Wood County is under a “Slight” Risk of severe weather this weekend. Rain will begin later this afternoon increasing throughout the nighttime hours ending Sunday evening. This will bring up to 2” of rainfall with the heaviest rainfall being on Saturday. The potential for severe weather will be Saturday evening into early Sunday morning. During this time we can expect: Damaging winds, large hail, locally heavy rain and possible isolated tornado.
During the day Sunday winds will increase peaking Sunday afternoon. Sustained winds will be 25 to 35 mph with gust up to 50 mph. Please make sure loose items outside are secured to prevent damage from flying debris.
The Wood County EMA Team will continue to monitor this weather system and provide any updates as needed. Please monitor local weather conditions, media and NOAA weather radio for any alerts and warnings.
