Whitmer's office questioned whether the lack of a tornado watch alert could be attributed to funding cutbacks at the National Weather Service.

Heavy rain fell in parts of Iowa Friday morning, and more is on the way this evening. A tornado watch has been issued for parts of Iowa until 10 p.m. As of 10:20 p.m. Friday night,

Meteorologists say there is potential for severe thunderstorms and possible tornado watches in the Milwaukee area the evening of Friday, March 6.

The greatest tornado threat stretches from Texas to Missouri.

A powerful early-March storm system unleashed a widespread severe weather outbreak across parts of the Plains and Midwest, producing tornadoes, damaging winds, and large hail that left several communities dealing with significant destruction.

A powerful storm system could unleash large hail, damaging winds and tornadoes on the Kansas City area. Here’s what the forecast says about when storms are most likely to hit.

The main risks will be large hail and damaging winds; however, an isolated tornado is still a possibility.

Grab your umbrella, North Texas! We’re heading into an active stretch of storms starting Friday afternoon. Threats like heavy rain, flooding, high winds, large hail and a stray tornado or two are possible.

Iowa will see its first round of severe weather of the year as a pair of storms move across the state. See the latest NWS forecast and radar.

We tracked powerful thunderstorms as they brought damaging tornadoes to parts of the Plains and Midwest Friday.