NWS Wilmington OHSV.W 0275September 20, 2026
Severe Thunderstorm Warning: Adams, Highland, Pike and 1 more, OH
The National Weather Service office in Wilmington issued a severe thunderstorm warning for Adams, Highland, Pike and 1 more in Ohio, which was in force until 2:15 a.m. local time on September 20. It was the 275th severe thunderstorm warning the NWS office in Wilmington issued in 2026. Ohio had 144 severe thunderstorm warnings in September 2026, against 21 in an average September of 2008-2025 (Ohio's severe thunderstorm warnings by year).
ExpiredWarning
In force for 40 minutes; it has expired. The agency may have replaced it with a new notice.
The notice
- Issued by
- National Weather Service, Wilmington OH
- Area
- Adams, Highland, Pike and 1 more
- State
- Ohio
- Level
- Warning
- Issued
- 1:35 a.m. EDT, September 20, 2026
- Expires
- 2:15 a.m. EDT, September 20, 2026
- CAP severity, certainty, urgency
- Severe, Observed, Immediate
- VTEC event
- KILN SV.W 0275
- Official source
- National Weather Service: the notice at its source
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The notice as issued
SVRILN The National Weather Service in Wilmington has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Northeastern Adams County in south central Ohio... Pike County in south central Ohio... Southeastern Highland County in south central Ohio... Northwestern Scioto County in south central Ohio... * Until 215 AM EDT. * At 135 AM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Marshall, moving east at 45 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Expect damage to trees and power lines. * Locations impacted include... Waverly, Piketon, Peebles, Marshall, Pike Lake, Kincaid Springs, Lucasville, Rocky Fork Point, Highland Holiday, Cynthiana, Rarden, Sinking Spring, Wakefield, Pike County Airport, May Hill, Omega, Locust Grove, Givens, Mount Joy, and Bear Creek.
What the agency told people to do
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building. To report severe weather, go to our website at weather.gov/iln and submit your report via social media, when you can do so safely.
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