WEATHER

ILLINOIS, MISSOURI, INDIANA, WISCONSIN, MICHIGAN — Updated TORCON values are signaling a significant escalation in severe weather potential across the Midwest, with tomorrow’s outlook showing a TORCON 5 zone centered over Illinois, including areas near Chicago and Peoria. This level indicates a heightened probability of tornado development as a dynamic storm system moves through the…

ILLINOIS, IOWA, WISCONSIN — The Storm Prediction Center (SPC) has upgraded the severe weather outlook for Thursday, April 2, placing a large portion of the Midwest under an Enhanced Risk, signaling a heightened threat for strong tornadoes, damaging winds, and large hail. This upgrade reflects increasing confidence in a volatile setup capable of producing fast-moving…

ILLINOIS, IOWA, WISCONSIN, MICHIGAN — A developing severe weather setup is raising concerns across the Midwest and Corn Belt this Thursday, with tornadoes expected to be a primary hazard, including the potential for an isolated significant EF2+ tornado. The setup centers around a lifting warm front, increasing humidity, and strong wind dynamics that could support…

UNITED STATES — A shifting mid-April weather pattern is expected to bring above-normal rainfall across the Southern Plains and parts of the Midwest, while a concerning trend emerges across the western Plains, where conditions may turn increasingly dry over the next two weeks. Forecast models highlight a stark divide in precipitation, with some regions receiving…

NORTH DAKOTA, MINNESOTA — A powerful late-season winter system is set to deliver significant snowfall across the Northern Plains, with the heaviest accumulation expected from central North Dakota into eastern regions near Minnesota between Friday morning and early Saturday. Forecast data shows snow totals exceeding 10 inches in some areas, creating potentially dangerous travel conditions…

CLEVELAND, OH — A Tornado Warning is in effect right now for one of the most densely populated corridors in Ohio — and residents across Cleveland, Parma, Lakewood, Euclid, and Mentor have minutes, not hours, to act. The warning, issued by the National Weather Service, is valid until 6:15 PM EDT on Tuesday, March 31,…

CHICAGO, IL — Three months into 2026 and the numbers are already telling a story that anyone living between the Mississippi River and the East Coast can feel in their bones: this year has been relentlessly active for severe weather, and the data now confirms it in black and white. The Midwest and eastern United…

INDIANAPOLIS, IN — The severe weather is done — but the danger is not over. As the last of Tuesday evening’s severe thunderstorms push out of Ohio, a new and potentially more insidious threat is already organizing across Illinois and Indiana: a converging mass of heavy rain and general thunderstorms tracking eastward through the overnight…

DES MOINES, IA — It is the scenario that experienced Midwest storm chasers and forecasters dread most — a setup that had all the ingredients for a significant severe weather day, now being quietly undermined before most people have even had their morning coffee. Early morning thunderstorm activity on Thursday is carving directly into the…

OKLAHOMA CITY, OK — The national severe weather outlook just got more serious. The Storm Prediction Center has officially upgraded western Oklahoma, southern Kansas, and northwest Texas to an Enhanced Risk — Level 3 on the five-tier national scale — with the primary driver being an extreme hail threat that forecasters are describing as gorilla…