There is a slight risk of severe weather in Iowa over the weekend as riders prepare for the start of RAGBRAI. See where the NWS says storms could hit.

WTOL 11 Chief Meteorologist Chris Vickers sits down with both Warning Coordination Meteorologists responsible for keeping northwest Ohio safe.

Forget about any worries of tropical weather today. Instead pay attention to the heat: temperatures in Jacksonville could feel as high as 113 degrees.

Robert Haley, a meteorologist at the NWS in Melbourne, said high pressure aloft is pushing hot air down and making surface temperatures hotter, including a 108-degree heat index on Friday and up to 110-degree heat index on Saturday and Sunday. Temperatures could remain in the 100s through Monday, July 21, Haley said.

Early on Thursday morning the National Weather Service's Lake Charles office announced that it would be expanding the flash flood warning that previously went as far west as Vermillion Parish to include Calcasieu, Cameron, Allen, Jefferson Davis and Beauregard parishes. The watch is in effect from 7 a.m. on Thursday to 7 p.m. on Saturday.

Thomas Fahy, the Office Legislative Director for the National Weather Service Employees Union, says their San Angelo and San Antonio, Texas offices had enough staff to send alerts and warnings to the public before the deadly floods,

Florida has more lightning strikes than any other state. On average, about seven people die from lightning every year, and 50 people were killed between 2015 and 2024, according to the National

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer announced on July 17 that the Commerce Department Inspector General will launch a full audit of the National Weather Service (NWS), responding to his demand for an investigation into the agency’s performance during the deadly floods in Texas.

Sens. Adam Schiff and Alex Padilla said staffing shortages at the NWS are putting critical forecasting in jeopardy.