“An active spring weather pattern has developed across the Central U.S. with severe thunderstorms likely throughout the week, including another significant tornado threat expected across parts of the Plains and Midwest on Friday”

“The severe weather threat expanded Tuesday, covering more than 130 million people, spanning more than 1,500 miles from the Big Bend of Texas through parts of New England”

“The SPC has issued a Level 3 out of 5 severe risk of severe thunderstorms across parts of eastern Iowa, southern Wisconsin, northern Illinois, and southern Michigan, including Chicago, Milwaukee and Detroit”

“A warm front will be re-established across this Level 3 threat area and will amplify storms that cross this boundary. These storms are expected to produce large hail, 2 to 3 inches in diameter, particularly north of where that front set up beginning mid-to-late afternoon”

“Storms in the southern theater of Tuesday’s threat... are firing along the dryline, which set up over Oklahoma and West Texas”

“Storms that produced damaging hail across the Midwest on Monday tracked into Upstate New York late Tuesday morning and reached New England Tuesday evening”

“A Level 2 severe storm threat includes Burlington, Vermont, Albany, New York and Scranton, Pennsylvania, with damaging wind gusts being the main hazard with the potential for isolated tornadoes”

“On Wednesday, storms are expected to shift toward the Mississippi River Valleys, with the possibility for damaging wind gusts, hail and tornadoes primarily across a corridor that includes the Plains, the Midwest, the Great Lakes and the Ohio Valley”

“Thunderstorms will release heavy moisture from the atmosphere, leading to downpours producing 1 to 2 inches of rain”

“Localized flooding was reported in Oconto, Kewaunee and Brown counties in Wisconsin Tuesday, when officials said numerous roads were flooded and vehicles were stranded”

“A Level 1 out of 4 risk of flash flooding covers that same corridor from Texas to western New York”