DETROIT – Strong thunderstorms are moving through Southeast Michigan on Wednesday, bringing a threat of damaging winds, flooding, and even tornadoes.
A wintry mix in the morning was replaced by the possibility of heavy, steady rainfall that could cause flooding. There’s a slight chance for a severe storm in the late morning and early afternoon because of a lifting warm front.
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But that’s not the window for the most likely severe storms.
As temperatures continue to rise gradually throughout the day, storm chances will hang around. But the line of the strongest storms is expected to affect the area between 5 p.m. and midnight.
While there’s a chance for severe weather throughout the long window of time, the threat heightens after sunset, as temperatures continue to climb.
We’re likely to reach temperatures in the 60s around 9 p.m., and a heightened risk of severe weather comes with that warming.
Storms could cause damaging wind gusts up to 70 mph, hail up to an inch in diameter, flooding, and isolated tornadoes.
