Chance for severe storms tonight

The threat for severe thunderstorms is still in place for this evening for much of the region.

Storms that develop in southeast Missouri could move into southern Illinois after 7pm and western Kentucky after 8pm.

The main concern in southeast Missouri is for damaging winds, large hail and a few possible tornadoes. The available energy will diminish after sunset, and the hazard will transition to damaging winds east of the Mississippi River.

Additional storms may develop overnight, but the severe threat with these would be much lower. The threat later would more likely be torrential downpours that could pose some flooding concerns.