A hazardous weather alert is in effect for Northeast Ohio, including the Cleveland and Akron areas, as strong to severe thunderstorms and heat move through the region. The National Weather Service warns of damaging winds,

Southeast Michigan faces the highest risk with downbursts capable of producing wind gusts up to 60 MPH and the potential for localized flooding from slow-moving storms.

The intense thunderstorm may have looked and sounded like a tornado, but that's not what happened, according to forecasters who examined the damage.

We are tracking an area of rain and a few thunderstorms for tonight. Hopefully, the dry areas, south of I-70, will get some rain tonight.

At least five states are expected to deal with severe weather this weekend, according to the National Weather Service. Unfortunately, this month has been pretty tough for the United States. During the Fourth of July weekend,

The storm traveling east has already resulted in an evacuation order from the Harley-Davidson festival on Milwaukee's lakefront.

Staffing issues at the National Weather Service in Tucson could be impacting the accuracy of monsoon storm predictions, according to a former University of Arizona atmospheric science

This means that instead of receiving a tornado warning just 15 minutes before a storm strikes, residents could get up to two hours’ notice. The technology also allows for more targeted alerts, potentially narrowing warnings from entire regions to just one or two counties.

Experts said warnings issued in the run-up to this weekend’s flooding were as timely and accurate as possible, but questions about whether the alerts reached people most at risk remain.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 PM CDT FOR NORTH CENTRAL GREEN AND SOUTHWESTERN DANE COUNTIES... At 525 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over