NWS Wilmington OHSV.W 0274September 19, 2026
Severe Thunderstorm Warning: Fairfield, Hocking and Ross, OH
The National Weather Service office in Wilmington issued a severe thunderstorm warning for Fairfield, Hocking and Ross in Ohio, which was in force until 5:45 p.m. local time on September 19. It was the 274th 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 34 minutes; it has expired. The agency may have replaced it with a new notice.
The notice
- Issued by
- National Weather Service, Wilmington OH
- Area
- Fairfield, Hocking and Ross
- State
- Ohio
- Level
- Warning
- Issued
- 5:11 p.m. EDT, September 19, 2026
- Expires
- 5:45 p.m. EDT, September 19, 2026
- CAP severity, certainty, urgency
- Severe, Observed, Immediate
- VTEC event
- KILN SV.W 0274
- 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... Southeastern Fairfield County in central Ohio... Hocking County in central Ohio... East central Ross County in south central Ohio... * Until 545 PM EDT. * At 510 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near Lancaster to near Hocking Hills State Park to 8 miles east of Chillicothe, moving southeast at 40 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Expect damage to trees and power lines. * Locations impacted include... Lancaster, Logan, Nelsonville, Bremen, Hocking Hills State Park, Hide-A-Way Hills, Starr, Londonderry, Murray City, Sugar Grove, Ilesboro, Gibisonville, Mooresville, Hideaway Hills, Lake Logan State Park, Haydenville, South Bloomingville, North Berne, Enterprise, and Union Furnace.
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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