NWS Wilmington OHSV.W 0239September 4, 2026
Severe Thunderstorm Warning: Darke, Miami, Montgomery and 1 more, OH
The National Weather Service office in Wilmington issued a severe thunderstorm warning for Darke, Miami, Montgomery and 1 more in Ohio, which was in force until 4:00 p.m. local time on September 4. It was the 239th 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 43 minutes; it has expired. The agency may have replaced it with a new notice.
The notice
- Issued by
- National Weather Service, Wilmington OH
- Area
- Darke, Miami, Montgomery and 1 more
- State
- Ohio
- Level
- Warning
- Issued
- 3:17 p.m. EDT, September 4, 2026
- Expires
- 4:00 p.m. EDT, September 4, 2026
- CAP severity, certainty, urgency
- Severe, Observed, Immediate
- VTEC event
- KILN SV.W 0239
- 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
SVRILN The National Weather Service in Wilmington has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Northeastern Preble County in west central Ohio... Southern Darke County in west central Ohio... Northwestern Montgomery County in west central Ohio... Western Miami County in west central Ohio... * Until 400 PM EDT. * At 317 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Arcanum, moving southeast at 25 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Expect damage to trees and power lines. * Locations impacted include... Dayton, Troy, Trotwood, Piqua, Vandalia, Englewood, Greenville, Eaton, West Milton, Covington, Arcanum, Bradford, Lewisburg, West Alexandria, Pleasant Hill, New Madison, Clayton, Union, Brookville, and New Lebanon. This includes the following Interstates... I-70 in Ohio between mile markers 9 and 32. I-75 in Ohio between mile markers 53 and 55, near mile marker 57, and between mile markers 76 and 78.
What the agency told people to do
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building. Large hail, damaging wind, and continuous cloud to ground lightning are occurring with this storm. Move indoors immediately. Lightning is one of nature's leading killers. Remember, if you can hear thunder, you are close enough to be struck by lightning. Torrential rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways. 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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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