Severe weather conditions are forecast for the central United States in early April, with threats of tornadoes, damaging winds and hail.
Experts have also expressed concern about flooding during the first week of the month.
As reported by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), a stationary front extending from northeastern California will remain almost in place until Thursday, April 2.
Multiple rounds of disruptive storms are expected to hit the central states.
The most severe weather threat on Tuesday was centered from southern Michigan to northeastern Illinois, and then into northern Indiana and Ohio.
NOAA’s Storm Prediction Center issued a slight risk, level 2 of 5, for parts of the Great Lakes and Ohio Valley through Wednesday morning.
Damaging winds and large hail are also possible.
For Plains and Mississippi, a severe threat is forecast on Wednesday, April 1, extending from central Texas to Kansas and Missouri.
By Thursday, April 2, the threat will move into the Midwest, with storms capable of producing strong gusts of wind and hail from northern Arkansas to southern Michigan.
Meanwhile, freezing rain and snow will occur in the Far North, and wintry precipitation will occur in the Upper Mississippi Valley, Great Lakes and Northeast during the midweek period.
Total rainfall amounts from Texas to the Great Lakes and central Appalachians are forecast to range from 1 to 4 inches, with locally higher amounts of up to 6 inches possible.
