Severe Weather Risks Dot Central U.S. as Calendar Turns to April

The calendar is flipping to April, and with it comes an atmospheric shift more conducive to severe thunderstorms and heavy rains over much of the United States. That includes expected severe weather this week.

Multiple days of severe weather are expected through Saturday, with at least some potential for a few tornadoes Wednesday and Friday. As Gulf of Mexico waters, already milder than average, continue to warm, more moisture will waft north over the central states. It is why the spring months tend to be the most prolific for tornado activity in the U.S. — particularly April and May.

The upcoming pattern may also lead to wetter-than-average conditions, with a few pockets of flooding in the lower and mid-Mississippi Valley and parts of the Ohio Valley.

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