It will be another warmer-than-normal day across the state Wednesday afternoon, but the active weather will bring a risk of severe weather for Eastern Colorado later in the day.

Update 3:45 p.m.: A severe thunderstorm watch is in effect for a large swath of southeast Colorado, with tornadoes, 2-inch hail and high winds possible, forecasters said.

Our first round of severe thunderstorms this spring rumbled over the eastern plains Wednesday afternoon and evening – some of those storms creating picturesque views in the Pikes Peak Region. We saw a fairly significant supercell that passed along the southern fringe of the Palmer Divide,