10/12: Severe Potential Saturday

***UPDATE SATURDAY 6 P.M.*** Scattered showers and storms will continue to move from southwest to northeast over the area through the evening hours Saturday. These storms are not expected to be severe, but will have heavy downpours and lightning associated with them. As the cold front moves in from the west overnight, additional storms will be possible. However, due to the afternoon clouds and showers, the severe risk has decreased.An isolated strong-to-severe storm is still possible, primarily along and west of the HWY 65 corridor. This will be highly conditional on what storms can form in central and eastern Kansas and if they can manage to hold their strength as they push east. Any storm that becomes severe will damaging winds as the main threat. Widespread severe weather is not likely.***ORIGINAL STORY***Temperatures will warm into the low 80s Saturday afternoon with southerly winds gusting up to 30 mph. Atmospheric conditions will become unstable during the day depending on how much cloud cover there is over Mid-Missouri. Nevertheless, as a cold front moves through during the evening, strong-to-severe storms will be possible. Damaging winds will be the main threat, however an isolated tornado is possible mainly west of HWY 65. The greatest risk for severe storms will be in eastern Kansas and western Missouri. Storms will form a line and push east through the area through early Sunday morning.Because of the nighttime arrival of storms, make sure you’re signed up for ABC 17 News severe weather alerts, available under the “Mobile News” tab listed above. We will also have the latest alerts on-air, online and on Facebook and Twitter.Continue to check back for the latest on the potentially severe storms Saturday night.