CLEVELAND — Rain and some isolated storms are possible on Wednesday afternoon and could become severe.
News 5's Trent Magill tracked the storms on our severe weather livestream for over two hours straight this afternoon:
Watches and warnings
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings are possible with isolated areas of damage from strong winds, hail up to 1 inch and possibly a brief tornado. However, widespread damage is not expected this evening.
A Tornado Watch was previously issued for two Northeast Ohio counties but was canceled around 4 p.m.
Timing
Peak timing for storms is between 1 p.m. and 6 p.m. Storms are entering southwest counties into a more favorable environment and may strengthen over the next few hours as they move through Northeast Ohio.
Downpours are more likely as the upper low (main storm system) approaches from the west. We'll have a bit more energy for the storms to feed off of. The storms slide east and out of Ohio, and we slide into Thursday. Plan on general rain showers most of Thursday as the chill settles in.
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