Storm Timing: Here's When Severe Weather, Tornadoes Could Hit MI

SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN — A powerful line of severe thunderstorms is expected to cross southeastern Michigan sometime Wednesday afternoon, according to the National Weather Service.

The thunderstorms are expected to develop along a cold front in western Michigan sometime around 2 p.m. and then move east at 40 miles per hour, reaching southeastern Michigan around 4 p.m., according to the National Weather Service.

Forecasters warned the storms can produce heavy downpours, large hail up to 1 inch in diameter, strong wind gusts reaching up to 60 miles per hour and even tornadoes are possible across southeastern Michigan, according to the National Weather Service.

Areas south of Interstate 69 and toward the Ohio border are under a slight risk (level 2 of 5) for severe weather, while areas in the Thumb region are under a marginal risk (level 1 of 5), according to the National Weather Service.

Any lingering thunderstorms in the area should clear out by 7 p.m. Wednesday evening, according to the National Weather Service.

Thursday will start clear and sunny with highs in the 60s across southeastern Michigan before more rain and thunderstorms move into the area during the nighttime hours, according to the National Weather Service.

Forecasters do not expect any severe weather across southeastern Michigan on Thursday.

The rain will stick around Friday morning before clearing out of southeastern Michigan by the afternoon hours when highs reach the low 60s ahead of another cold front, according to the National Weather Service.

That cold front will knock high temperatures across southeastern Michigan down into the 50s for Saturday and Sunday, but both days should remain dry, according to the National Weather Service.