Overview
- - The Storm Prediction Center placed northeast Illinois and parts of southern Wisconsin under an Enhanced (Level 3 of 5) severe risk for Thursday afternoon and evening, signaling a higher chance of organized storms that can produce tornadoes, large hail, and damaging winds.
- - Local forecasts in the Chicago area warn that tornadoes are possible later today, following Tuesday's severe weather that triggered ground stops at O'Hare and Midway during earlier rounds of storms.
- - Southeast Wisconsin started Thursday with freezing rain north of I-94 under a Winter Weather Advisory, creating slick travel before a warm front lifts temperatures and shifts the threat to strong thunderstorms by evening.
- - Forecasters expect repeated heavy rain from Texas through the Great Lakes and central Appalachians, with 1 to 4 inches common and isolated totals near 6 inches, and some communities already under Flood Watches after training storms earlier this week.
- - The UK Met Office issued yellow wind warnings for Saturday night into Easter Sunday across Scotland, Northern Ireland, and parts of northern England and Wales, with widespread gusts of 50 to 60 mph, 60 to 70 mph in exposed spots, and a small chance of 80 to 90 mph in western Scotland.