Storm chances pick up starting Wednesday
The pattern becomes more active starting Wednesday.
Day: April 29, 2025
Magnitude 4.7 earthquake shakes Anchorage, Alaska
A magnitude 4.7 earthquake shook Anchorage, Alaska, just after midnight local time, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.
SPC Severe Thunderstorm Watch 186
WW 186 SEVERE TSTM AR KS MO OK TX 290735Z – 291500Z 
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 186 NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK 235 AM CDT Tue Apr 29 2025 The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of Far Northwest Arkansas South-Central/Southeast Kansas Far Southwest Missouri Northern Oklahoma Far Northeast Texas Panhandle * Effective this Tuesday morning from 235 AM until 1000 AM CDT. * Primary threats include... Scattered large hail and isolated very large hail events to 2 inches in diameter possible Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible SUMMARY...Thunderstorms are expected to develop across northwest OK and the far northeast TX Panhandle in the vicinity of a cold front progressing southward. This initial activity could pose a threat for large hail. This development will likely grow upscale with an attendant threat for damaging gusts as it moves eastward across northern OK and south-central/southeast KS into far southwest MO and far northwest AR. Some hail is possible within the stronger cells across these areas as well. The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 60 statute miles north and south of a line from 95 miles west southwest of Alva OK to 20 miles east northeast of Joplin MO. For a complete depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU6). PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... REMEMBER...A Severe Thunderstorm Watch means conditions are favorable for severe thunderstorms in and close to the watch area. Persons in these areas should be on the lookout for threatening weather conditions and listen for later statements and possible warnings. Severe thunderstorms can and occasionally do produce tornadoes. && AVIATION...A few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to 2 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 60 knots. A few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 500. Mean storm motion vector 24035. ...Mosier
SPC – No watches are valid as of Tue Apr 29 05:35:02 UTC 2025
No watches are valid as of Tue Apr 29 05:35:02 UTC 2025.