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.weathernationtv.com/news/severe-weather-threat-this-week"><strong><em>Storms Move East Monday</em></strong></a></p><p><img src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2024/05/Screenshot 2024-05-13 160959-1715638216469.png">Multiple rounds of storms that continue into Monday will keep the flooding potential going across the south and southeast. This is why another <strong>MODERATE </strong>(level 3 out of 4) risk for flash flooding continues (there was a moderate risk on Sunday too). The threat includes southern Mississippi, southeast Louisiana, and lower Alabama for the greatest threat of flash flooding.</p><p><img src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2024/05/moderate -1715608580290.jpg">Forecast models exceed 3-5" of rainfall across these spots through Wednesday, so be cautious in flood waters, please. Some models are also showing rainfall rates as quick as 1.5" in 3 hours which will accelerate the potential for flash flooding.</p><p><img src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2024/05/05-13_rsc rse flood-1715628262616.png"></p>

Gulf Coast: Heightened Flood Risk Today

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<p>Wildfire smoke from Canada reached down and over parts of the northern plains. This led to moderate to unhealthy air in places like Appleton, Minneapolis, and Wausau this morning as a result, portions of Wisconsin and Minnesota are still under air quality alerts through late Monday morning because of the smoke. If you are sensitive to smoke or have underlying health conditions, please stay indoors and consider wearing a mask (like an N-95) to protect yourself from the particulates.</p><p><img src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2024/05/05-13_rnc aqi-1715628374894.png">Smoke will eventually push farther to the south throughout the rest of our Monday and into Tuesday. States like Iowa, Nebraska, and Illinois could see their air quality reduced over the next 48 hours.</p><video src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2024/05/2024-05-13 14-27-54-1715632120753.mp4" controls="true" width="100%"></video><p>Most of the wildfire smoke comes from British Columbia and the Northwest Territories of Canada. These are the same provinces that had an active fire season in May and June of 2023. Multiple <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.emergencyinfobc.gov.bc.ca/"><strong><em><u>evacuation orders</u></em></strong></a> are in effect for communities in British Columbia as fires advance.</p><p><img src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2024/05/map-1715609302263.jpg"></p><p>Canadian wildfire season runs from May through September with the most active months in June and July. 2023 was one of the most active seasons on record with thick smoke pouring into the northern U.S. and turning the skies over NYC, Boston, and Philadelphia an eerie orange.<img src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2024/05/Screenshot 2024-05-13 161744-1715638695749.png"> This year we have already seen half a million acres burned. 42 fires are burning "out of control" meaning there is no containment.</p><p><img src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2024/05/05-13 canadian wildfires-1715628345364.png"></p>

Thick Wildfire Smoke Spreads into the Northern U.S.

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Caitlin Connell

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<p>The atmosphere remains unstable as energy and moisture pushes from the Central U.S. and into the southeastern coast by the middle of the workweek. Tuesday and Wednesday bring a <strong>SLIGHT</strong> risk (level 2 out of 5). Tuesday's threat encompasses a large area from Tennessee through northern Florida including Alabama, Georgia, and South Carolina. All forms of severe weather are possible but our primary threat is damaging wind and an isolated tornado.</p><p><img src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2024/05/Screenshot 2024-05-13 161104-1715638271652.png">Storms from overnight on Monday hold together long enough to impact some parts of the Central Gulf by Tuesday morning. Eventually, the storms calm a bit as we head into the late morning and the early afternoon, but this doesn't last for long! More heat and fuel are added to the atmosphere after lunchtime, and this triggers more storm chances later in the day across Florida and the Carolinas. This push of storms lingers into the overnight hours, and we repeat the same timing and chances on Wednesday.</p><video src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2024/05/2024-05-13 14-29-22-1715632195839.mp4" controls="true" width="100%"></video><p>The severe outlook on Wednesday splits up between the coastlines of the Carolinas and another one in central Florida.</p><p><img src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2024/05/spc-1715604923875.jpg">Given that many places are dealing with over-saturated grounds, the additional rainfall gave enough of a reason for the Weather Prediction Center (WPC) to issue excessive rainfall outlooks on Tuesday and Wednesday. Forecast models are hinting at the possibility of seeing a widespread 3-5+" fall by the end of the day on Wednesday. Some places even run the risk of seeing over 7" of rain,</p><p><img src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2024/05/forecast accumulation-1715605992043.jpg"></p>

Severe Weather Continues in the Southeast Tuesday

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Kevin Schneider

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<p>Woodland Park, CO was among many Colorado Rocky Mountain cities that received over a foot of snowfall since Saturday! Alma, Colorado received the top snowfall report of 19.0" of snow. This snowfall led to road closures over the mountain passes earlier Sunday morning. It is not uncommon to see snow in Colorado through May and this year is no exception!</p><p><img src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2024/05/05-12_rsw_co snow reports-1715552994885.png">You can see on the map where the focus of this snowfall was. A Colorado Low positioned in the western Plains of Kansas and Colorado helped to orient Gulf moisture towards the mountains. Those easterly winds assisted with the upslope flow and enhanced snowfall for the highest elevations. Enough cold air was in place to support snowfall at the highest elevations. </p><p><img src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2024/05/snowfall amounts vipiir-1715602121081.png">As we head into the work week, some spots across the Four Corners and Northern Rockies can anticipate more moisture ahead, especially during the afternoon hours. Daytime heating will prompt showers and storms throughout the next couple of afternoons.</p><video src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2024/05/05-12 WEST 18Z-1715564709438.mp4" controls="true" width="100%"></video><p>We're not expecting as much snowfall as we had this weekend across the Four Corners and Northern Rockies, but there's enough moisture that you won't have to worry about running the sprinklers every day.</p><p><img src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2024/05/accumulation amounts-1715602159532.png"></p><p></p>

