Daily Weather Update from FOX Weather: Widespread storms across eastern US to soak millions into next week
Top weather news for Thursday, May 8, 2025: The weather pattern that soaked parts of Texas and Louisiana earlier this week will shift to the east before stalling, setting up days of severe weather and a prolonged flash flood threat through early next week.
Weather in America: May 8, 2025
FOX Weather has you covered with the breaking forecasts and weather news headlines for your Weather in America on Thursday, May 8, 2025. Get the latest from FOX Weather Meteorologist Britta Merwin.
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Damaging hail threatens Helene-ravaged North Carolina ahead of heavy rain, flash flood risk in Southeast
The weather pattern that soaked parts of Texas and Louisiana earlier this week will shift to the east before stalling, setting up days of severe weather and a prolonged flash flood threat through early next week.
According to the FOX Forecast Center, a broad area across the South and mid-Atlantic will face an increasing threat of thunderstorms beginning Thursday afternoon when a cluster of storms will develop across Middle Tennessee and move east into northern Alabama, North Georgia and western North Carolina, an area that is still recovering from Hurricane Helene.
Storms will track along a stalled cold front through the weekend with a widespread 3-5 inches of rain expected from Florida through the Carolinas, with some tallies reaching a foot and possibly more.
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First storm of 2025 Atlantic hurricane season could develop before June
While the Atlantic hurricane season doesn't officially begin until June 1, the FOX Forecast Center will be monitoring the Caribbean Sea during the second half of May for any signs of preseason development.
Mischief brewing in tropics with preseason activity possible later this month
While the Atlantic hurricane season doesn't officially begin until June 1, the FOX Forecast Center will be monitoring the Caribbean Sea during the second half of May for any signs of preseason development.
Watch: Bizarre black ring in sky stops Kansas motorcyclist in tracks
The skies above a small Kansas town became the stage for an astonishing and unusual spectacle as a large black ring seemed to defy explanation.
The bizarre phenomenon was spotted by Bonner Springs resident Frankie Camren on Monday afternoon while on a motorcycle ride, which was abruptly halted by the unusual anomaly hanging in the air on a nearby county road.
"I just pulled over," Camren recounted in an interview with FOX Weather. "I'm almost 50 years old. I ain't ever seen nothing like that."
Watch: Mysterious black ring spotted over Kansas
Bonner Springs, Kansas, resident Frankie Camren witnessed and recorded a large, dark smoke ring while riding his motorcycle on Monday. According to Camren, the ring appeared to be spinning, and he didn't hear any explosions or noises that could explain its origin.
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