Western Michigan experienced mud rain on Friday, April 18, 2025, as thunderstorms moved into the region from Wisconsin, leaving a thin layer of mud on vehicles and homes.
Large-scale pressure changes following a strong sudden stratospheric warming event in mid-March 2025, which caused the collapse of the polar vortex, are expected to drive spring weather patterns across Canada and the United States into May. Northerly winds are expected to bring colder air into parts of North America, while high-pressure zones may lead to warmer conditions in the central U.S. and southern Canada. The shifts in weather patterns are consistent with the typical effects observed following a polar vortex disruption, where the jet stream becomes more erratic, leading to unusual temperature distributions and weather events.
At least 15 tornadoes touched down in Iowa and Nebraska on April 17, 2025, as a severe weather system swept through the region. Tornadoes were confirmed in Omaha, Nebraska, and Essex, Iowa, damaging homes, toppling power lines, and causing significant disruption to local communities.
Severe weather, including heavy rains, flash floods, and thunderstorms, is forecast to impact a broad region from lower Michigan to the southern Plains starting Friday, April 18, 2025, and continuing through the weekend, placing tens of millions of people on alert.
A late-season winter storm is forecast to deliver up to 60 cm (2 feet) of snow across parts of the Rocky Mountains through April 19, 2025, prompting winter storm alerts from Montana to Colorado. Hazardous driving conditions across the Rockies are expected through late week.
Nearly 40 million people from Texas to Michigan are under threat of severe weather as an amplifying trough begins affecting the central United States on Wednesday, April 16, 2025. The system is forecast to bring strong thunderstorms, heavy rainfall, and damaging winds, with the associated cold front expected to dominate weather conditions through Saturday, April 19, from the Southern Plains to the Great Lakes.
Severe thunderstorms swept through West Virginia on Monday, April 14, 2025, bringing intense hail and causing widespread damage across the state. The cold front also triggered hail fog in parts of Ohio, leading to a car slide-off near Wheelsburg.
An EF-1 tornado struck Princeton, Indiana, on April 10, 2025, causing widespread damage and leaving over 500 customers without power.
An EF-3 tornado that struck Jeffersontown on April 3, 2025, has caused more than USD 100 million worth of damages in the area. Jeffersontown council members approved a resolution to waive demolition, repair, and building fees over the next several months due to the damages.
Red Flag Warnings have been issued from South Dakota to Kansas, including much of Nebraska on Thursday, April 10, 2025, prompting authorities to postpone a prescribed fire in the Black Hills National Forest, South Dakota until conditions are favorable.
