Thursday, April 5 and Friday, April 6

Tuesday proved to be a very active severe weather day in Texas with 18 reported tornadoes primarily in the Dallas-Fort Worth area. In addition to the tornadoes we saw damaging wind reports as well as hail as large as baseballs! Check out this link to a video of a tractor- trailer being picked up by one of the Dallas, TX tornadoes! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LN5Izcf-z9k

The threat of tornadoes has diminished in Texas tonight, but there are still thunderstorms plaguing the south and east Thursday. The following video will show you the radar loops that show the Low Pressure system moving through beginning at roughly 7am CDT to 7pm CDT along with the heavy precipitation possible with these storms. The next image shows the 24 accumulation of rain after the storms move through Thursday. Lastly, the Storm Prediction Center also outlines the areas of thunderstorms that have a slight risk of becoming severe. The storms that come Thursday do not have the same severity as yesterday’s storms in Texas, however if these storms continue to move through these regions as repetitively as they have been these areas could begin to deal with the chances of flooding.

For Champaign-Urbana on Thursday we start the day off with a slight chance of rain showers that will start the day off as overcast, but we will see periods of clouds and sun throughout the rest of the day. Temperature wise, temperatures will continue to remain closer to normal with a high of 60°F and an early morning low of 44°F, while winds will be from the NE at 5-13 mph. For Friday, we are under a Freeze Watch from 3am-8am that has the potential to kill crops and sensitive vegetation. The early morning low will drop down to a frigid 33°F, but will pick back up to 61°F during the day. Similarly, the winds on Friday will be ENE becoming ESE at 7-11 mph.