Tracking overnight strong to severe storms with a secondary round Thursday

TODAY: Highs look to increase into the upper 70s this afternoon with chances of storms beginning at 5 PM. Large hail up to 2" in diameter remains the main threat, but winds up to 60 mph remain possible and a low but not zero risk of tornadoes remains. This threat starts near Jefferson City and then extends to the north becoming more widespread.

TONIGHT: Overnight lows cool to nearly 60 degrees with overnight strong to severe storms north of highway 70. All threats listed for Wednesday afternoon remain possible.

EXTENDED: These storms lift northward, and exit the region by midnight to 3 a.m., but outflow from these storms will like trigger redevelopment back south into mid-Missouri through the early morning Thursday. This activity will spread southeast, leaving us potentially wet through sunrise. Severe risk here will be limited, but some hail and/or wind could be a threat. A more potent threat of storms will develop again in the afternoon, as instability and moisture remains across the region, ahead of a cold front that will bring another round of storms with potential for large hail and damaging winds from west to east. These storms will develop sometime after noon, likely by 2-3 p.m. and push east into the evening on Thursday. Thursday is warm ahead of the storms, with highs again in the upper 70s, but we'll cool on Friday, with highs reaching only into the 50s with clouds and north winds dominating the forecast. We'll rebound into the 60s on Saturday, but find temps dropping again into Sunday, with highs in the 50s Sunday and 40s Monday, before 50s potentially returning by Tuesday.