Severe weather season is about to shift into high gear as a volatile weather pattern fuels repeated rounds of damaging thunderstorms and tornadoes across more than a dozen states through May. Through April 18, there have been over 315 preliminary tornado reports across the United States, including deadly twisters that swept across Ohio in mid-March and a recent spate of more than a dozen tornadoes in the central Plains. AccuWeather issued its initial tornado season forecast in March and called f
A new, small storm will race eastward from the Midwest to the northeastern United States on Sunday. Still, what the storm lacks in size it will pack a punch in terms of dumping more rain during the second half of the weekend and, more significantly, will set off severe thunderstorms in some locations, AccuWeather meteorologists warn. The storm will scoot along the northern edge of a zone of building warmth over the central U.S. The setup tends to bring a narrow zone of showers, thunderstorms and
The same intense storm system responsible for over a foot of rain and violent winds and tornadoes in the southern United States into Wednesday night will continue to spin along and threaten the Eastern Seaboard and stretch through part of the Midwest with severe weather on Thursday, AccuWeather meteorologists warn. Close to 75 million people may be at risk of severe weather. Two main zones of severe weather will likely take center stage on Thursday. Some communities from Florida to Delaware and
This image of the northern Pacific Ocean was captured on Thursday, April 11, 2024. The lower 48 United States appear to the right of the image. The storm and associated swirl of clouds approaching for the weekend was located left of center of the image (AccuWeather Enhanced RealVue™ satellite) Even though Pacific storms have become less frequent, as is often the case in April, a new storm is brewing and will slice across California just in time for the weekend, bringing areas of rain, mountain s