A large area of severe thunderstorms is expected to develop from Tuesday afternoon through the overnight hours in a swath extending from southeastern Minnesota, southern Wisconsin, Iowa, Illinois a…
A severe weather outbreak will threaten 65 million people across more than a dozen states in the Midwest and South, where damaging winds, large hail and strong tornadoes are expected from Tuesday afternoon through the overnight hours.NOAA’s Storm Prediction Center has issued a Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of northern Illinois and northwestern Indiana until 3 p.m. CDT. This watch area includes Chicago.
But these thunderstorms were just the appetizer for what was to come later Tuesday into Tuesday night. Severe weather outbreak expected Tuesday and Tuesday night Two regions are highlighted for an even greater risk of severe weather, shaded in dark red and magenta on the map below.The severe storm threat on Tuesday and Tuesday night, April 4, 2023.This includes a northern area from central Missouri into central and eastern Iowa, far southern Wisconsin and western Illinois. The storms in this region are expected to occur mainly during the afternoon and evening.
The weather pattern responsible for this severe weather outbreak is nearly identical to the one that brought deadly tornadoes to the central last Friday. This includes a potent upper-level jet stream disturbance pivoting into the Plains and Mississippi Valley, providing wind shear – the change in wind speed and direction with height – that will overlap with moisture streaming north from the Gulf of Mexico into the Midwest and South.
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