StormTrack 8 Midday Weather Update April 9, 2015

Severe weather will be possible this afternoon. Please be alert for rapidly changing weather conditions. Storms will have the potential to produce damaging wind and hail, along with a few tornadoes. At 12:45pm, storms are beginning to fire along the cold front. These storms will move into the Quad City Metro by 3pm, possibly severe. As the storms mature, a few storms could produce tornadoes. While we're talking about some serious weather (and you should have an action plan for today), this isn't late-May or early-June. That's primetime for severe weather here in our area. For this to be a moderate or a high risk of severe, we would need a few hours of sunshine. If that occurs, our severe weather chances would increase greatly. Something to watch. Finally, to be honest, there's a greater chance you will NOT have severe weather...but you need to be prepared just in case. The severe weather threat will end pretty quickly as a cold front passes east of the area by 6:30pm tonight. Keep an eye to your southwest today. -Meteorologist Eric Sorensen