As Missouri and Illinois prepare for a potentially serious thunderstorm situation this weekend, it would be a good idea to know that there is another tornado danger that seems to be skyrocketing for possibilities next week.
In today’s update from NOAA’s Storm Prediction Center, there is an escalation of warnings for Missouri and Illinois. In their outlook for Wednesday, April 2, 2025, they have expanded the warned area and doubled the storm damage chances. What was a 15% chance yesterday has now become 30% for most of Missouri and Illinois.
Here are the exact words from the meteorologist discussion from NOAA forecasters:
“very large hail…widespread damaging winds and several tornadoes are expected, some possibly significant. Risk is expected to continue well into the evening and likely overnight”…