NEXT Weather Alert Day for severe weather risk in southeast Michigan Thursday
(CBS DETROIT) - Severe thunderstorms are once again possible across the region. Today expect inclement weather, primarily this afternoon into the evening hours.
There is a severe thunderstorm watch out for all of southeast Michigan until 8 p.m. Thursday.
The Storm Prediction Center has updated all of southeast Michigan to the ENHANCED (3 out of 5) risk category for severe storms. (Pictured below)
In the early afternoon, a few showers and storms should begin to build and move through. Behind these isolated cells, comes a strong cold front, which along and ahead of this frontal boundary potent storm activity will likely form.
Our primary risks with any storms that reach severe limits will be damaging wind gusts and hail.
While flooding is lower due to the quick motion of storms, any heavy downpours will have a chance to pond up on area roads.
There remains some potential that if a storm were to reach supercell strength, then an isolated tornado cannot be ruled out. We currently are under a 2% elevated risk for a spin-up tornado by the Storm Prediction Center.
That risk is possible in any discrete, or individual, cells ahead of the approaching cold front.
The NEXT Weather Team will be staying in the weather center all day long before storms arrive until long after they are finished.
A NEXT Weather Alert Day means the CBS News Detroit team will be switching to weather as the primary coverage for the day.
Our teams will be live in the field, in the NEXT Weather Tracker vehicle, and ready at a moment's notice in the studio to provide severe weather coverage should storms strengthen.
Make sure you have a way to get weather alerts by downloading our CBS News Detroit App. Also, make sure you are prepared and know where to go in case a disaster strikes your area.
If you are safely able to take pictures or video during or after the storms, including damage reports, please send them to CBSDetroitWeather@paramount.com.
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