Strong Tornadoes, Big Hail Damage Possible in Missouri & Illinois

We have a better idea of what to expect from storms that will move through Missouri and Illinois this week. Strong tornadoes, big hail and violent wind damage are all possible based on official forecasts now.

Brace yourself for what should be a violent weather event in both Missouri and Illinois Tuesday. The National Weather Service out of St. Louis shared the following graphic to show you what you can expect especially in the northern parts of Missouri and Illinois starting Tuesday afternoon.

Scattered golf ball-sized hail, damaging wind, plus 60 mph wind gusts along with strong tornadoes in the EF2 to EF5 range. This map shared by NOAA show the area of most danger which is northeastern Missouri. It shows that northeastern Missouri, parts of west-central Illinois and southeastern Iowa have a 10% chance of seeing strong twisters.

The likelihood of big hail damage is even greater for Tuesday's storms putting much of the same parts of Missouri and Illinois in the 30% likelihood range.

While isolated storms are expected to start brewing Tuesday afternoon, the National Weather Service in St. Louis, Missouri says that the 6p to 10p time frame is the most likely time for violent tornadic storms to develop. They say these storms will come in two different rounds. Here are the estimated times for both Missouri and Illinois.

Tuesday, April 16 will be one of those days when you pay close attention to weather watches and warnings as storms are expected to move quickly once they begin exploding over Missouri and Illinois.