Carbondale/Jackson County IL Weather

06/18/2025

DANGEROUS STORMS EXPECTED WEDNESDAY‼️: More Severe Storms are expected on Wednesday from the Great Lakes region all the way down into Eastern Oklahoma.

GREATEST TORNADO THREAT🌪 will exist in two areas. First area will be along a lifting warm-front across MI/IN/OH where wind shear will be maximized. SPC has considered UPGRADING the tornado threat in later outlooks once storm mode becomes more certain. Secondary area of maximized tornado threat will be along a meso-low slowly moving across Eastern MO and Western IL. This may enhance shear and promote tornado genisis through vorticity and big CAPE values.

06/17/2025

06/17/2025

⚠ SEVERE WEATHER RISK UPGRADED TO LEVEL 3/5 FOR WED-

The Storm Prediction Center has now upgraded the entire viewing area to a level 3/5 risk for severe weather, including a 30% damaging wind risk and a 5% tornado risk. This is by no means a "huge severe weather day" necessarily, but it's worth paying attention. A few tornadoes are certainly on the table and widespread damaging winds will be possible. We're looking at a 1pm-9pm timeframe. Be on the look out for updates!

05/20/2025

[8:30 PM Monday, May 16, 2025] A tornado watch has been issued for parts of Illinois and Missouri until 3 AM CDT.

05/18/2025

⚠️ SEVERE WEATHER POSSIBLE MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY AFTERNOON-

Complicated forecast with multiple rounds of rain and storms is upcoming. I'm gonna start off by saying that this doesn't look like a repeat of Friday's system, but you should still take any severe weather risk seriously. Doesn't matter if the risk is 1/5 or 5/5, it can still have impacts and you want to have your severe weather safety plan in place.

That being said, Monday night we will have some severe storms mostly affecting our western/St. Louis counties (along the MS river). This will be mostly after 10 pm with damaging winds, hail, and isolated tornadoes all being a possibility so you'll definitely wanna have a way to get warnings that will wake you up if needed. Flash flooding could also occur in some spots.

Tuesday is complicated and has a lot of boom or bust potential. Below is a map showing simulated radar for 1 pm Tuesday afternoon. This model is showing a pretty intense bow echo capable of widespread wind damage and spin up tornadoes. Some other models have hinted at more discrete supercells which would bump the tornado risk up a bit. I'm not going to entirely rule out the possibility of a strong tornado on Tuesday but this would be a conditional threat and right now is just something to keep an eye on and wait for updates. I will have much more on this over the next 24 hours so stay tuned!

05/18/2025

Our region is in a slight to marginal risk of severe thunderstorms Monday night, with the best chances in portions of southeast Missouri and southwest Illinois. There is some question as to whether or not storms will maintain their strength as the move into our area from the west. On Tuesday, there is a better chance for severe storms, with our entire region in a slight risk mainly Tuesday afternoon into Tuesday evening.

05/17/2025

NEXT TUESDAY: MAY 20 -- data is signaling another very strong signal for another significant severe weather outbreak in the area I circled in black. Significant to violent severe storms probable.

05/17/2025

Tornado damage surveys are planned this weekend and possibly into early next week across the area. Additional surveys of areas not marked on the map are possible as well. Thank you for patience!

05/16/2025

We are under a severe thunderstorm warning take shelter now

05/16/2025

Good afternoon

We are currently monitoring the weather for the Carbondale/Jackson county area. We will be keeping you all up to date if severe weather comes into our area.

05/16/2025

We will be keeping you all up to date as the day goes one.

05/16/2025

Tomorrow is about to be plum wild...