Mother's Day Snow in Colorado

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Summer of 1993, New England Dragway. That's when and where Steve knew he wanted to become a meteorologist. More than 20 years later he is extremely fortunate and blessed to be able to live his childhood dream. As a lover of math and science, Steve had a consistent interest in weather in elementary, middle, and high school before discovering you can major in meteorology. He attended Lyndon State College in Vermont where he received a bachelor's in meteorology-broadcasting and associate's in television news. He has worked as a meteorologist and reporter in Winchester, VA, Burlington, VT, and most recently in West Palm Beach, FL. He's recognized by the American Meteorological Society with the Certification of Broadcast Meteorologists.

Steven Glazier

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<p>Following Friday morning's severe weather across northern Florida, newly-summarized data is coming in and it paints the picture of how busy the hazardous weather has been the past couple of weeks. According to the Storm Prediction Center, from late April to early May this year there were more than 3,000 severe weather warnings issued by the National Weather Service. The 16-day span is estimated to have been the busiest stretch of weather since 2019!</p><div class="twitter-tweet" style="display: flex; justify-content: center" data-twitt-post-id="1789030078724338077" src="https://twitter.com/NWSSPC/status/1789030078724338077"></div><p>A destructive severe thunderstorm warning was issued Friday morning across northern Florida, meaning winds in excess of 80 miles per hour could have been possible, as a line of heavy weather pushed toward Jacksonville. "Destructive" severe thunderstorm warnings are a fairly new designation and are reserved for thunderstorms that carry a potential of 80 mph winds, 2.5" thick hail, or both! In this case, it was all about the straight-line wind damage potential on Friday morning.</p><p><img src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2024/05/Screenshot 2024-05-10 074219-1715348545833.png">Blue dots cover the map in the image above, right along the Interstate 10 corridor in northern Florida from Pensacola to Jacksonville. Each of those blue dots indicate either a noteworthy strong wind gust or damage to trees, power lines, or property. An 84 mph wind gust was recorded in Crestview, FL!</p><p><img src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2024/05/Screenshot 2024-05-10 074854-1715348986221.png">In addition, there was an indicator of tornadic wind damage in the Tallahassee, FL area. However until storm surveys are completed, this will be classified as straight-line wind damage until determined to be a tornado. For the rest of the night, a few isolated severe thunderstorms could be possible in parts of Florida as the cold front keeps pushing southward! </p><video src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2024/05/1-1715393781465.mp4" controls="true" width="100%"></video><p>Stay with us here at WeatherNation as we update you on this top weather story today.</p>

Steve Glazier

Busiest Stretch of Severe Weather in Four Years

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WeatherNation Meteorologists

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<p>Several teams of meteorologists and storm damage experts are actively investigating and surveying damage from Friday, April 26 across the I-80 corridor. According to the National Weather Service of Omaha, at least 5 EF-3 tornadoes have been confirmed.</p><p><img src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2024/04/04-29 nws omaha-1714445003827.png">It all started when a tornado touched down in Lincoln, NE, just before 3 PM central time on Friday. This storm was tornado-warned for more than 50 miles as it tore through suburbs of the Omaha metro and eventually moved across the Missouri River and into Iowa. It has been confirmed as an EF-3 on the ground for 8.6 miles and with winds of 158 mph. This tornado struck Waverly, NE, a suburb on the NE side of Lincoln, where it derailed a train.</p><div class="twitter-tweet" style="display: flex; justify-content: center" data-twitt-post-id="1783955995875565622" src="https://twitter.com/WeatherNation/status/1783955995875565622"></div><p>An EF-3 tornado was confirmed in Elkhorn, NE on the west side of Omaha. Winds were at 165 mph with this tornado. After the tornado moved through, our field crews observed high-tension power lines snapped in Elkhorn, NE, outside of Omaha. </p><div class="twitter-tweet" style="display: flex; justify-content: center" data-twitt-post-id="1784243608318595371" src="https://twitter.com/WeatherNation/status/1784243608318595371"></div><p>There was a "tornado emergency" issued for the northern suburbs of Omaha, NE, at around 3:45 PM CT Friday as a result of the Elkhorn tornado storm cell. This is the highest level of tornado warning the National Weather Service can issue and signals that there is a confirmed tornado on the ground and an extremely dangerous situation unfolding. A traffic camera in the Omaha area caught the tornado. Another tornado warning was issued for Omaha, including downtown, and damage was confirmed in the region. Additional surveys will be conducted to determine the strength of tornadoes in Omaha. </p><div class="twitter-tweet" style="display: flex; justify-content: center" data-twitt-post-id="1783961145100980348" src="https://twitter.com/WeatherNation/status/1783961145100980348"></div><p>Not only were there confirmed tornadoes in Nebraska, but numerous tornadoes also struck Iowa, impacting western and Central Iowa. There were 6 EF-2 tornadoes with winds of 111-135 mph and 2 EF-1 tornadoes. </p><p><img src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2024/04/iowa-1714486552531.jpg"></p>

Tornadoes Tear Through the Heartland Friday

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Colorado Low Brings More Showers & Severe Weather to Plains

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Gulf Coast: Heightened Flood Risk Today

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Thick Wildfire Smoke Spreads into the Northern U.S.

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Severe Weather Continues in the Southeast Tuesday

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Mother's Day Snow in Colorado

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