4Warn Weather – The Storm Prediction Center has issued a Tornado Watch for all of Southeastern Michigan until 4 a.m. Wednesday morning, April 15, 2026.

As we’ve been highlighting throughout the day, we are in an atmospheric situation where showers and thunderstorms are expected to develop tonight and into the overnight, and severe thunderstorms are likely.

Remember, a Tornado Watch means that conditions are favorable for the development of severe weather, including tornadoes, in and close to the watch area.

Forecast Update

We’re watching thunderstorms forming off to the west of Metro Detroit, which could develop into a line capable of producing damaging winds, hail, and tornadoes late tonight and into the overnight hours.

Multiple tornado warnings have been issued tonight, with damage confirmed over Southeastern Wisconsin.

These storms are moving into Michigan within the next few hours and will impact Metro Detroit late tonight and into the overnight hours.

What is a Tornado Watch?

A Tornado Watch means conditions are favorable for tornadoes to develop across a large region.

Watches are issued by the Storm Prediction Center, a national forecasting center that monitors severe weather across the United States.

A watch can cover multiple counties or even several states and typically lasts several hours. It signals that the atmosphere has the ingredients needed for severe storms capable of producing tornadoes.

Think of a tornado watch as a heads-up to stay alert and be ready if storms begin to develop.

However, tornado watches are not issued for every storm that produces a tornado.

Watches are generally issued when forecasters believe there is a greater chance of multiple storms producing severe weather across a broad area.

If tornado potential is expected to be very isolated or uncertain, forecasters may not issue a tornado watch in advance.

That means it is possible and not uncommon for a tornado warning to be issued even when a tornado watch was never in place.

What is a Tornado Warning?

A Tornado Warning means a tornado is happening or about to happen.

Warnings are issued by local offices of the National Weather Service when radar detects strong rotation within a storm or when a tornado is reported by trained spotters, emergency managers, or the public.

Warnings usually last 20 to 45 minutes and focus on specific communities in the storm’s path.

When a tornado warning is issued, immediate action is needed. People should move to a basement or an interior room on the lowest floor of a sturdy building and stay away from windows.

It’s also important to understand that severe thunderstorms themselves can sometimes produce tornadoes.

A storm may first be under a severe thunderstorm warning because it is producing damaging winds or hail.

If meteorologists detect rotation within that storm, a tornado warning may then be issued for areas in the storm’s path, while the severe thunderstorm warning may still remain in effect.

Severe thunderstorms can produce powerful winds capable of causing major damage and becoming deadly, and in some cases, they can also produce tornadoes.

MILWAUKEE — Severe storms swept through Milwaukee, causing significant flooding and leaving thousands of residents without power.

Near Timmerman Airport at 97th Street and Hampton Avenue, rapidly rising water trapped multiple drivers. At least five vehicles became stuck in the floodwaters. TMJ4’s Mike Beiermeister called 911 after finding four people inside one of the submerged cars. Emergency services responded, and all drivers and passengers were able to get out safely.

Watch: Milwaukee flooding traps drivers and leaves thousands without power

Multiple cars stuck in flooded streets

The high water concealed a median on the road. As drivers attempted to turn around to avoid the flooding, they did not see the median and drove straight into it, becoming stuck.

Atrilla Wilson witnessed the scene unfold.

“It was pretty much like last year in August. It just came and so fast that you couldn’t control it, and watching them go into those medians was the dangerous part,” Wilson said.

Wilson noted that other drivers created additional hazards by not paying attention to the people trying to stop traffic.

“People just driving through here and not stopping, they just going through here and then filming while they’re driving, and it’s just been a whirlwind,” Wilson said.

The storms knocked out power for 24,500 customers across the area. Wilson and his neighbors were among those left in the dark.

“Everybody around here has got to go to work in the morning, so they depend on the electricity to get them up and getting them going, so hopefully before the end of the night we get electricity,” Wilson said.

Flooding and ponding were also reported on Silver Spring Drive and Mill Road. Authorities advise residents to stay home and avoid driving through flooded roadways.

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MINNEAPOLIS (FOX 9) – A man has died days after he was assaulted by his neighbor in Minneapolis. 

Minneapolis deadly assault

What we know:

According to Minneapolis police, on April 5, officers responded to an apartment building on the 300 block of Hennepin Avenue. 

Officers found a man in his 70s unconscious. He was then taken to the hospital. 

Police learned through surveillance video that the victim had been hit by another 61-year-old man after a verbal argument. 

The 61-year-old man was found to also be a resident in the apartment building and was later arrested. 

Police announced Tuesday that the victim died at the hospital from his injuries. 

The suspect was initially charged with first-degree assault, but those are expected to be amended to include homicide, police said. 

What we don’t know:

Police did not say what led up to the altercation between the two men.