SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR WOOD COUNTY IN CENTRAL WISCONSIN UNTIL 900 PM CDT
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREEN BAY HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
WOOD COUNTY IN CENTRAL WISCONSIN...
* UNTIL 900 PM CDT
* AT 755 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE WINDS TO 80 MPH.
THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ABBOTSFORD...OR 17 MILES
SOUTH OF MEDFORD...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 45 MPH.
* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
MARSHFIELD AROUND 820 PM CDT.
PITTSVILLE AROUND 835 PM CDT.
BABCOCK AROUND 850 PM CDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE
BAKERVILLE...HEWITT...BETHEL...ARPIN...DEXTERVILLE AND NEKOOSA.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL...AND DEADLY
LIGHTNING. FOR YOUR PROTECTION...MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE
LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS.
THIS IS A DANGEROUS THUNDERSTORM. DUE TO THE NATURE OF THESE
STORMS...THEY ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING ALL TYPES OF SEVERE WEATHER...
INCLUDING EXTREMELY LARGE HAIL...DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS AND
POSSIBLY TORNADOES. MOVE QUICKLY TO A SAFE SHELTER...PREFERABLY INTO
AN INTERIOR ROOM...SUCH AS A BATHROOM OR A CLOSET...OR INTO A
BASEMENT.
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD
TO FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.
Address/Location
Wood County Dispatch Center
400 Market St
Wisconsin Rapids, WI 54494
Contact
Emergency: 9-1-1
Non-emergencies: 715-421-8701