Twisted Alley Chasers

04/06/2026

This week will be quieter overall, but an active weather patterns makes a return around April 12th with renewed chances for heavy rain & flooding concerns as well as potential for severe weather.

04/06/2026

THE MOST ACTIVE PATTERN FOR TORNADOES SINCE 2011 AHEAD

A historically active April for severe weather and outbreaks appears possible this month across the central ant southern Great Plains. This active stretch will begin Friday/Saturday across the Texas Panhandle and southern Plains on Sunday, then ejecting northeast on Monday.

A train of large scale troughs are upstream fed by the positive North Pacific Oscillation that has persisted since 2023. Round after round of severe weather and tornadoes appears likely through much of the month of April 2026.

04/03/2026

04/02/2026

04/02/2026

Shallow thunderstorms with embedded areas of rotation are what we’re watching with these initial thunderstorms. As a result, a tornado or two will be the main threat over the next couple of hours. Given how moist the atmosphere is, heavy rain is also a threat with these storms.

04/01/2026

Here are our Key Messages for Thursday (4/2).

03/31/2026

03/31/2026

03/31/2026

There is a large area with a Level 1/5 (Marginal) Risk today from the Southern Plains to the Great Lakes and into the Northeast. Higher severe probabilities (Level 2 of 5) exist from central Illinois to central New York and also from northwest Texas to western Oklahoma. Large hail and damaging wind gusts will be the primary threats from the storms today.

03/27/2026

Our preliminary webpage for the March 26th severe storms has been published: https://www.weather.gov/iwx/03262026_severeweather. A mix of discrete supercells and bowing segments brought large hail and gusty winds to the area. We will have a survey team out in Huntington and Wabash counties later today.

Photo of 2 inch hail in Holgate, OH from Justin Riegsecker.

03/26/2026

03/26/2026

🚨🌪️ TORNADO WATCH ISSUED 🌪️🚨

A Tornado Watch is in effect this afternoon and evening (4:50 PM – 11:00 PM EDT)

📍 Areas included:
• Northern Ohio
• Western Pennsylvania
• West Virginia Panhandle
• Lake Erie

⚠️ MAIN THREATS:
🌪️ A couple tornadoes possible
💨 Damaging winds up to 80 mph likely
🧊 Large hail, with some up to 2 inches

🧠 WHAT TO EXPECT:
Storms are expected to develop and strengthen through the evening.
We could see a mix of:
• Rotating storms (supercells)
• Lines of storms

Both types can produce damaging winds, large hail, and isolated tornadoes.

‼️DONT SLEEP NAKED!