Continued slight risk of severe weather Friday

Map from Day 5 Convective Outlook
Purple area: 30 percent or higher probability of severe thunderstorms within 25 miles of a point between 8 a.m. Friday and 8 a.m. Saturday..

Extreme northern Indiana and Ohio continue to have a slight risk of severe weather between 8 a.m. EDT Friday, July 19 and 8 a.m. EDT Saturday, July 20, according to the Day 5 Convective Outlook that the National Weather Service (NWS) Storm Prediction Center issued today. The risk area includes Allen County, Indiana and Indiana counties to the north and west of Allen County. It also includes Paulding County, Ohio and Ohio counties to the north and east of Paulding County. The current risk area does not include Huntington, Wells, Adams, Blackford or Jay Counties of Indiana, nor Van Wert or Allen Counties of Ohio.

The severe thunderstorms are most likely late Friday into Saturday, according to a Hazardous Weather Outlook issued today by the northern Indiana NWS office.

Out next look at the risk of severe weather for Friday comes in the Day 4 Convective Outlook that SPC will issue early tomorrow morning.