NWS Charleston WVSV.W 0387September 5, 2026
Severe Thunderstorm Warning: Athens, Meigs, Vinton and 1 more, OH
The National Weather Service office in Charleston issued a severe thunderstorm warning for Athens, Meigs, Vinton and 1 more in Ohio, which was in force until 7:15 a.m. local time on September 5. It was the 387th severe thunderstorm warning the NWS office in Charleston 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 28 minutes; it has expired. The agency may have replaced it with a new notice.
The notice
- Issued by
- National Weather Service, Charleston WV
- Area
- Athens, Meigs, Vinton and 1 more
- State
- Ohio
- Level
- Warning
- Issued
- 6:47 a.m. EDT, September 5, 2026
- Expires
- 7:15 a.m. EDT, September 5, 2026
- CAP severity, certainty, urgency
- Severe, Observed, Immediate
- VTEC event
- KRLX SV.W 0387
- Official source
- National Weather Service: the notice at its source
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Ohio since 2008Every warning type in Ohio
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The notice as issued
SVRRLX The National Weather Service in Charleston West Virginia has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Northwestern Meigs County in southeastern Ohio... Southwestern Washington County in southeastern Ohio... Northeastern Vinton County in southeastern Ohio... Southern Athens County in southeastern Ohio... * Until 715 AM EDT. * At 647 AM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near Athens to near Lake Hope State Park, moving east at 20 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. * Locations impacted include... Athens, Albany, Lake Hope State Park, Chauncey, Zaleski, Amesville, Creola, Stroud Run State Park, Carpenter, and The Plains.
What the agency told people to do
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building.
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The record around this notice
- Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Ohio since 2008507 a year
- Every warning type in Ohio
- Severe Thunderstorm Warning: what it means, and the states that get the most20,005 a year
- NWS notices, September 20262,824 in the month
- The latest from the National Weather Service
- Warning, watch or advisory: the three NWS levels