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Extreme Cold Warning 2, NWS Wilmington, OH

January 27, 202621 counties in Ohio; Fayette County, Union County, Wayne County, Indiana

NWS Wilmington, OH issued this extreme cold warning at Jan 27, 2026, 12:49 PM EST for 21 counties in Ohio; Fayette County, Union County, Wayne County, Indiana. It took effect at Jan 27, 2026, 7:00 PM EST. It was in force for 17 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
Jan 27, 2026, 12:49 PM EST (17:49 UTC)
In effect from
Jan 27, 2026, 7:00 PM EST
Expired
Jan 28, 2026, 12:00 PM EST
In force
17 hr
Issued by
NWS Wilmington, OH
All 24 counties

Fayette County, IN, Union County, IN, Wayne County, IN, Auglaize County, OH, Champaign County, OH, Clark County, OH, Clinton County, OH, Darke County, OH, Delaware County, OH, Fairfield County, OH, Fayette County, OH, Franklin County, OH, Greene County, OH, Hardin County, OH, Licking County, OH, Logan County, OH, Madison County, OH, Mercer County, OH, Miami County, OH, Montgomery County, OH, Pickaway County, OH, Preble County, OH, Shelby County, OH, Union County, OH

The radar

The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 64 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:47 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 27, 1:46 AM ESTCold Weather AdvisoryILNAdams, Auglaize, Brown, Butler, Champaign, Clark and 26 more34 hr

Nearby

Extreme Cold Warnings in Ohio, 2026Extreme Cold Warnings in Indiana, 2026Every extreme cold warning in 2026

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.