637 FLUS43 KBIS 181523 HWOBIS Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Bismarck ND 1023 AM CDT Mon May 18 2026 NDZ004-005-012-013-017>020-022-023-025-031>033-035>037-040>044- 046>048-050-051-057>062-191530- Bottineau-Rolette-McHenry-Pierce-McKenzie-Dunn-Mercer-Oliver- Sheridan-Wells-Foster-Golden Valley-Billings-Stark-Burleigh- Kidder-Stutsman-Slope-Hettinger-Grant-Bowman-Adams-Emmons-Logan- La Moure-McIntosh-Dickey-Western McLean-Eastern McLean- Western Morton-Eastern Morton-Western Sioux-Eastern Sioux- 1023 AM CDT Mon May 18 2026 /923 AM MDT Mon May 18 2026/ This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of north central North Dakota, northwest North Dakota, south central North Dakota, southeast North Dakota, and southwest North Dakota. .DAY ONE...Today and Tonight The probability for widespread hazardous weather is low. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Tuesday through Sunday Near or below freezing temperatures are possible Tuesday morning and again Tuesday night into Wednesday morning. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotters are asked to provide reports to the NWS using standard procedures, including through our social media accounts. $$ NDZ001>003-009-010-055-056-191530- Divide-Burke-Renville-Williams-Mountrail-Northwest Ward- Central and Southern Ward/Minot Area- 1023 AM CDT Mon May 18 2026 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of north central North Dakota and northwest North Dakota. .DAY ONE...Today and Tonight The probability for widespread hazardous weather is low. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Tuesday through Sunday Near or below freezing temperatures are possible Tuesday morning and again Tuesday night into Wednesday morning. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotters are asked to provide reports to the NWS using standard procedures, including through our social media accounts. $$  823 FLUS43 KLOT 181530 HWOLOT Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Chicago/Romeoville IL 1030 AM CDT Mon May 18 2026 ILZ003>006-008-010>013-019>021-023-032-033-039-103>108-INZ001-002- 010-011-019-191530- Winnebago-Boone-McHenry-Lake IL-Ogle-Lee-De Kalb-Kane-DuPage- La Salle-Kendall-Grundy-Kankakee-Livingston-Iroquois-Ford- Northern Cook-Central Cook-Southern Cook-Northern Will- Southern Will-Eastern Will-Lake IN-Porter-Newton-Jasper-Benton- 1030 AM CDT Mon May 18 2026 /1130 AM EDT Mon May 18 2026/ This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of north central Illinois...northeast Illinois and northwest Indiana. .DAY ONE...Today and Tonight. Weather hazards expected... Limited Thunderstorm Risk...with an associated: Level 2 of 5 Damaging Wind Risk...up to 60 mph. Level 1 of 5 Large Hail Risk...up to quarter size. DISCUSSION... Thunderstorms are likely near and east of I-55 through early afternoon. A few of the storms could become severe, capable of producing locally damaging winds over 60 mph. Another line of thunderstorms is expected to approach the area from Iowa again toward daybreak Tuesday. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Tuesday through Sunday. Tuesday... Limited Thunderstorm Risk...with an associated: Level 2 of 5 Severe Thunderstorm Risk. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotters may be needed through early this afternoon. GENERAL STORM MOTION OF THE DAY: Moving toward the northeast at 45 to 55 mph. $$ LMZ740>745-191530- Winthrop Harbor to Wilmette Harbor IL- Wilmette Harbor to Northerly Island IL- Northerly Island to Calumet Harbor IL- Calumet Harbor IL to Gary IN-Gary to Burns Harbor IN- Burns Harbor to Michigan City IN- 1030 AM CDT Mon May 18 2026 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of the Illinois nearshore waters of Lake Michigan and the Indiana nearshore waters of Lake Michigan. .DAY ONE...Today and Tonight. Weather hazards expected... Limited Thunderstorm Risk...with an associated: Level 2 of 5 Thunderstorm Wind Gust Risk...up to 50 knots. Level 1 of 5 Hail Risk...up to 1 inch in diameter. