The Storm Prediction Center in Norman, OK has issued a slight risk of severe storms through 7am Friday morning for most of the viewing area... with the exception of southern DeKalb county. A long line of thunderstorms stretching all the way from Minnesota and Wisconsin through Iowa, Nebraska, and into far northern Kansas as of this writing will continue to move to the east overnight. These storms are capable of producing quarter-size hail and wind gusts in excess of 60 mph.
Personally, I don't think this line of storms will maintain their severe characteristics this far to the southeast as the best upper-level support for severe weather is to our northwest.
However, the Storm Prediction Center has also issued a slight risk of severe weather for the entire WTVO viewing area for Friday afternoon and evening. This threat appears more real to me as an approaching cold front, an upper-level disturbance coming in from the West, and plenty of moisture at the surface work together to produce longer-lived thunderstorms. Some of which could produce the hail and high winds mentioned above, along with an isolated tornado possible. Stay tuned to WTVO for more on this scenario as it unfolds. --TS
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