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Winter Storm Warning 4, NWS Wilmington, OH

December 12, 202522 counties in Ohio; Boone County, Campbell County, Kenton County, Kentucky; 7 counties in Indiana

NWS Wilmington, OH issued this winter storm warning at Dec 12, 2025, 12:51 PM EST for 22 counties in Ohio; Boone County, Campbell County, Kenton County, Kentucky; 7 counties in Indiana. It took effect at Dec 13, 2025, 1:00 PM EST. It was in force for 13 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Dec 12, 2025, 12:51 PM EST (17:51 UTC)
In effect from: Dec 13, 2025, 1:00 PM EST
Expired: Dec 14, 2025, 1:44 AM EST
In force: 13 hr
Issued by: NWS Wilmington, OH

All 32 counties

Dearborn County, IN, Fayette County, IN, Franklin County, IN, Ohio County, IN, Ripley County, IN, Union County, IN, Wayne County, IN, Boone County, KY, Campbell County, KY, Kenton County, KY, Adams County, OH, Brown County, OH, Butler County, OH, Clark County, OH, Clermont County, OH, Clinton County, OH, Fairfield County, OH, Fayette County, OH, Franklin County, OH, Greene County, OH, Hamilton County, OH, Highland County, OH, Hocking County, OH, Licking County, OH, Madison County, OH, Montgomery County, OH, Pickaway County, OH, Pike County, OH, Preble County, OH, Ross County, OH, Scioto County, OH, Warren County, OH

The radar

The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 14 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:52 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this winter storm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Wilmington, OH wrote its last area forecast discussion before this winter storm warning went out at Dec 12, 6:04 AM EST, 6 hours 47 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 12, 6:04 AM EST, 6 hours 47 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 12, 10:08 AM EST, 2 hours 43 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Dec 12, 8:38 AM EST, 4 hours 13 minutes before

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Local storm report, Dec 12, 9:24 AM EST, 3 hours 27 minutes before

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Local storm report, Dec 12, 9:50 AM EST, 3 hours 1 minute before

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Local storm report, Dec 12, 10:38 AM EST, 2 hours 13 minutes before

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Wilmington, OH issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Dec 12, 12:51 PM EST	Winter Weather Advisory	ILN	Adams, Auglaize, Brown, Butler, Champaign, Clark and 26 more	40 hr

Nearby

Winter Storm Warnings in Ohio, 2025 Winter Storm Warnings in Indiana, 2025 Winter Storm Warnings in Kentucky, 2025 Every winter storm warning in 2025

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.