Author: Colton Hayes

CHICAGO, ILLINOIS — An elevated and concentrated tornado threat has been detected for Thursday, April 2, 2026 by the StormNet-v4 Tornado Probability model — one of the most advanced AI-driven severe weather forecasting tools available. The forecast, initialized March 31, 2026 at 18Z and valid from April 2 at 18Z through April 3 at 06Z,…

OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLAHOMA — AccuWeather is issuing some of its strongest severe weather language of the season for Wednesday afternoon and night, placing Oklahoma City, Dallas, Tulsa, Wichita and Wichita Falls in a High risk zone for severe thunderstorms — with an AccuWeather Local StormMax of 85 mph wind gusts possible in the most intense…

OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLAHOMA — The Nadocast tornado probability model — one of the most respected independent tornado forecasting tools used by meteorologists and storm chasers — is painting a deeply concerning picture for Wednesday, April 1, 2026 across Oklahoma, Kansas and Missouri. The Nadocast Day 2 forecast, valid from April 1 through April 2 at…

CHICAGO, ILLINOIS — Thursday April 2 is shaping up to be a significant severe weather day across Illinois, eastern Iowa and northern Indiana, with a 15% tornado probability centered over the Chicago, Rockford, Waukegan, Davenport and Kalamazoo corridor — a zone that includes some of the most densely populated communities in the Midwest. The SPC…

INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA — A cluster of thunderstorms currently moving through Illinois and Northern Indiana is gradually tracking eastward this afternoon — and the risk of strong to severe storms is increasing for a wide swath of Indiana and western Ohio. Damaging wind gusts of 50 to 60 mph or greater and isolated large hail are…

SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA — Models have been trending progressively wetter for Northern California and the Sierra Nevada heading into midweek, with the latest WPC 2.5 km precipitation forecast — initialized March 31, 2026 at 12Z and valid through Thursday April 2 at 18Z — showing up to 2 inches of liquid precipitation near the mountain crests…

OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLAHOMA — Wednesday just got more dangerous. The SPC Day 2 Severe Weather Outlook has been upgraded to a Level 3 Enhanced Risk across western Oklahoma, north Texas and south-central Kansas — with supercells expected to fire along the dryline by late afternoon and then grow into a damaging wind and tornado threat…

OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLAHOMA — The Storm Prediction Center has upgraded Wednesday’s severe weather risk to Level 3 Enhanced across parts of Texas, Oklahoma and Kansas — a significant escalation that signals a more organized and dangerous severe weather event than initially forecast. The SPC Day 2 Categorical Outlook, issued March 31, 2026 at 1730Z and…

LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY — A weak atmospheric boundary is setting the stage for afternoon pop-up thunderstorms across Kentucky on Wednesday, with the primary threat window running from 3 PM to 8 PM for communities south of Interstate 64. While this is not expected to be a widespread, organized severe weather outbreak, the HRRR model is depicting…

ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI — A significant tornado threat is in place for Thursday, April 2, 2026 across a large swath of the Midwest, with the SPC Day 2 Outlook identifying a corridor from northern Missouri through Illinois as the area of greatest concern. The Ryan Hall Y’All Tornado Outlook, updated April 1, 2026 at 2:02…