THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR A SIGNIFICANT SEVERE WEATHER EVENT THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP IN AN UNSTABLE AIRMASS THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO THE EVENING HOURS. STORMS THAT DEVELOP WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO BECOME SEVERE WITH LARGE HAIL
AND DAMAGING WINDS BEING THE PRIMARY THREATS. HEAVY RAINFALL WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE WITH THE THUNDERSTORMS. AN ISOLATED TORNADO CANNOT BE RULED OUT.
THE SEVERE THREAT WILL CONTINUE INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS TONIGHT AS STORMS BECOME MORE NUMEROUS AND GROW INTO A COMPLEX. AS THIS OCCURS...THE POTENTIAL FOR DAMAGING WINDS WILL INCREASE. DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE THE PRIMARY THREAT DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS
HOWEVER AN ISOLATED TORNADO OR LARGE HAIL WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE. THERE IS ALSO THE THREAT FOR LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING DUE TO THE HEAVY RAINFALL EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS.
THE SEVERE THREAT WILL TAPER DOWN ACROSS THE AREA BY THE DAYTIME MORNING HOURS ON THURSDAY.
