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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 255, NWS Wilmington, OH

September 5, 2026Bracken County, Mason County, Robertson County, Kentucky

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

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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
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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
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Local storm report, Sep 5, 1:41 PM EDT, 2 hours 56 minutes before
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Local storm report, Sep 5, 1:44 PM EDT, 2 hours 53 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Sep 5, 4:09 PM EDT, 28 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 5, 2:52 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILNUnion23 min
Sep 5, 3:06 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryILNAuglaize, Champaign, Logan, Shelby3 hr
Sep 5, 3:14 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILNUnion31 min
Sep 5, 3:26 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNAuglaize, Hardin49 min
Sep 5, 3:33 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILNPickaway27 min
Sep 5, 3:34 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningILNLogan6 hr
Sep 5, 3:38 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILNAuglaize22 min
Sep 5, 3:47 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILNAuglaize28 min
Sep 5, 4:02 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILNLogan28 min
Sep 5, 4:04 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryILNChampaign, Logan, Union7 hr
Sep 5, 4:07 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILNHardin23 min
Sep 5, 4:12 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILNPickaway18 min
Sep 5, 4:24 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILNChampaign, Logan, Union36 min
Sep 5, 4:27 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILNHocking33 min
Sep 5, 4:52 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningILNLogan, Union107 min
Sep 5, 4:55 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILNDelaware35 min
Sep 5, 5:16 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILNHocking29 min
Sep 5, 5:20 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryILNFairfield, Franklin, Hocking, Pickaway6 hr
Sep 5, 6:01 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILNFairfield, Hocking44 min
Sep 5, 6:22 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILNClermont23 min
Sep 5, 6:24 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNHocking26 min
Sep 5, 6:36 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILNClermont24 min
Sep 5, 6:38 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILNMercer37 min
Sep 5, 7:09 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILNMercer36 min
Sep 5, 7:14 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryILNAuglaize, Mercer, Shelby6 hr
Sep 5, 9:12 AM EDTAreal Flood WarningILNChampaign, Logan, Union3 hr
Sep 5, 5:52 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILNPreble38 min
Sep 5, 6:50 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILNButler25 min
Sep 5, 7:08 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILNHamilton52 min
Sep 5, 7:29 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILNClinton31 min
Sep 5, 7:29 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILNHamilton31 min
Sep 5, 7:49 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILNHighland26 min
Sep 5, 7:52 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILNClermont38 min
Sep 5, 5:05 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILNCarroll25 min
Sep 5, 5:26 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILNCarroll34 min
Sep 5, 5:50 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILNCarroll, Gallatin, Owen40 min
Sep 5, 6:10 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNOwen50 min
Sep 5, 7:23 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILNOwen37 min
Sep 5, 7:37 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNOwen38 min
Sep 5, 4:09 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILNBracken, Mason51 min
Sep 5, 4:55 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNBracken, Mason, Robertson18 min
Sep 5, 5:00 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILNBracken30 min
Sep 5, 5:05 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILNPendleton25 min
Sep 5, 5:26 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILNBracken, Robertson49 min

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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.