At 6:36 p.m. on Friday, the National Weather Service released an updated severe thunderstorm warning in effect until 7 p.m. The warning is for Clay, Caldwell, Clinton and Ray counties.

A strong thunderstorm rolled into metro Denver on Thursday afternoon and was expected to bring wind gusts up to 60 mph, according to the National Weather Service.

Strong thunderstorms are expected to start firing up in the early evening Wednesday. And some storms could dump 2 to 3 inches of rain in one hour, forecasters say.

Damaging winds and hail so large it could cause injury to people and animals and damage buildings was expected with the storms.

If you were planning on spending time outdoors this weekend in metro Detroit, you may want to reschedule.

Thunderstorms are developing now (2 p.m.) over northeast Lower Michigan into central Lower Michigan and also over far southern Lower Michigan. The dark green area in the map above shows where some of these thunderstorms could produce the quick severe weather conditions of a strong wind gust or large hail.

The National Weather Service released a severe thunderstorm warning at 3:09 p.m. on Wednesday in effect until 4:15 p.m. for Colbert, Franklin, Lauderdale and Lawrence counties.

Wednesday brings more late-day storms to our unsettled week. And with those storms, we are once again keeping an eye on our chances for severe weather, including damaging wind, hail, and flooding. A tornado warning has been issued for parts of Atlantic and Ocean counties in New Jersey until 11:30 p.