More severe storms are possible Thursday in New Jersey after a tornado warning was issued in Atlantic and Ocean counties on Wednesday night. The National Weather Service said a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado was located northeast of Atlantic City at 11:16 p.

Strong thunderstorms are expected to start firing up in the early evening Wednesday. And some storms could dump 2 to 3 inches of rain in one hour, forecasters say.

A tornado warning in New Castle County, Delaware, expired at around 9:15 p.m. A severe thunderstorm watch is in effect across the Philadelphia region until midnight, including all of Delaware as well as Atlantic,