Alert archive / Kentucky / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2026
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 255, NWS Wilmington, OH
NWS Wilmington, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 5, 2026, 4:37 PM EDT for Bracken County, Mason County, Robertson County, Kentucky. It was in force for 23 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 5, 2026, 4:37 PM EDT (20:37 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 5, 2026, 5:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 23 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wilmington, OH
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Bracken County, KY, Mason County, KY, Robertson County, KY
The radar
The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 92 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:39 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
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 5, 12:56 PM EDT, 3 hours 41 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Sep 5, 12:56 PM EDT, 3 hours 41 minutes before
<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
<title>Service Notice</title>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="index.css">
</head>
<body>
<main class="wrap">
<section class="card" role="status" aria-live="polite">
<div class="status" id="status">Temporary Notice</div>
<h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
<p id="message1">
The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
</p>
<p id="message2">
Please try again in a few minutes.
</p>
<p class="small" id="detail">
If you are an administrator, restore upstream service and remove the redirect/fallback rule when normal operations resume.
</p>
</section>
</main>
<script src="index.js"></script>
</body>
</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 5, 1:08 AM EDT, 15 hours 29 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Wilmington OH 108 AM EDT Sat Sep 5 2026 INZ050-058-059-066-073>075-080-KYZ089>100-OHZ026-034-035-042>046- 051>056-060>065-070>074-077>082-088-060515- Wayne-Fayette-Union-Franklin-Ripley-Dearborn-Ohio-Switzerland- Carroll-Gallatin-Boone-Kenton-Campbell-Owen-Grant-Pendleton-Bracken- Robertson-Mason-Lewis-Hardin-Mercer-Auglaize-Darke-Shelby-Logan- Delaware-Miami-Champaign-Clark-Madison-Licking-Preble-Montgomery- Greene-Pickaway-Fairfield-Butler-Warren-Clinton-Ross-Hocking- Hamilton-Clermont-Brown-Highland-Adams-Pike-Scioto- 108 AM EDT Sat Sep 5 2026 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for east central Indiana, southeast Indiana, northeast Kentucky, northern Kentucky, central Ohio, south central Ohio, southwest Ohio and west central Ohio. .DAY ONE...Today and tonight. One or more rounds of strong to severe thunderstorms will be possible at times on Saturday. Damaging winds and locally heavy rainfall will be the main threats. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday. The probability for widespread hazardous weather is low. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time.
In the hours before
Local storm report, Sep 5, 12:56 PM EDT, 3 hours 41 minutes before
<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
<title>Service Notice</title>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="index.css">
</head>
<body>
<main class="wrap">
<section class="card" role="status" aria-live="polite">
<div class="status" id="status">Temporary Notice</div>
<h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
<p id="message1">
The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
</p>
<p id="message2">
Please try again in a few minutes.
</p>
<p class="small" id="detail">
If you are an administrator, restore upstream service and remove the redirect/fallback rule when normal operations resume.
</p>
</section>
</main>
<script src="index.js"></script>
</body>
</html>Local storm report, Sep 5, 1:02 PM EDT, 3 hours 35 minutes before
<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
<title>Service Notice</title>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="index.css">
</head>
<body>
<main class="wrap">
<section class="card" role="status" aria-live="polite">
<div class="status" id="status">Temporary Notice</div>
<h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
<p id="message1">
The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
</p>
<p id="message2">
Please try again in a few minutes.
</p>
<p class="small" id="detail">
If you are an administrator, restore upstream service and remove the redirect/fallback rule when normal operations resume.
</p>
</section>
</main>
<script src="index.js"></script>
</body>
</html>Local storm report, Sep 5, 1:03 PM EDT, 3 hours 34 minutes before
<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
<title>Service Notice</title>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="index.css">
</head>
<body>
<main class="wrap">
<section class="card" role="status" aria-live="polite">
<div class="status" id="status">Temporary Notice</div>
<h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
<p id="message1">
The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
</p>
<p id="message2">
Please try again in a few minutes.
</p>
<p class="small" id="detail">
If you are an administrator, restore upstream service and remove the redirect/fallback rule when normal operations resume.
</p>
</section>
</main>
<script src="index.js"></script>
</body>
</html>Local storm report, Sep 5, 1:41 PM EDT, 2 hours 56 minutes before
<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
<title>Service Notice</title>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="index.css">
</head>
<body>
<main class="wrap">
<section class="card" role="status" aria-live="polite">
<div class="status" id="status">Temporary Notice</div>
<h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
<p id="message1">
The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
</p>
<p id="message2">
Please try again in a few minutes.
