Despite record-breaking flooding in parts of the Midwest this year, budget cuts threaten to shut down hundreds of stream gauges across the United States.
The potential for damaging winds and tornados will continue Saturday night from Kansas into Nebraska.
The sirens have silenced and it is time to see the damage. What can you expect to see?
Short-Range Weather forecast overview for the Southwest United States
Above average temperatures will continue through this week across much of the Southwest.
Tornadoes continue to touchdown over Kansas and Nebraska Saturday evening. An increase in wind damage potential will be seen later Saturday night, with isolated very large hail.
The five-week period from April 3 to May 7 was the coldest in 109 years of record keeping at Fairbanks, Alaska, according to the National Weather Service.
See how far away severe thunderstorms are as we monitor the severe weather with these radar images.
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Mount Saint Helens has erupted several times since the destructive 1980 eruption, and likely will again in the future.
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