Northern Plains Face Tornado and Hail Threat as Texas Activates for Flash Flooding; Seven Cabins Fire Evacuations Lifted in New Mexico

EM Morning Brief · Jun 4, 2026 · 6m · transcript

Severe weather leads the brief as the Storm Prediction Center flags a large-hail, damaging-wind, and tornado threat across the northern Plains and upper Mississippi Valley, while Texas keeps state emergency resources activated ahead of flash flooding. On the wildfire side, the national Preparedness Level holds at 2 with six uncontained large fires, and Lincoln County lifts the last evacuation orders for New Mexico’s Seven Cabins Fire. Two FEMA assistance deadlines approach in Washington and Hawaii, and USGS keeps Kilauea at an advisory level. State updates include a hazmat stand-down in…