With the potential for once-in-a-lifetime rainfall and widespread impacts, "generational flooding" is possible across parts of the nation through Saturday, fueled by repeated rounds of storms accompanying a rare high-level severe weather threat, forecasters warn.
A tornado outbreak is expected from parts of the lower Mississippi Valley into the mid-South and lower Ohio Valley, including the threat of multiple long-track EF-3 or stronger tornadoes.
Top weather news for April 2, 2025: A tornado outbreak is expected Wednesday and Wednesday night from parts of the mid-Mississippi and lower Ohio valleys westward into the eastern Ozarks, prompting a rare Level 5 out of 5 "high risk" of severe weather.