Kentucky Severe Thunderstorm Warning | Effective 05/16/2026 16:54

Headline: 
Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued May 16 at 7:54PM EDT until May 16 at 8:45PM EDT by NWS Wilmington OH
Event: 
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
Urgency: 
Immediate
Effective: 
May 16, 2026 - 4:54pm
Expires: 
May 16, 2026 - 5:45pm
Description: 
SVRILN The National Weather Service in Wilmington has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Southern Kenton County in northern Kentucky... Southern Campbell County in northern Kentucky... Southern Boone County in northern Kentucky... Grant County in northern Kentucky... Pendleton County in northern Kentucky... * Until 845 PM EDT. * At 753 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 7 miles east of Owenton, moving northeast at 30 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Expect damage to trees and power lines. * Locations impacted include... Alexandria, Williamstown, Walton, Falmouth, Claryville, Crittenden, Dry Ridge, Butler, Morgan, Corinth, Mentor, California, Mount Auburn, Visalia, Atwood, Northcutt, Bracht, and Gubser Mill. This includes the following Interstates... I-71 in Kentucky between mile markers 73 and 77. I-75 in Kentucky between mile markers 144 and 174.
Instruction: 
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.
Area Description: 
Boone, KY; Campbell, KY; Grant, KY; Kenton, KY; Pendleton, KY
Forcast Office: 
NWS Wilmington OH