As a cold front approaches and the atmosphere destabilizes due to rising temperatures, the support for isolated to widely scattered showers and thunderstorms continues to increase.  The thunderstorms have featured heavy downpours, occasional lightning, and wind gusts up to 40 mph so far.

As the cold front moves through this afternoon and evening, a few isolated thunderstorms may intensify to severe levels, featuring intense downpours, frequent lightning, hail, wind gusts over 50 mph, and possibly a short-lived tornado.  Most thunderstorms this evening will not be that strong.  The thunderstorms will impact the region through this evening, dissipating by midnight.