NWS Wilmington OHSV.W 0245September 4, 2026
Severe Thunderstorm Warning: Dearborn, Franklin and Ripley, IN
The National Weather Service office in Wilmington issued a severe thunderstorm warning for Dearborn, Franklin and Ripley in Indiana, which was in force until 5:15 p.m. local time on September 4. It was the 245th severe thunderstorm warning the NWS office in Wilmington issued in 2026. Indiana had 27 severe thunderstorm warnings in September 2026, against 15 in an average September of 2008-2025 (Indiana's severe thunderstorm warnings by year).
ExpiredWarning
In force for 46 minutes; it has expired. The agency may have replaced it with a new notice.
The notice
- Issued by
- National Weather Service, Wilmington OH
- Area
- Dearborn, Franklin and Ripley
- State
- Indiana
- Level
- Warning
- Issued
- 4:29 p.m. EDT, September 4, 2026
- Expires
- 5:15 p.m. EDT, September 4, 2026
- CAP severity, certainty, urgency
- Severe, Observed, Immediate
- VTEC event
- KILN SV.W 0245
- 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... Franklin County in southeastern Indiana... Northeastern Ripley County in southeastern Indiana... Northwestern Dearborn County in southeastern Indiana... * Until 515 PM EDT. * At 429 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Brookville, moving southeast at 20 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Expect damage to trees and power lines. * Locations impacted include... Brookville, Blooming Grove, Sunman, Metamora, St. Leon, Cedar Grove, Mount Carmel, Mounds State Recreation Area, Penntown, Rockdale, Interstate 74 at State Route 101, Peppertown, Sharptown, New Trenton, Lawrenceville, and Saint Peter. This includes I-74 in Indiana between mile markers 154 and 167.
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.
Source: National Weather Service: the notice at its source. The text is the agency's, unedited. A U.S. Government work, in the public domain.