RALEIGH, N.C. (WNCN) -- Wednesday, March 5 is a CBS 17 Storm Team Alert Day as severe storms are expected to develop and impact central North Carolina.

The Storm Prediction Center of the National Weather Service has put all of our region in a Slight Risk, or level 2 out of 5, for severe weather.

Main threats in central North Carolina are expected to be damaging wind gusts, hail, and isolated tornadoes.

The risk comes as a strong cold front will move across central North Carolina during the day Wednesday, creating a line of storms that is expected to push through our region between 9 a.m. and 3 p.m.

Ahead of that front, temperatures will be warmer than average in the upper 60s and low 70s with moisture streaming in from the Gulf and Atlantic.

It will also be a windy day with sustained winds up to 30 miles per hour. The warm, muggy and windy conditions will all help fuel our chance for storms as the cold front arrives by late morning.

This is a system the Storm Prediction Center has been watching for more than a week. North Carolina, and much of the southeast United States, were outlined a week in advance for this severe weather threat.

When an area is outlined that early, it means forecasters are expecting at least a 15 percent probability for severe thunderstorms within 25 miles of a location in that outlined area.

All this to say, this severe weather threat has been in the forecast models for the past week, and now that it looks to impact central North Carolina, stay with CBS17 as the forecast develops.