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…
ATLANTA, Georgia — After weeks locked in a hot and dry pattern that has baked Georgia, Alabama, Tennessee, and the broader Southeast, the first real signs of pattern change are finally showing up in the forecast — and the numbers are meaningful. Ensemble data valid through Wednesday April 29 is showing 2 to 3 inches…
SOUTH BEND, Indiana — The Tornado Warning across northern Indiana has just been expanded and now includes South Bend — putting 373,600 residents, 106 schools, and 9 hospitals directly inside an active radar-indicated tornado warning valid until 1:15 AM Eastern Time Saturday April 18. This is one of the largest population exposures of the entire…
LAWTON, Oklahoma — A Severe Thunderstorm Warning is active right now for Lawton, Altus, and Frederick, Oklahoma, valid until 12:15 AM Central Time Saturday April 18 — covering 151,791 residents, 83 schools, and 7 hospitals across southwestern Oklahoma as dangerous 60 mph wind gusts and hail slam through the region tonight. This warning covers a…
COLUMBUS, Ohio — The massive storm system that produced tornado warnings across Iowa, Illinois, and Indiana overnight is not finished yet. A Slight Risk of severe weather — the second level on the five-tier severe weather scale — has been issued for Saturday April 18 covering a large area from the upper Ohio Valley through…
ELKHART, Indiana — A Tornado Warning is active right now for Elkhart, Mishawaka, and Osceola, Indiana, valid until 1:15 AM Eastern Time Saturday April 18 — and this is not a drill. Radar is indicating a tornado on the ground or imminent in the warning zone, and 191,604 residents across this corridor are in immediate…
JACKSONVILLE, Florida — After two days of tornado outbreaks, embedded QLCS tornadoes, and 70 mph winds tearing across the Midwest, the storm system responsible for all of it is pushing east — and by Sunday April 19, the trailing cold front will sweep down the East Coast, bringing a marginal severe weather risk to Florida,…
DENVER, Colorado — While Illinois and Indiana are dealing with tornadoes and Kansas faces severe storms, Colorado is waking up to a completely different weather story this weekend — April snow blanketing the Denver metro area and surrounding foothills with totals already ranging from 2.6 inches in Aurora up to 5.3 inches in the higher…
BLOOMINGTON, Illinois — A tornado emergency is unfolding across central Illinois right now. A violent QLCS squall line is tearing through the state producing multiple embedded tornadoes and wind gusts of 60 to 70 mph — and the storm is not weakening. Active tornado warnings in magenta are stacked across a corridor from Ottawa and…