From BRADLEY J. GILBERT, WOOD COUNTY EMA DIRECTOR
Overnight, the Storm Prediction Center has only slightly narrowed the “MODERATE” risk area but a small portion of Southern Wood County remains in the official “MODERATE” risk area. Of course, this does not mean that the rest of the county is free from the increased severe weather threat.
At this hour, there is a large area of showers and thunderstorms moving southeasterly through Indiana and will likely miss our area. Forecast officials will need to see how the atmosphere “resets” after this mornings round of activity clears the Indiana/Ohio area before we can get better details on the severe storms later on this evening. Current thoughts on timing shows the main push of storms into our area in the late evening towards midnight with scattered showers and thunderstorms possible throughout the day.
The exact path of storm development tonight will also depend on how far north a warm front travels today. There is some concern with the possible development of a derecho as well as isolated tornadoes with this storm system this evening. The tornado threat will be somewhat isolated depending on the track of the low pressure system and accompanying warm and cold fronts.
Again, extremely strong straight-line winds are going to be the major concern.
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