(KFVS) – We are issuing a First Alert Action Day for Friday into Friday night for the threat of severe weather, including tornadoes.

A major system with two parts will move through Friday and Saturday.

Friday will start off warm and windy. Gradient winds could gust to over 40 miles per hour at times on Friday afternoon and evening.

Models continue to show a line of scattered thunderstorms moving in from the west on Friday evening.

SPC now has us in a level 4/moderate risk.

The greatest threat looks to be damaging wind gusts, but isolated tornadoes and large hail are also possible.

Note that convection looks to be scattered, and not necessarily a solid line.

Wind Advisories are in effect for most of the area.

As for the timing, right now it appears storms will form west of the Heartland around 7 p.m. and exit the area by 2 a.m.

As we get closer to the event timing, it will become more clear.

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Today’s forecast

A weak upper low spinning just south of us could bring clouds and a few showers or thunderstorms to our southern counties in the Bootheel, northwest Tennessee and southwest Kentucky this morning.

Skies will gradually clear and it should end up as a mostly sunny, warm and less breezy day.

Highs again will be about 75 to 80.

Tonight looks mostly clear and mild, with lows in the 50s.

Weekend forecast

A second round of showers and thunderstorms is now looking likely with a trailing front on Saturday afternoon and evening.

On Saturday, the cold front itself moves through with more clouds and rain/thundershowers. However, the severe threat looks to redevelop just east of our area.

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