'Slight' tornado risk for South Jersey, Delaware

The chances are remote, but the government's Storm Prediction Center has placed most of Delaware and a substantial hunk of South Jersey in the "slight risk" category for tornadoes this afternoon.

The storm center, in Norman, Okla., says the atmosphere "will support damaging straight-line winds and possibly large hail."

Along a front boundary, it says, the atmosphere will be juiced up and charged with energy.

The tornado probability is listed at 5 percent.

The immediate Philadelphia area is in the 5 percent risk category for high winds.

The likely time for any atmospheric fireworks would be between 2 and 8 p.m., the storm center says.