Daily Weather Update from FOX Weather: Dangerous severe weather threat continues as likely outbreak looms

Weather successful America: April 1, 2025

FOX Weather has you covered with the breaking forecasts and upwind quality headlines for your Weather successful America connected Tuesday, April 1, 2025. Get the latest from FOX Weather Meteorologist Britta Merwin.

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Severe storms and imaginable for a ft of rainfall endanger cardinal US, Mississippi and Ohio valleys

Yet again, another circular of terrible upwind is acceptable to endanger the cardinal U.S. with damaging winds, ample hail and tornadoes starting precocious Tuesday and continuing done Thursday. 

After sunset, the severe weather menace volition summation arsenic storms signifier on and northbound of a warm front lifting crossed Kansas and Missouri. While determination is immoderate uncertainty astir tempest sum farther southbound on the cold front, if immoderate storms bash develop, they could bring damaging winds and perchance a tornado risk.

A look astatine the terrible tempest menace successful the cardinal U.S. from Tuesday done Thursday.

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Simultaneously, a important hazard of utmost flash flooding is increasing for the Mississippi and Ohio valleys this week, wherever immoderate areas could spot astir a ft of rain.

A level 3 retired of 4 flash flood hazard is presently successful spot for Wednesday. By Thursday, the expected prolonged dense rainfall continues the level 3 flash flood menace for parts of occidental Tennessee and Kentucky, with a imaginable upgrade to the highest menace level. The level 3 hazard portion shifts somewhat to the westbound connected Friday earlier shifting eastbound again by Saturday.

As overmuch arsenic a ft of rainfall could autumn implicit parts of the Mississippi and Ohio valleys done Sunday.

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Severe storms slam East Coast arsenic apt tornado damages Alabama school

A enactment of terrible thunderstorms caused harm crossed the Southeast connected Monday arsenic different circular of terrible storms threatened immoderate 86 cardinal radical crossed the eastbound U.S. with damaging winds and a fewer tornadoes.

The highest attraction of upwind harm was recovered implicit parts of South Carolina, Georgia, southeastern Alabama and the Florida Panhandle.

Dothan, Alabama, police and occurrence departments responded to Dothan Preparatory School connected Monday afternoon aft a tornado-warned tempest moved done the area, causing harm and injuries astatine the school.

City officials said 5 students suffered insignificant injuries. Two were transferred to a section infirmary for further evaluation.

Iceland volcano erupts arsenic thousands evacuated, including fashionable tourer destination

A volcano connected Iceland's Reykjanes Peninsula began erupting Tuesday morning.

State media reported that the adjacent municipality of Grindavik was evacuated. One of Iceland's astir fashionable tourer destinations, the Blue Lagoon geothermal spa, posted connected its website that it was temporarily closed owed to a magma intrusion.

State media besides reported that the lava had reached Grindavik's antiaircraft walls. No injuries person been reported. 

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