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Tuesday through Sunday. Tuesday... Hazardous conditions for small craft are likely. Limited Thunderstorm Risk...with an associated: Level 2 of 5 Severe Thunderstorm Risk. Friday through Sunday... Limited Thunderstorm Risk. $$ - Izzi Visit us at www.weather.gov/chicago  608 FLUS44 KLUB 181548 HWOLUB Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Lubbock TX 1048 AM CDT Mon May 18 2026 TXZ021>044-191600- Parmer-Castro-Swisher-Briscoe-Hall-Childress-Bailey-Lamb-Hale-Floyd- Motley-Cottle-Cochran-Hockley-Lubbock-Crosby-Dickens-King-Yoakum- Terry-Lynn-Garza-Kent-Stonewall- 1048 AM CDT Mon May 18 2026 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for the South Plains, Rolling Plains, and the far Southern Texas Panhandle. .DAY ONE...Today and tonight. Extremely critical fire weather conditions are expected through this evening. The combination of strong winds, very low relative humidity, and extremely dry fuels will result in the potential for dangerous growth and spread of wildfires that will move at a life- threatening pace should ignition occur. A Red Flag Warning is in effect for the far southern Texas Panhandle, the South Plains, and most of the Rolling Plains until 10 PM CDT tonight. A Wind Advisory is in effect for the far southern Texas Panhandle, northern Rolling Plains, and much of the South Plains from noon to 8 PM this evening. Southwesterly winds between 25 to 35 mph, with gusts up to 50 mph, are expected. Blowing dust may result in localized reductions in visibility on the Caprock. Isolated-to-scattered thunderstorms will be possible across the eastern Rolling Plains this afternoon and evening. Storms that develop will be severe, capable of producing damaging wind gusts up to 70 mph and very large hail up to baseball size. Locally heavy rainfall will accompany storms. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Tuesday through Sunday. Thunderstorms will be possible across portions of the Rolling Plains during the predawn hours Tuesday along the cold front. Large hail will be possible, if storms can organize. The severe weather threat is low otherwise Tuesday morning. Additional chances for thunderstorms will arrive for portions of the region Tuesday through the end of the week. A few storms may be severe each day. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation may be needed. $$  908 FLUS42 KFFC 181555 HWOFFC Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Peachtree City GA 1155 AM EDT Mon May 18 2026 GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086- 089>098-102>113-191600- Baldwin-Banks-Barrow-Bartow-Bibb-Bleckley-Butts-Carroll-Catoosa- Chattahoochee-Chattooga-Cherokee-Clarke-Clayton-Cobb-Coweta- Crawford-Crisp-Dade-Dawson-DeKalb-Dodge-Dooly-Douglas-Emanuel- Fannin-Fayette-Floyd-Forsyth-Gilmer-Glascock-Gordon-Greene- Gwinnett-Hall-Hancock-Haralson-Harris-Heard-Henry-Houston-Jackson- Jasper-Jefferson-Johnson-Jones-Lamar-Laurens-Lumpkin-Macon- Madison-Marion-Meriwether-Monroe-Montgomery-Morgan-Murray- Muscogee-Newton-North Fulton-Oconee-Oglethorpe-Paulding-Peach- Pickens-Pike-Polk-Pulaski-Putnam-Rockdale-Schley-South Fulton- Spalding-Stewart-Sumter-Talbot-Taliaferro-Taylor-Telfair-Toombs- Towns-Treutlen-Troup-Twiggs-Union-Upson-Walker-Walton-Warren- Washington-Webster-Wheeler-White-Whitfield-Wilcox-Wilkes- Wilkinson- 1155 AM EDT Mon May 18 2026 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for north and central Georgia. .DAY ONE...This Afternoon and Tonight... The probability for widespread hazardous weather is low. An isolated brief thunderstorm capable of producing lightning and brief heavy rainfall can't be ruled out in far western Georgia this afternoon and early evening. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Tuesday through Sunday... Additional scattered thunderstorms are Wednesday through Saturday, especially during the afternoon and evening hours, and will bring the risk for lightning and locally heavy rainfall. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation will not be needed through tonight. $$