Severe Weather Awareness Week in MN & WI

Storm Impacting the Northwest U.S.; Fire Weather Conditions in Southern California; Severe Weather in the South

A Pacific storm is bringing areas of low elevation rain, moderate to heavy mountain snow, and high winds to the Northwest. Strong Santa Ana winds and very dry conditions are producing elevated to critical fire weather conditions in southern California. Isolated strong to severe thunderstorms are possible through early Wednesday morning across parts of northeast Texas into western Tennessee. Read More >

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Monday - Alerts & Warnings

Tuesday - Severe Thunderstorms & Lightning

Wednesday - Floods

Thursday - Tornadoes

Friday - Excessive Heat

On Thursday, April 7th, statewide tornado drills will be held at 1:45 p.m. CDT and 6:45 p.m. CDT. Outdoor sirens may be used in some communities for the drill and NOAA Weather Radios will be activated using test wording. We hope you can take advantage of these drills to test your action and shelter plans.

Storm Impacting the Northwest U.S.; Fire Weather Conditions in Southern California; Severe Weather in the South

April 4-8, 2022 is Severe Weather Awareness Week in Minnesota and Wisconsin. Iowa held an awareness week in late March.

Each day a different preparedness topic will be covered, including statewide tornado drills that are scheduled for Thursday, April 7th at both 1:45PM and 6:45PM.

Our Severe Weather preparedness page can be found at: https://www.weather.gov/arx/severeprep

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