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27th June 2026 - NWS Statement - "An Enhanced Risk of Severe Thunderstorms is Forecast Today and/or Tonight. Severe thunderstorms are likely today across the northern High Plains including northeast Wyoming and eastern Montana into the western Dakotas, with storms capable of very large hail, very strong outflow winds (80+ mph), and tornadoes late this afternoon into tonight."

Mainly a hail and wind threat, but there's a up-trending development in the tornadic potential for today.

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20th June 2026 - NWS Statement - "An Enhanced Risk of Severe Thunderstorms is Forecast Today and/or Tonight. Severe thunderstorms are likely across parts of the central Plains mainly this afternoon and evening. Large to very large hail, severe winds (some 75+ mph), and a few tornadoes are possible."

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17th June 2026 - NWS Statement - "A Moderate Risk of Severe Thunderstorms is Forecast Today and/or Tonight. An outbreak of severe thunderstorms is expected today into tonight, with the peak threat centered over Illinois and Indiana. Several intense tornadoes, swaths of damaging gusts over 75 mph and damaging wind-driven large hail will all be possible."

There's a 4/5 risk with a high potential for significant tornadoes, damaging winds, and large hail. It appears that June may end up being more active than May. As you'll recall, three significant EF3 tornadoes developed across Illinois and Indiana on June 11, and there is potential for a similar event if surface conditions evolve as currently forecast.

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13th June 2026 - NWS Statement - "An Enhanced Risk of Severe Thunderstorms is Forecast Today and/or Tonight. Scattered severe thunderstorms are likely today and tonight across parts of the central and southern Plains to Missouri Valley and Middle Mississippi Valley. Swaths of damaging wind gusts, large hail, and a few tornadoes are all possible."

There's a 5% tornado risk and CIG1 spanning from Kansas City down to Joplin and Springfield and surrounding areas. The strongest hail is forecast to be North and West of Kansas City. As always, once we get more observations on the day, those areas can shift. Take care out there!

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From what I've seen, Kouts, Indiana was impacted with the heaviest damage yesterday. Certainly EF3 as a minimum, but I expect it will eventually be rated higher. Pylons downed, grain silos destroyed, at least one home swept to the basement.

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11th June 2026 - NWS Statement - "A Moderate Risk of Severe Thunderstorms is Forecast Today and/or Tonight. Widespread severe thunderstorms are expected this afternoon and evening across parts of the Midwest and Great Lakes region, including far eastern Iowa, northern Missouri, northern/central Illinois, southern Wisconsin, Lower Michigan, and northern Indiana. This includes the potential for widespread/intense damaging winds (some 75+ mph), large hail, and several tornadoes, some of which may be strong to intense."

4/5 risk centred around the North of Illinois tonight. The first higher-end day for quite a while, after a less active May than usual. Stay safe.

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10th June 2026 - NWS Statement - "An Enhanced Risk of Severe Thunderstorms is Forecast Today and/or Tonight. Scattered to numerous severe thunderstorms with potential for large hail in excess of two inches in diameter, a few strong tornadoes and damaging winds with gusts over 75 mph are expected this afternoon and evening across parts of the Upper Mississippi Valley and Midwest."

A decently sized 10% risk area coincides with a CIG1 on the second graphic, centred mainly over Iowa, Illinois and Wisconsin, dipping slightly into surrounding states.

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9th June 2026 - Environment Canada has issued another 4/4 "Extreme" highest risk for SW Manitoba and SE Saskatchewan today, coinciding with the storms spanning from North Dakota to Nebraska in the US.

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9th June 2026 - NWS Statement - "An Enhanced Risk of Severe Thunderstorms is Forecast Today and/or Tonight. Numerous severe thunderstorms with a potential for 60 to 80 mph winds with locally higher gusts, along with tornadoes (some potentially strong), and large to very large hail are expected to develop in parts of the central and northern Plains from this afternoon into tonight. Severe wind gusts and hail will also be possible from north-central and west-central Kansas south-westward into the Texas Panhandle."

There’s a decent chance of tornadoes near the US-Canada border later today, with the warned area covering North Dakota, South Dakota and Nebraska. Alongside the tornado risk, expect elevated chances of hail, damaging winds and severe storms.

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7th June 2026 - US and Canadian severe storm outlooks attached. Canada has a higher-end thunderstorm risk today, while the US setup is mainly a damaging wind threat with a lower tornado risk overall.

For our friends in SW Manitoba and SE Saskatchewan, Environment Canada’s thunderstorm outlook has placed parts of the area in its highest risk category, “Extreme” - 4 out of 4 on Canada’s outlook scale.

7th June 2026 - NWS Statement - "An Enhanced Risk of Severe Thunderstorms is Forecast Today and/or Tonight. Scattered to numerous thunderstorms with significant wind gusts, large hail, and an isolated tornado threat are expected this afternoon and evening across parts of the northern Plains. A couple of tornadoes and isolated damaging gusts are possible across the Ozarks region."

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