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The National Weather Service has issued a Moderate Risk outlook for Bloomington/Peoria/Joliet, Illinois & Crown Point/Rensselaer/Plymouth, Indiana.
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A wider scope to the risk zones for Tuesday's predicted severe weather outbreak has been issued by the National Weather Service. BT Weather is actively monitoring developments as they come.
"While I try to do my best to mitigate fearmongering in situations like weather coverage, this setup is unlike anything I've seen in the month of March. I'm genuinely concerned, and people should have a plan for the event of the worst-case scenario."
Alex Layne
The skies over northern Illinois are churning. Tuesday, a major warm front will be moving into the area, bringing temperatures of up to 80°F and dew points above 70°F. This setup is textbook severe weather outbreak conditions. These conditions in the month of March are extremely rare. The concerns for long track tornadoes in the area are mounting, and the people in any of the outlook areas should be preparing for a wild week of weather, especially on Tuesday. The models, while bullish, show some very concerning things, and I think if the bias of the models were less skewed and showed even 15% less potential, I would still be highly concerned about this outbreak. Don't be scared, be prepared!
On Wednesday, a 15% Risk area has been issued, and encompasses southern Indiana, Ohio, Pittsburgh, PA, West Virginia, Kentucky, Missouri, Illinois, Tennessee, Arkansas, Mississippi, Louisiana, and Alabama. A smaller tornado threat, it will still pack a major punch coming into the region on the 11th of March. The threat seems to extend into the early morning hours on Thursday. Wind shear and a surging cold front will be a concern for Wednesday. Solar energy atmosphere feeding will play a major role in where the worst effects will happen.
A hot early Spring is always a sign of bad news, severe weather wise. However, as long as you are prepared, you can mitigate the worst effects.
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The hours were long and grueling, but we were able to successfully spread information about this week's severe weather, and that is, in my eyes, a successful start for 2026 and for BT Weather.
We've got another week of coverage coming up, however BT Weather coverage will focus on Tuesday and Wednesday this week. Tuesday's intense outlook has been updated, and it looks like we have a large Enhanced Risk area in northern Illinois. BT Studio will be in the Slight Risk zone, while this would be a call for standard safety prep, we are pushing past the standard procedure due to changes in the safety procedure and the general concern around this outbreak. Marginal and Slight Risk zones have recently been overperforming, (see the Michigan tornado from March 6 for an example), and a lot of unexpected things have occured. Safety is the #1 priority of BT Weather, and we will be working on further solutions to expand our safety.
BT Weather, after experiencing a tornado go through HQ (Bloomington, Indiana) twice in the last 2 years, is pushing past the old safety model from 2025 and before. Marginal and Slight Risk zones will be treated as the Enhanced Risk was treated before.
BT Weather will also be celebrating its one year anniversary on March 15, 2026! What was once BT Studio SKYWARN has advanced considerably in the last few weeks, and I'm very proud of the work we've accomplished over the last year. I will be doing a first year review stream at some point in the coming months, potentially during the 2026 Spring Severe Weather Season Autopsy in late June.
EXPANDED COVERAGE ZONE COMING TO BT WEATHER!
Welcome our newest county additions, Sullivan County, Indiana, Clay County, Indiana, and Johnson County, Indiana. These zones will be added to our tornado chase/spotting zone in 2026. This will be rolled out over the coming months, and each month will introduce a new county! The spotting zone map is included with this article.
April 1, 2026: Sullivan County, Indiana
May 1, 2026: Clay County, Indiana
June 1, 2026: Johnson County, Indiana
The spotting zone has many potential expansions in its future. At some point, we want to cover the entirety of the interesting portions of Indiana, weather wise. You can see the plans via the map included with this article.
2026 looks to be a promising year for BT Weather. It feels like the excitement around the possibilities is palpable, and this could become a genuinely incredible project which could change the way citizen meteorology is done! Let's change the world, for the better, together! Let's inspire others to join our path in making a weather organization with the first goal of serving the people, not profits.
Edit: An earlier version of the expansion map was posted to this article. The new and current version is now displayed in this article.
The slow moving storms developing over Texas have been repeatedly slamming into Houston, Texas tonight. We expect to see more severe storms drop rain throughout the region into the night. They are slow moving storms, so there is concern that the flooding in the region could become dangerous. The tornado threat for the night is lowering as we move into the night.
As the storm continues into the night, the northern portion over Pennsylvania and West Virginia is beginning to weaken into a general thunderstorm with high winds. The severe concerns continue in the south, however. The slower moving, southern portion of the storm is hovering and causing flooding concerns in Texas, Louisiana, and Mississippi, potentially in Tennessee as well.
Squall lines moving through the Pittsburgh/Greensburg, PA area are packing a major punch. Traffic cameras have reportedly been disabled by the storm impact. Punxsutawney is also experiencing strong pre-storms before the severe warned storm starts moving into the Indiana, Pennsylvania area. Damaging winds are the main threat of the night, currently.
The storms tonight continue to maintain stability and are bringing severe conditions. There have also been reports of people injured from standing on their porch, watching the storm. This is a very dangerous activity, and I highly recommend people stay in their homes during tonght's outbreaks.