The Daily Weather Update from FOX Weather: Severe weather threat increases ahead of Easter weekend travel

Weather successful America: April 17, 2025

FOX Weather has you covered with the breaking forecasts and upwind quality headlines for your Weather successful America connected Thursday, April 17, 2025. Get the latest from FOX Weather Meteorologist Bob Van Dillen.

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Severe tempest menace upgraded Thursday arsenic multiday hazard rumbles done Easter weekend

Thunderstorms are rumbling crossed Kansas and Missouri Thursday morning, with hail being the superior severe weather concern. 

NOAA's Storm Prediction Center has upgraded the terrible upwind menace level for precocious Thursday afternoon. An country covering parts of Iowa and Nebraska, including Omaha, is present nether a Level 3 retired of 5 risk for terrible weather. Large, destructive hail and damaging winds are the main threats, but tornadoes cannot beryllium ruled out, particularly successful the country nether the Level 3 risk.

Friday's menace covers an country stretching from the confederate Plains each the mode into the Great Lakes region, impacting those celebrating Good Friday. 

Forecasters are monitoring the imaginable for much aggravated storms, including tornadoes, connected Easter Sunday implicit regions that person been deed precise hard implicit the past month, including portions of the confederate Plains, little and mid-Mississippi Valley and mid-South region.

Extreme occurrence upwind threatens New Mexico

Parts of New Mexico, including areas conscionable southeast of Albuquerque, are nether utmost occurrence upwind conditions, meaning immoderate wildfires that are sparked volition dispersed rapidly and uncontrollably.

The information is caused by debased humidity and beardown westerly winds, including gusts of up to 60 mph.

Fire Weather Watches and Warnings are up for astir 9 cardinal radical crossed the Southwest.

Temperature roller coaster begins for Rockies up of large late-season snowstorm

A significant late-season snowstorm is expected to bring precocious winds and arsenic overmuch arsenic 1-2 feet of snow to the Rockies opening Thursday evening and continuing done Saturday.

Winter Storm Warnings and Winter Weather Advisories are successful spot for Montana, Wyoming, Colorado and Utah. 

Denver volition person the accidental of accumulating snowfall by Friday. Salt Lake City, Utah, could spot accumulations arsenic well.

Watch: Connecticut shoppers fly arsenic carnivore runs crossed promenade parking lot

People extracurricular a Connecticut promenade had a scare erstwhile a bear was spotted moving adjacent the entrance.

Video from extracurricular Westfarms Mall in West Hartford connected Friday day showed wildlife officers trying to corral a tiny achromatic carnivore moving astir outside.

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