Wednesday evening storms, severe risk

A line of showers and t-storms will develop ahead of a cold front and sweep across Mid-Missouri Wednesday evening from 6 PM near HWY 65, heading east and out of the area by 1 AM. Some of the the storms could contain damaging wind of 60 mph or greater or large hail, close to the size of quarters. All of Mid-Missouri is under a marginal severe risk Wednesday evening for the possibility of isolated damaging winds or large hail. The tornado risk is very low but can’t be ruled out.

Rainfall amounts of a quarter to half inch are expected with these storms with areas under stronger storms getting close to a half to three quarters of an inch of rain. Flooding is not expected due to the quick movement of the storms.

Please check back for updates through the day Wednesday on timing and expected strength of the storms here and on our ABC17 News Facebook page. You can also follow ABC17 Stormtrack on Twitter for updates throughout the day.