Humidity will still stay on the lower side making it a nice night to open up the windows for a bit. Some patchy fog is possible early Saturday. A few clouds around but a quiet night.

Portions of southeastern South Dakota are under a severe thunderstorm watch until 3 a.m., according to the NWS. This includes Lincoln and Minnehaha counties. Earlier story: The Sioux Falls area is expected to see a chance of severe storms the night of July 18.

A line of storms racing toward Chicago prompted Severe Thunderstorm Warnings for most area counties Wednesday afternoon. The greatest severe weather threat is hail, wind and isolated tornadoes.

The Met Office has issued five tips to follow during a thunderstorm, as the UK is set to face severe weather conditions over the next few days. A yellow weather warning has been put in place from tonight at 12am until tomorrow (July 19) at 9pm for most of England and Scotland, with an amber alert in place in areas of southern England.

Severe threats will remain high across Southern Colorado Wednesday evening, with another round of storms and heavy rain back on Thursday.

A severe thunderstorm is expected to bring 60 mph winds and quarter-sized hail to parts of El Paso and Teller counties on Wednesday afternoon, including Colorado Springs, according to the National

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

Partly to mostly cloudy skies will be expected tomorrow afternoon as thunderstorm redevelopment is expected in western Nebraska early in the evening. That activity is expected to continue east through the evening into the overnight hours.