</p>
<p class="small" id="detail">
If you are an administrator, restore upstream service and remove the redirect/fallback rule when normal operations resume.
</p>
</section>
</main>
<script src="index.js"></script>
</body>
</html>Local storm report, Sep 5, 1:44 PM EDT, 2 hours 53 minutes before
<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
<title>Service Notice</title>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="index.css">
</head>
<body>
<main class="wrap">
<section class="card" role="status" aria-live="polite">
<div class="status" id="status">Temporary Notice</div>
<h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
<p id="message1">
The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
</p>
<p id="message2">
Please try again in a few minutes.
</p>
<p class="small" id="detail">
If you are an administrator, restore upstream service and remove the redirect/fallback rule when normal operations resume.
</p>
</section>
</main>
<script src="index.js"></script>
</body>
</html>Special weather statement, Sep 5, 4:09 PM EDT, 28 minutes before
<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
<title>Service Notice</title>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="index.css">
</head>
<body>
<main class="wrap">
<section class="card" role="status" aria-live="polite">
<div class="status" id="status">Temporary Notice</div>
<h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
<p id="message1">
The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
</p>
<p id="message2">
Please try again in a few minutes.
</p>
<p class="small" id="detail">
If you are an administrator, restore upstream service and remove the redirect/fallback rule when normal operations resume.
</p>
</section>
</main>
<script src="index.js"></script>
</body>
</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Wilmington, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 5, 2:52 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Union | 23 min |
| Sep 5, 3:06 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ILN | Auglaize, Champaign, Logan, Shelby | 3 hr |
| Sep 5, 3:14 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Union | 31 min |
| Sep 5, 3:26 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Auglaize, Hardin | 49 min |
| Sep 5, 3:33 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Pickaway | 27 min |
| Sep 5, 3:34 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILN | Logan | 6 hr |
| Sep 5, 3:38 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Auglaize | 22 min |
| Sep 5, 3:47 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Auglaize | 28 min |
| Sep 5, 4:02 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Logan | 28 min |
| Sep 5, 4:04 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ILN | Champaign, Logan, Union | 7 hr |
| Sep 5, 4:07 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Hardin | 23 min |
| Sep 5, 4:12 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Pickaway | 18 min |
| Sep 5, 4:24 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Champaign, Logan, Union | 36 min |
| Sep 5, 4:27 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Hocking | 33 min |
| Sep 5, 4:52 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILN | Logan, Union | 107 min |
| Sep 5, 4:55 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Delaware | 35 min |
| Sep 5, 5:16 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Hocking | 29 min |
| Sep 5, 5:20 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ILN | Fairfield, Franklin, Hocking, Pickaway | 6 hr |
| Sep 5, 6:01 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Fairfield, Hocking | 44 min |
| Sep 5, 6:22 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Clermont | 23 min |
| Sep 5, 6:24 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Hocking | 26 min |
| Sep 5, 6:36 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Clermont | 24 min |
| Sep 5, 6:38 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Mercer | 37 min |
| Sep 5, 7:09 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Mercer | 36 min |
| Sep 5, 7:14 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ILN | Auglaize, Mercer, Shelby | 6 hr |
| Sep 5, 9:12 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | ILN | Champaign, Logan, Union | 3 hr |
| Sep 5, 5:52 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Preble | 38 min |
| Sep 5, 6:50 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Butler | 25 min |
| Sep 5, 7:08 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Hamilton | 52 min |
| Sep 5, 7:29 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Clinton | 31 min |
| Sep 5, 7:29 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Hamilton | 31 min |
| Sep 5, 7:49 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Highland | 26 min |
| Sep 5, 7:52 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Clermont | 38 min |
| Sep 5, 5:05 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Carroll | 25 min |
| Sep 5, 5:26 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Carroll | 34 min |
| Sep 5, 5:50 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Carroll, Gallatin, Owen | 40 min |
| Sep 5, 6:10 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Owen | 50 min |
| Sep 5, 7:23 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Owen | 37 min |
| Sep 5, 7:37 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Owen | 38 min |
| Sep 5, 4:09 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Bracken, Mason | 51 min |
| Sep 5, 4:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Bracken, Mason, Robertson | 18 min |
| Sep 5, 5:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Bracken | 30 min |
| Sep 5, 5:05 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Pendleton | 25 min |
| Sep 5, 5:26 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Bracken, Robertson | 49 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Kentucky, 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.