Chance of bad weather arrives Wednesday

Local emergency officials say that there is a chance of severe weather Wednesday evening and overnight.

According to the Bartholomew County Emergency Operations Center, Bartholomew County is under a marginal risk of severe weather on Wednesday. A more significant, but still slight risk extends across the western portion of the state to the Bloomington area.

You can expect showers and thunderstorms Wednesday, with severe storms possible. The main threats from those storms will be damaging winds, large hail, heavy rain and isolated tornadoes.

The National Weather Service in Indianapolis says that the timing of the possible bad weather is still unknown.

Highs Wednesday are expected to be in the 80s.