EASTERN MISSOURI AND SOUTHERN ILLINOIS — The Storm Prediction Center has upgraded the tornado risk across eastern Missouri, the St. Louis area, Paducah, and southern and central Illinois to a Level 4 of 5 Moderate Risk today, Monday, April 27, 2026, as a regional severe weather and tornado outbreak looms for the afternoon and evening…
ILLINOIS AND MISSOURI — A significant tornado outbreak remains a realistic outcome for Monday, April 27, 2026 across Illinois and Missouri, with the latest model guidance showing explosive Mixed-Layer CAPE values surging into the deep red and purple range across the primary risk corridor, StormNet tornado probabilities holding at high levels, and the 500mb jet…
ILLINOIS AND MISSOURI — A complicated and multi-round severe weather day is unfolding across Illinois and Missouri on Monday, April 27, 2026, with three distinct storm rounds expected to impact the region at different times and in different ways — some of which may overlap. Conditions will vary significantly from one part of the region…
ILLINOIS — The latest machine learning severe weather probability forecast is zeroing in on west central Illinois and the Peoria area as the highest probability location for Monday’s serious severe weather event, with a maximum probability of 62.8 percent and the Peoria corridor landing in the top level of 5 on the probability scale. Each…
OKLAHOMA — Aerial imagery captured on April 24, 2026 and analyzed using Vexel Gray Sky satellite data has revealed the full EF-scale damage swath from one of the tornadoes produced during Thursday night’s Oklahoma severe weather outbreak, with damage ranging from EF1 through EF4 mapped across a concentrated corridor showing catastrophic destruction at the core….
MINNESOTA — Waves of showers will bring widespread rainfall across Minnesota through Monday, April 28, 2026, with totals ranging from a quarter inch in the north to 1.50 inches across central Minnesota, before the state enters a quieter and drier stretch for the remainder of the week. Two-Day Rainfall Totals Through 7 AM Tuesday April…
UNITED STATES — Fifteen years ago this week, one of the most catastrophic severe weather events in recorded history unfolded across the eastern United States. The April 25 to 28, 2011 Super Outbreak produced 368 confirmed tornadoes, killed 324 people, injured more than 3,100 others, and caused an estimated 12 billion dollars in damage —…
CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN PLAINS — A dangerous severe weather day is underway across the Central and Southern Plains on Sunday, April 26, 2026, with an Enhanced Risk (Level 3 of 5) centered on Kansas, Oklahoma, and Missouri, and very large hail, damaging winds, and a few strong tornadoes all possible through the afternoon and evening…
SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND NORTH TEXAS — Multiple areas across southeast Oklahoma, western Arkansas, and North Texas are facing an all-hazards severe weather threat Saturday, April 26, 2026, with damaging hail as the dominant concern and tornado potential present across all three zones depending on how storms evolve through the afternoon and evening. Southeast Oklahoma —…
NORTH TEXAS — A powerful and fully-organized supercell thunderstorm near Cundiff and Bowie, Texas is producing very large hail and has already spawned multiple tornadoes Saturday evening, April 25, 2026, as the storm maintains a very intense mesocyclone and tracks through north-central Texas toward the Fort Worth metro region. A Fully-Formed and Intensifying Storm This…