ILLINOIS — Friday April 17, 2026 brings a multi-phase severe weather threat to Illinois with strong to severe thunderstorms likely from late afternoon through midnight. The day starts dry but storms firing after 2 to 3 PM across Iowa and northwest Illinois will quickly develop tornado potential before organizing into a destructive squall line pushing…
KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI — Friday April 17, 2026 is shaping up as a very dangerous wind event for the Plains and Midwest. A 45% probability of damaging winds is centered directly on Kansas City and surrounding areas, with widespread gusts of 60 to 85 mph likely across the core threat zone. Tornadoes and very large…
FLORIDA — Florida’s drought crisis just got an official update and the numbers are alarming. The state is experiencing its worst drought in over 25 years, with nearly every region running a significant rainfall deficit since January 1, 2026. The Panhandle is the hardest hit at 10 to 14 inches below normal and relief is…
MICHIGAN, INDIANA, AND KENTUCKY — A line of storms is moving through the Great Lakes and Ohio Valley region Saturday morning April 18, 2026, bringing locally heavy rain, frequent lightning, and strong wind gusts of 40 to 50 mph to a corridor stretching from Detroit and Ann Arbor south through Fort Wayne, Indianapolis, Kokomo, Evansville,…
DEL RIO, TEXAS — A potentially dangerous hailstorm is taking shape over Del Rio, Texas today, Thursday April 16, 2026. Forecast guidance is showing a supercell developing over the Sierra Madre to the west and tracking directly toward Del Rio this afternoon, in an atmosphere loaded with the ingredients needed for significant hail production. Forecasters…
UNITED STATES — Thursday April 16, 2026 brings severe weather to three completely separate parts of the country simultaneously. From New York and Vermont in the Northeast down to northern Arkansas in the mid-South and across to west and northwest Texas along the dryline — large hail, damaging winds, and isolated tornado risks are active…
PLAINS AND MIDWEST, UNITED STATES — A severe weather outbreak is confirmed for Friday April 17, 2026, putting over 48 million people at risk across the central United States. Forecasters are calling this a very dangerous day — with widespread damaging winds, very large hail, and multiple tornadoes all likely. Storms fire around 2 PM…
UNITED STATES — A broad and active severe weather setup is unfolding today across the central and eastern United States, with scattered but potentially intense thunderstorms expected to develop from Texas and Oklahoma through the Midwest and into parts of the Northeast. Storms developing this afternoon and evening could produce very large hail, damaging winds,…
UNITED STATES — A potentially dangerous and widespread severe weather outbreak is expected on Friday, stretching from Texas through Oklahoma, Kansas, Missouri, Iowa, and into Wisconsin, as an active storm pattern continues to intensify across the central United States. Forecasters are highlighting a broad corridor of severe weather risk, with multiple hazards expected including very…
IOWA — A dynamic and potentially dangerous severe weather setup is unfolding today across the Plains into the Midwest, with two distinct tornado target zones emerging from central Iowa into northern Missouri and down into central and eastern Oklahoma. A strong upper-level disturbance is lifting northeast, helping to trigger thunderstorms this afternoon and evening, with…