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UNITED STATES — A significant multi-day severe weather outbreak is now unfolding across the Central United States and Midwest, with dangerous storms, tornado potential, and damaging winds expected from Wednesday through Friday. Authorities are urging residents across multiple states to stay alert as conditions are expected to escalate in waves. Wednesday Targets Southern Plains and…

OHIO — Residents across Defiance County and nearby communities including Hicksville are being urged to stay alert following the confirmed touchdown of a tornado that moved through the area Tuesday evening. According to preliminary damage survey findings, the tornado occurred on March 31, 2026, between 7:09 PM and 7:11 PM EDT, impacting areas just southeast…

ILLINOIS, INDIANA, WISCONSIN — A developing weather system is raising concerns across parts of the Midwest as forecasters highlight two distinct areas of tornado potential heading into Thursday, with conditions expected to intensify later in the day. The latest simulated radar outlook for Thursday evening shows a strengthening low-pressure system centered near eastern Iowa, driving…

DES MOINES, IOWA — The Storm Prediction Center has issued its Key Messages for Friday, April 3, 2026 — and the message is clear and serious. Severe thunderstorms are expected Friday afternoon and evening across a corridor stretching from Iowa southward through the southern Plains, with the highest confidence for dangerous storms concentrated across northern…

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…