Second Round of Severe Storm Warnings Announced Across Multiple States

The first weekend of April began with severe weather that impacted millions of Americans across the Midwest and South regions of the United States. Tornadoes, damaging winds, large hail, heavy rainfall and severe thunderstorms affected the areas.

This severe weather is now forecast to return to the Plains and Midwest, building over the weekend and continuing into next week.

"A storm forecast to move onshore in California and then progress inland over the West late this week will draw moisture northward from the Gulf into the Plains states," AccuWeather reports. "As moisture increases, drenching downpours and thunderstorms will become more widespread."

Pockets of "heavy to locally severe thunderstorms" are forecast over portions of the Plains region from Wednesday to Friday. The main risks over this period are hail, strong wind gusts and torrential rainfall.

7-day precipitation forecast- While the Mid-Atlantic & Southeast stay mostly dry, a wetter pattern unfolds over the Nation's Heartland. Much of Florida will witness unsettled weather through mid-week. The West welcomes much needed rain & mountain snow late week & into the weekend pic.twitter.com/sC4bosgwYx

— NWS Weather Prediction Center (@NWSWPC) April 7, 2026

Widespread thunderstorms over the region are forecast to begin on Saturday and will continue into early next week. This stretch of days could bring severe weather threats, including damaging winds, hail and tornados.

AccuWeather reported a forecast timeline from Saturday-Monday:

"On Saturday, AccuWeather meteorologists have outlined a zone from southwestern Nebraska to eastern New Mexico, including northwestern and central Texas, for potential severe thunderstorms."

"On Sunday, the severe weather zone is expected to broaden and shift eastward. The threat may extend from central Texas to central and eastern Nebraska and much of Iowa."

"By Monday, the risk of severe thunderstorms is projected to extend from central and northeastern Texas to southeastern Minnesota, southern Wisconsin and northeastern Illinois."

The coverage and intensity of these severe storms could increase with each day.