Overview
- Forecasts from the Storm Prediction Center and National Weather Service, updated Friday, call for severe thunderstorms from Wisconsin to Texas with hail up to three inches and more than seven million people in the highest hail corridor, according to FOX Weather.
- SPC forecasters highlight Iowa and Wisconsin for supercells capable of very large hail and winds over 70 mph, with storms likely to organize into a fast‑moving complex overnight.
- Farther south, a dryline from Kansas into west Texas is expected to trigger high‑based storms and dry microbursts that can produce destructive downbursts even with little rain at the ground.
- The threat extends through the weekend into early next week, and SPC guidance flagged a growing chance of stronger tornadoes on Monday in central Kansas and northern Oklahoma.
- While the central states brace for repeated rounds of severe weather, the Pacific Northwest and northern Rockies turn cooler and wetter with mountain snow, and residents in the Plains should expect travel delays and disrupted outdoor events.