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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 170, NWS Wilmington, OH

August 8, 2026Butler County, Warren County, Ohio

NWS Wilmington, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 8, 2026, 8:44 PM EDT for Butler County, Warren County, Ohio. It was in force for 31 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 8, 2026, 8:44 PM EDT (00:44 UTC)
Expired
Aug 8, 2026, 9:15 PM EDT
In force
31 min
Issued by
NWS Wilmington, OH
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Butler County, OH, Warren County, OH

The radar

The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 47 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:47 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 severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Aug 8, 8:39 PM EDT, 5 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 8, 8:25 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNDelaware, Fairfield, Franklin, Licking50 min
Aug 8, 8:59 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILNFayette31 min
Aug 8, 9:10 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILNLicking35 min
Aug 8, 9:26 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILNFayette, Pickaway34 min
Aug 8, 9:53 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILNPickaway37 min
Aug 8, 10:18 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILNFairfield27 min
Aug 9, 7:26 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNAuglaize, Mercer49 min
Aug 9, 7:52 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILNMercer23 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Ohio, 2026Every severe thunderstorm 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.