Mid-South Enhanced Risk Wednesday; Newark FAA delays and Louisiana hazmat dominate operations
May 6, 2026: SPC’s Enhanced Risk drives Wednesday’s tornado, hail, and damaging-wind threat from northeast Texas through Mississippi, Alabama, and southern Tennessee, with flash-flood concerns continuing across south-central Indiana and central Kentucky. The U.S. Geological Survey downgrades Kilauea’s volcano alert level to ADVISORY and aviation color code to YELLOW after Episode 46 of the summit eruption ends. CISA publishes five new ICS advisories. Newark Liberty International continues to grind through ATC staffing and equipment-related disruption. We also cover the Cow Creek Fire in…
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