Tornado outbreak of March 13–16, 2025

Summary

From March 13 to 16, 2025, a widespread and deadly tornado outbreak, the largest on record for the month of March, affected much of the Midwestern into the Eastern United States, with additional severe weather and impacts on the East Coast. The Storm Prediction Center (SPC) first issued a moderate risk for severe weather for parts of the Midwest and Southeast on March 14 as a large upper-level trough moved west over the Rockies. The Day 2 outlook was upgraded to a tornado-driven high risk area for portions of Mississippi and Alabama, making it the third ever issuance of a Day 2 high risk, with the previous two being for April 7, 2006 and April 14, 2012.