On August 28, 2026, NOAA’s Storm Prediction Center issued a Day 1 Marginal risk for severe thunderstorms across portions of the central and northern Plains, Great Basin, northern Rockies, and the Mid-Atlantic into the Carolinas, with the primary threats being damaging winds and large hail. Official probabilistic tornado outlooks showed no 2% or higher risk areas, reflecting limited deep-layer shear and modest instability that did not favor organized supercells capable of producing tornadoes. Scattered thunderstorms affected cities such as Charlotte and Baltimore, but National Weather Service reports and local observations confirmed no tornado touchdowns that day. Updated model runs and evening outlooks reinforced the low tornado potential ahead of resolution.