Vicious tornadoes tear through Midwest as severe weather outbreak slams 10+ states, days after deadly storms
Powerful tornadoes have been caught live on camera tearing through Illinois as grapefruit-size hail falls from the sky, shattering windshields.
Tornado tears through Illinois as severe storms impact the Midwest
SEE IT: Video captures a massive tornado tearing through Illinois. FOX Weather Exclusive Storm Trackers Corey Gerken and Brandon Copic are on the ground in the middle of the storm. Stay with FOX Weather for the latest.
A vicious severe weather outbreak is tearing through the Heartland as intense tornadoes and monster hail pounds the Midwest just days after last week’s fatal outbreak.
As storm threats intensify, the Storm Prediction Center (SPC) has upgraded parts of Illinois and Indiana to a Level 4 out of 5 severe weather risk due to the risks for multiple intense EF-3+ tornadoes.
LIVE UPDATES: DANGEROUS STORM SYSTEM THREATENS MILLIONS WITH STRONG TORNADOES AND GIANT HAIL
VIOLENT TORNADO KANKAKEE, IL! On I-57 @WxWiseApp @foxweather @ryanhallyall pic.twitter.com/t7utLW8ll3
— Brandon Copic (@BrandonCopicWx) March 10, 2026
Powerful tornadoes have been caught live on camera tearing through Illinois as grapefruit-size hail shatters windshields.
More than 10 states are in the risk zone, placing millions of people in the potential path of damaging winds, large hail and strong tornadoes.
WINDSHIELD IS COOKED pic.twitter.com/SzD5oYnYnP
— Corey Gerken (@CoreyGerkenWX) March 10, 2026
FOX Weather Exclusive Storm Trackers Brandon Copic and Corey Gerken are LIVE covering the intense storms as dangerous impacts tear through the Midwest.
Chicago is now under a Flood Watch due to a heightened risk of flooding due to rapid rainfall.
The renewed severe weather threat—spanning 1,500 miles from Texas to Michigan—comes as many communities are still recovering from the devastating tornado outbreak late last week, raising concerns about additional impacts if storms redevelop across the region.
(FOX Weather)
At least 23 tornadoes ripped through the Heartland between Thursday, March 5, and Saturday, March 7, ranging in strength from EF-0 to EF-3, claiming the lives of eight people and leaving communities devastated in their wake.
The multi-day severe weather outbreak ripped through Texas, the Plains and the Midwest before it charged towards the Great Lakes and the Northeast.
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The multi-day severe weather outbreak ripped through Texas, the Plains and the Midwest before it charged towards the Great Lakes and the Northeast.
Portions of those same areas are yet again getting slammed with another round of intense severe storms that will continue into early Wednesday morning.
(FOX Weather)
Severe thunderstorms started erupting in northern Missouri into northwest Illinois, spawning powerful tornadoes in its path. In the overnight hours, these dangerous storms will charge to southern Lake Michigan.
Favorable wind patterns support the formation of supercells—rotating thunderstorms capable of producing severe weather.
(FOX Weather)
Farther southwest across the southern Plains, another area of concern will develop as a strong upper level storm system moves east from the Baja Peninsula into northern Mexico and eventually west Texas.
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Strong daytime heating across northeast Mexico and areas near the Texas-New Mexico border, extending north into western Kansas, will help make the atmosphere increasingly unstable.
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As the evening unfolds, the strengthening system is expected to organize into a larger line or cluster, potentially shifting more toward damaging winds as storms merge into a squall line moving east.
Dallas-Fort Worth is right on the edge of the highest severe threat level.
WHAT IS A SUPERCELL THUNDERSTORM?
The bulk of the storms should move into the metro later tonight, but isolated storms earlier in the day are possible.
Devastating tornado caught on camera in Union City, Michigan
(Lisa Nicola / FOX Weather)
The FOX Forecast Center highlights these cities for the top severe weather threats as a Level 4 out of 5 severe weather risk has been issued for them: Joliet, Peoria, Bloomington, Illinois; Rensselaer, Indiana.
A Level 3 out of 4 threat has been issued for the following: Chicago, Illinois; Fort Worth, Abilene, Del Rio, Wichita Falls, Texas and Lawton, Oklahoma.
And a Level 2 out of 5 threat remains for Dallas, Texas; Detroit, Michigan; Indianapolis; Oklahoma City and Tulsa, Oklahoma; Kansas City, Missouri.
Stay with FOX Weather as we track the latest live for these storms.