Severe storms with heavy rain possible today, followed by more rounds of storms from Thursday to Saturday

Crews from St. Clair Township, Butler County Sheriff's Office, Butler County Engineers Office, Butler County Emergency Management Agency and others were out assessing damage and cleaning up debris after strong winds ripped through the area of Trenton Road in St. Clair Township Sunday, March 30, 2015. NICK GRAHAM/STAFF

Credit: Nick Graham

Credit: Nick Graham

Crews from St. Clair Township, Butler County Sheriff's Office, Butler County Engineers Office, Butler County Emergency Management Agency and others were out assessing damage and cleaning up debris after strong winds ripped through the area of Trenton Road in St. Clair Township Sunday, March 30, 2015. NICK GRAHAM/STAFF

All though today will have some rain storms, the strong to severe storms will be possible this evening into tonight, according to the National Weather Service in Wilmington.

A Flood Watch has been issued for several counties: Butler, Champaign, Clark, Darke, Greene, Hamilton, Miami, Montgomery, Preble and Warren from 8 p.m. today to 8 a.m. Sunday.

A Wind Advisory for the same counties from 10 a.m. to midnight is also in place. The NWS said winds may go up to 15 to 25 mph with gusts up to 50 mph expected, and could blow around unsecured objects.

Tree limbs could be blown down and a few power outages may result.

The NWS said the chance of severe storms and heavy rain will be late Wednesday into Wednesday night.

Damaging winds, gusty winds, tornadoes and flooding/flash flooding are the primary threats, according to the NWS. A secondary threat is large hail.

Rain showers with a possible thunderstorm may happen before 2 p.m., followed by a chance of rain showers and thunderstorms after 2 p.m.

The NWS said additional waves of low pressure will cause more rounds of storms with heavy rain Thursday night into Saturday.

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