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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 244, NWS Wilmington, OH

September 4, 2026Butler County, Preble County, Ohio; Union County, Wayne County, Indiana

NWS Wilmington, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 4, 2026, 4:27 PM EDT for Butler County, Preble County, Ohio; Union County, Wayne County, Indiana. It was in force for 48 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
Sep 4, 2026, 4:27 PM EDT (20:27 UTC)
Expired
Sep 4, 2026, 5:15 PM EDT
In force
48 min
Issued by
NWS Wilmington, OH
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Union County, IN, Wayne County, IN, Butler County, OH, Preble County, OH

The radar

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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.

NWS Wilmington, OH wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Sep 4, 2:29 PM EDT, 1 hour 58 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 4, 2:29 PM EDT, 1 hour 58 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 4, 3:19 PM EDT, 1 hour 8 minutes before
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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Sep 4, 3:54 PM EDT, 33 minutes before
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Local storm report, Sep 4, 3:59 PM EDT, 28 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Sep 4, 4:01 PM EDT, 26 minutes before
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Local storm report, Sep 4, 4:02 PM EDT, 25 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Sep 4, 4:08 PM EDT, 19 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Sep 4, 4:13 PM EDT, 14 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 3, 8:14 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNChampaign, Logan, Union31 min
Sep 4, 10:29 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILNShelby31 min
Sep 4, 11:24 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILNLicking36 min
Sep 4, 11:56 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILNMadison34 min
Sep 4, 1:17 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILNDelaware43 min
Sep 4, 1:34 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNDelaware, Licking31 min
Sep 4, 1:46 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILNMercer44 min
Sep 4, 1:59 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILNFayette46 min
Sep 4, 2:04 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILNLicking26 min
Sep 4, 2:26 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILNDarke34 min
Sep 4, 2:41 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNDarke, Miami, Shelby49 min
Sep 4, 2:48 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILNDarke42 min
Sep 4, 3:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNDarke30 min
Sep 4, 3:07 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILNMiami23 min
Sep 4, 3:13 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNClark, Greene, Miami, Montgomery47 min
Sep 4, 3:17 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNDarke, Miami, Montgomery, Preble43 min
Sep 4, 3:42 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNMontgomery33 min
Sep 4, 3:52 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNClark, Greene, Montgomery38 min
Sep 4, 3:54 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILNPreble36 min
Sep 4, 4:06 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNButler, Montgomery, Warren28 min
Sep 4, 4:13 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILNClinton32 min
Sep 4, 4:19 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNClinton, Fayette, Greene41 min
Sep 4, 4:33 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILNClermont27 min
Sep 4, 4:40 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNBrown, Clinton, Highland50 min
Sep 4, 4:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNButler, Hamilton45 min
Sep 4, 4:58 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNClinton, Fayette, Highland, Ross32 min
Sep 4, 5:00 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILNHamilton30 min
Sep 4, 5:07 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILNButler23 min
Sep 4, 5:13 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILNAdams32 min
Sep 4, 5:17 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILNHamilton28 min
Sep 4, 5:19 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNHighland, Pike, Ross26 min
Sep 4, 5:28 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILNBrown47 min
Sep 4, 5:33 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNHamilton17 min
Sep 4, 5:39 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILNPike36 min
Sep 4, 5:41 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILNAdams, Scioto34 min
Sep 4, 2:18 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILNLewis42 min
Sep 4, 5:49 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILNCampbell26 min
Sep 4, 6:03 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILNBracken, Gallatin, Grant, Lewis, Mason, Pendleton42 min
Sep 4, 4:01 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILNFranklin29 min
Sep 4, 4:08 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILNUnion, Wayne37 min
Sep 4, 4:29 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNDearborn, Franklin, Ripley46 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Ohio, 2026Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Indiana, 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.