(11:45PM – Tuesday, March 31st, 2026) As the severe t’storm threat comes to an end overnight with the current storm system, a new storm system will bring renewed severe t’storm chances to the state on Wednesday and Thursday…
⏰📍Timing & Location…
•Wednesday Morning – Wednesday Night, April 1st: Southern Illinois.
•Thursday Morning – Thursday Night, April 2nd: All of Illinois.
⚡️Hazards…
•A level 1 severe t’storm threat is in place across Southern Illinois from Wednesday morning through Wednesday night, for the threat of isolated severe t’storms. Hail, damaging winds and an isolated tornado will all be threats.
•A level 1 severe t’storm threat is in place across all of Illinois from Thursday morning through Thursday night, for the threat of isolated severe t’storms. Large hail, damaging winds and an isolated tornado will all be threats.
✔️Summary…
•Wednesday Morning – Wednesday Night… A cold front pushing through Southern Illinois on Wednesday is expected to become stationary for a time, before lifting north as a warm front on Wednesday night. Widespread areas of rain and t’storm activity are expected across the state from Wednesday morning through Wednesday night. Of focus will be in the vicinity of the aforementioned frontal boundary in Southern Illinois, where a low coverage severe t’storm threat may exist.
•Thursday Morning – Thursday Night… As the next storm system passes through the region, a round or two of rain and t’storm activity will be likely across the state from Thursday morning and Thursday night. The first round of activity, likely to move across the state from Thursday morning through early Thursday evening, will pose some severe t’storm threat. Pending exact progression of this round of activity and potential for recovery in it’s wake, a second round of rain and t’storm activity may be possible across Northern and Central Illinois from later Thursday afternoon into Thursday night. This second round is more is question at this time, but should it come to fruition, would it carry some severe t’strom threat as well.
