The tornado warnings in Atlantic and Ocean counties in New Jersey are no longer in effect on Wednesday night. Earlier Wednesday, a tornado warning in New Castle County, Delaware, expired at around 9:15 p.m. A severe thunderstorm watch was in effect across much of the Philadelphia region for Wednesday evening.

Residents in parts of New Jersey and Philadelphia shared photos of yellow sky, as tornado and thunderstorm warnings were in effect. What does it mean?

Scattered storms are on the move with periods of heavy rainfall and it's expected to last into the early morning hours of Thursday.