Strong Storms With Heavy Rain, Lightning, Gusty Winds Moving Through Area

Scattered showers and thunderstorms are sweeping through the area late Tuesday afternoon and will continue through the evening.

A radar image of the region at about 5 p.m. on Tuesday.
Photo Credit: *National Weather Service*

Joe Lombardi

08/07/2018 5:28 p.m.

The isolated storms are moving from the west to the east. (See radar image above.) Some of the storms will have brief periods of heavy rain, winds gusts up to 40 miles per hour and lightning.

The storm chance continues through around midnight.

Storms are likely on Wednesday from about 2 p.m. to 10 p.m. as a cold front arrives.

The cold front will lead to less humid conditions on Thursday, but Wednesday will be another hazy, hot and humid day with a high in the upper-80s and heat index as high as 95.

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