VIRGINIA AND MARYLAND — A unsettled weather pattern is setting up across Virginia and Maryland through midweek, with central Maryland seeing a few showers today Tuesday, the best chance for strong thunderstorms shifting into Virginia on Wednesday, and a conditional severe weather threat near Baltimore that will depend on how stable the atmosphere remains. Today…
MISSOURI AND ILLINOIS — The greatest tornado risk this afternoon is centered directly on St. Louis, Jefferson City, Springfield Illinois, and Evansville, with an elevated and concentrated tornado threat in place for the afternoon and evening hours on Monday, April 27, 2026. Some tornadoes may be strong to intense, and large to very large hail…
ARKANSAS — A significant severe weather threat is developing across Arkansas this Monday evening, April 27, 2026, with scattered supercells expected to form between 5:00 PM and 8:00 PM and the threat continuing through 2:00 AM Tuesday. Any supercell that develops will be capable of producing very large hail between 2 and 4 inches in…
MID-MISSISSIPPI AND OHIO VALLEYS — A busy and dangerous day and night is unfolding across the Mid-Mississippi and Ohio Valleys on Monday, April 27, 2026, with the SPC Day 1 Tornado Outlook placing a 60 percent tornado probability with Intensity 3 significant tornado hatching across a corridor covering Missouri, Illinois, Indiana, and into Tennessee —…
MIDWEST AND MISSISSIPPI VALLEY — A severe weather outbreak is expected today, Monday, April 27, 2026, across the Midwest and Mississippi Valley, with very large hail, damaging winds, and several strong tornadoes all likely across a corridor centered on Illinois, Missouri, Arkansas, and Indiana. It is vital to stay weather aware today and share this…
ILLINOIS, INDIANA AND MISSOURI — Two distinct and dangerous waves of severe storms are tracking through Illinois, Indiana, and Missouri on Monday, April 27, 2026, with Wave 1 already pushing through Indiana bringing heavy rain and damaging winds, and Wave 2 developing across Illinois and Missouri this evening carrying very large hail, tornadoes, and damaging…
CENTRAL ILLINOIS, MISSOURI AND ARKANSAS — A significant tornado outbreak is expected today across central Illinois through Arkansas including the St. Louis Metro, with multiple rounds of supercells capable of producing strong to violent tornadoes beginning as early as 3:00 to 4:00 PM CDT. Millions of people are at risk from this outbreak across the…
MISSOURI AND ILLINOIS — A Level 4 of 5 Moderate Risk of severe storms is in effect today, Monday, April 27, 2026 across parts of Missouri and Illinois, with numerous tornadoes — some intense and long-tracked at EF2 to EF3-plus intensity, large to destructive hail up to 3 inches in diameter, and damaging winds up…
INDIANA AND MIDWEST — Once today’s severe weather threat moves through, a dramatic pattern shift is coming for Indiana, Illinois, and the broader Midwest — with cooler than normal temperatures expected to dominate the entire month of May, a frost risk developing for central Indiana in early May, and the North Atlantic Oscillation locked in…
GULF COAST AND SOUTHEAST UNITED STATES — After an extended dry stretch, rain chances are returning to the South and Gulf Coast at the end of this week and into next week, with a low pressure system tied to a frontal boundary expected to funnel moisture from both the western and eastern Gulf of Mexico…