BLOOMINGTON, Illinois — Day 1 of official damage surveys in McLean County, Illinois is complete — and the results confirm what radar and storm reports suggested during Friday’s outbreak. Three tornadoes have been officially identified from the April 17, 2026 event in McLean County alone — two tornadoes confirmed in Bloomington and one in Normal…
DENVER, Colorado — Winter is not finished with the Rocky Mountains and Northern Plains — not even close. A remarkable snowfall forecast covering the next 15 days through Sunday May 3 is showing totals of up to 35.8 inches across the Rockies, Montana, Idaho, and the Pacific Northwest as an extreme and persistent winter pattern…
MADISON, Wisconsin — Wisconsin just wrote itself into a map that no state wants to be on. The two EF3 tornadoes confirmed from the April 17, 2026 outbreak place Wisconsin among the states that have experienced the most violent tornado strikes in recent years — joining a grim list of communities across the United States…
COLUMBUS, Ohio — A line of strong to severe storms is pushing east across Ohio, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia right now at 3:15 PM Saturday, with the storm corridor tracking directly through Cleveland, Columbus, Cincinnati, Pittsburgh, and Charleston as the final chapter of the massive April 17 outbreak system sweeps through the Ohio Valley and…
TUSCALOOSA, Alabama — South Alabama and northwest Florida are watching scattered showers push through tonight into Sunday morning — and the timing creates a very specific concern for the 70,000+ people expected at the Morgan Wallen concert at Bryant-Denny Stadium in Tuscaloosa tonight, where rain becomes possible right around 9 to 10 PM near the…
BIRMINGHAM, Alabama — A band of showers and thunderstorms is moving into northwest Alabama this Saturday evening, and while no severe weather is expected, the timing is creating a specific concern for thousands of people attending major concerts tonight in Tuscaloosa, Birmingham, and Huntsville — lightning delays are very possible as the storm band pushes…
BIRMINGHAM, Alabama — Just days after the April 17 outbreak devastated Wisconsin, Iowa, and Illinois, the atmosphere is already signaling its next major move — and this time Dixie Alley is the target. Emerging data for Saturday April 25 and Sunday April 26 is showing a significant severe weather setup developing across Alabama, Mississippi, Tennessee,…
KANSAS CITY, Missouri — The April 17 outbreak recovery has barely begun across Wisconsin, Iowa, and Illinois — and the atmosphere is already reloading. After a brief 2 to 3 day quiet period starting Monday, severe weather returns to the Central Plains by Thursday April 24, with Kansas and Oklahoma already carrying a formal 15%…
MADISON, Wisconsin — Official damage surveys are now confirming what radar and storm reports suggested Friday — the April 17, 2026 tornado outbreak is one of the most significant single-day severe weather events the Upper Midwest has seen in years. The final count stands at 150 tornado warnings, at least 40 confirmed tornadoes, and two…
WICHITA, Kansas — The historic severe weather sequence that just tore through Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, and Wisconsin this weekend is winding down — but the atmosphere is already reloading. All eyes across the Southern Plains are now turning to the middle and late portion of this coming week, where a fresh and potentially significant severe…