Potential severe storms overnight, early Thursday

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AUSTIN, Texas - Rain is on the way to break our long dry spell with a potential for severe storms overnight and early Thursday morning across the region.

FOX 7 Austin's Adaleigh Rowe says however, the risk of severe storms for Thursday morning has shifted more to the west, now including less of our viewing area.

Timeline:

Over the next 24 hours, we're looking at widespread rain in the Austin area mostly in the early Thursday morning (4/2) hours.

There is a potential for severe storms early Thursday morning as well.

A strong cold front on Saturday will then bring another round of rain and storms.

Severe weather risk across Central Texas

Big picture view:

The National Weather Service has most of Central Texas under a slight or Level 1 risk of severe weather for Wednesday.

Some parts in the north and northwest parts of the region are under a Level 2 risk.

NWS says that there could be isolated strong to severe storms possible tonight, mainly after midnight, into early Thursday morning.

The major dangers are hail, gusty to damaging winds and locally heavy rain.

What's next:

We're going to see a big cool down heading into Easter. Temps are expected to dip up to six degrees below our normal average over the weekend.

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Current forecast for Wednesday, April 1

Austin weather: Rain chances and possible storms

Rain is expected in our area and some of the storms could be severe. Adaleigh Rowe has all the details in her full forecast.