Multi-day Severe Storm Threat

Monday, April 13, 2026

About a dozen states from Texas to the Upper Midwest and Great Lakes will see a threat of severe storms on one or more days through Friday.

Posted by REDIAL at 10:31 PM | 5 COMMENTS | permalink

Tuesday's severe threat could stretch from the Plains dryline all the way into the Great Lakes. Supercells with tornadoes, large hail, and damaging winds are all possible. Models still disagree on how fast the trough ejects, which will determine where the biggest storms end up.

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Speaking of weather, there's also this ...

Strongest storm on planet bearing down on U.S. islands in Western Pacific
www.sfchronicle.com

... Super Typhoon Sinlaku is hours from striking American islands in the Pacific.

The strongest storm on earth this year is closing in on the Northern Mariana Islands, a chain of U.S.-held islands about 6,000 miles west of San Francisco where roughly 50,000 American citizens live. ...

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U.S. island territories brace for super typhoon, strongest storm so far this year, in western Pacific Ocean
www.cbsnews.com

... Guam and other U.S. island territories in the western Pacific Ocean on Monday braced for the most powerful storm of the year so far, which could bring destructive winds and widespread flooding over the next 48 hours, forecasts show.

Super Typhoon Sinlaku was traveling west-northwest toward the Marianas Islands just after 9 a.m. ET -- or 11 p.m. in the local time zone -- according to the National Weather Service office in Guam, which is home to three U.S. military bases. The Marianas are an archipelago comprising 15 different islands, including Guam, in the western Pacific, about 1,500 miles east of the Philippines. They are U.S.-held territories.

The typhoon's maximum sustained winds stabilized at 175 mph as the massive storm approached the island chain, after peaking at 180 mph on Sunday. This is the strongest storm to develop in 2026, behind typhoons Narelle and Dudzai, which respectively peaked at 149 and 147 mph, said CBS News meteorologist Nikki Nolan. ...

#1 | Posted by LampLighter at 2026-04-13 07:32 PM

... A full week of dangerous weather is looming for the central US ...

That's expected for this time of the year there. Some are more severe than others, though.

I lived in Louisville, KY (great people there, btw) during the severe weather event of 1974.

I remember my co-workers asking me to come outside the building to see the green-colored sky. And, yes, the clouds were green-colored. First time I have ever seen a green sky. But I digress.

50 years later | Remembering the 1974 Super Tornado Outbreak (2024)
www.whas11.com

... The 1974 Super Tornado Outbreak is known as one of the worst tornado outbreaks in U.S. history -- and the second largest tornado outbreak on record for a single 24-hour period. ...

Within a 16-hour window, 148 tornadoes swept across the U.S. The states affected were Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, Kentucky, Tennessee, Alabama, Mississippi, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, West Virginia and New York.

The twisters took a tragic toll on every one of those states and resulted in roughly $600 million in damages and 330 deaths.

Twenty-seven of those tornadoes hit parts of Kentucky, including Louisville and Brandenburg. An F4 tornado directly hit Louisville, killing three people and injuring more than 200 others.

The tornado first touched down near The Fairgrounds and caused the most damage as it moved into the city's East End, destroying homes, businesses and parks along the way.
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