Weather and Critical Events

More record rainfall and significant flooding will slow down drivers from Texas to the lower Mississippi Valley (with forecast video).

Due to a structural issue, truckers will have to keep taking detours around the Interstate 40 bridge between Tennessee and Arkansas.

After a stormy weekend in the nation’s heartland, truckers won’t get much of a break this week (with forecast video).

Vessels get the green light after a portion of the Mississippi River near Memphis was closed to traffic for a few days. Inspectors found damage to the bridge above it.

Weekend truckers could hit areas of nasty thunderstorms from Texas to Minnesota (with forecast video).

“This fracture had the potential of becoming a catastrophic event,” ARDOT Director Lorie Tudor said about a crack found in the I-40 bridge linking Arkansas and Tennessee.

Triple-digit heat will hit truckers across the Southwest over the next couple of days (with forecast video).

“This is by far the biggest event that we have ever had to deal with,” UPS’ Dan Gagnon said about COVID.

“I don’t see myself as a hero,” truck driver Bruno Filipe Da Costa Raposo said about helping a traffic accident victim.

Truckers may be stopped in their tracks at times as more torrential rain hits the South (with forecast video).

Truckers will hit occasional delays the next few days as heavy rain hits the South (with forecast video).

Truckers should be ready to chain up as a late-season snowstorm hits the Rockies early this week (with forecast video).

Truckers will run into a few rounds of potentially severe thunderstorms this weekend from the Plains to the South (with forecast video).

Very dry air is raising the wildfire risk across the Upper Midwest. Gusty winds may blow smoke into truckers’ paths (with forecast video).

Salvage crews are using a special method to remove fuel from the capsized commercial lift boat SEACOR Power.

Doppler radar has raised the bar for meteorologists when it comes to analyzing severe weather.

Truckers may hit roadblocks Wednesday in the Deep South as periods of heavy rain and flash flooding continue to soak the region (with forecast video).

Periods of severe storms and heavy rain Tuesday could slow down truckers again across the South (with forecast video).

Truckers will have to dodge severe thunderstorms and tornadoes this week in the eastern half of the country (with forecast video).

“This imagery could be a huge benefit to our office,” NWS meteorologist Alex Sizemore said about using drones to survey storm damage in remote areas.