Weekend Weather Update from FOX Weather: Severe weather outbreak expected to lash Upper Midwest with tornadoes
Top weather news for Sunday, April 27, 2025: Severe storms threaten much of the Plains later Sunday before a dangerous severe weather outbreak eyes the Upper Midwest on Monday, packing the potential for strong tornadoes, destructive winds and damaging hail.
Likely severe weather outbreak in Upper Midwest puts millions on alert for tornadoes, hail on Monday
A significant severe weather event is expected to unfold across portions of the Midwest and Upper Midwest on Monday, putting cities like Minneapolis and Des Moines, Iowa, on alert. FOX Weather Meteorologist Ari Sarsalari breaks down the latest forecast on Sunday, April 27, 2025.
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Brewing Upper Midwest severe weather outbreak threatens Minneapolis with strong tornadoes, destructive winds
A significant severe weather outbreak is expected to unfold across portions of the Upper Midwest on Monday, with forecasters warning that conditions will be favorable for the development of very large hail, damaging wind gusts and strong tornadoes.
Millions of people in cities like Minneapolis and Des Moines, Iowa, are being urged to prepare for the potentially life-threatening severe weather outbreak, which is expected to begin Monday afternoon and continue well into Monday night.
In total, more than 45 million people from the U.S.-Mexico border in Texas to the U.S.-Canada border in the Upper Midwest will be at risk of severe weather on Monday.
However, the threat is significantly higher on the northern end of that risk zone, where more than 7 million people in portions of Iowa, Minnesota and western Wisconsin have been placed in a Level 4 out of 5 risk on NOAA's Storm Prediction Center's (SPC) severe thunderstorm risk scale.
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Severe storms threaten Plains later Sunday ahead of Monday's expected outbreak
Before the main outbreak of severe weather begins on Monday, isolated to scattered severe thunderstorms are possible across parts of the Plains from Sunday evening into early Monday morning. Large hail, damaging wind gusts and a few tornadoes are all possible.
The SPC has placed more than 2 million people from West Texas to North Dakota in a Level 2 out of 5 risk of severe weather, while another 8.5 million people are included in a Level 1 risk from West Texas to Minnesota.
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Torrential rain leads to deadly flash flooding in Oklahoma
Torrential rain swept across portions of southwestern Oklahoma and northern Texas during the end of the workweek and into the start of the weekend, triggering deadly flash flooding.
According to police in Lawton, Oklahoma, a person was killed when their vehicle was swept away by floodwaters. Police said first responders were unable to safely get to the submerged vehicle.
The Lawton Police Department Dive Team arrived and was able to get the victim out of the vehicle.
Watch: Cars trapped in floodwaters in Lawton, Oklahoma
A video shared from Lawton, Oklahoma, shows vehicles that became submerged in floodwaters as torrential rain fell on Saturday, April 26, 2025.
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