Ohio Severe Thunderstorm Warning | Effective 05/19/2026 17:39

Headline: 
Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued May 19 at 8:39PM EDT until May 19 at 9:30PM EDT by NWS Wilmington OH
Event: 
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
Urgency: 
Immediate
Effective: 
May 19, 2026 - 5:39pm
Expires: 
May 19, 2026 - 6:30pm
Description: 
SVRILN The National Weather Service in Wilmington has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Southwestern Franklin County in central Ohio... Northern Fayette County in central Ohio... Northwestern Pickaway County in central Ohio... Madison County in central Ohio... * Until 930 PM EDT. * At 838 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near South Charleston, moving east at 45 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Expect damage to trees and power lines. * Locations impacted include... Grove City, Upper Arlington, London, Jefferson, West Jefferson, Mount Sterling, Jeffersonville, Bloomingburg, Choctaw Lake, Ohio State University, Lake Darby, Commercial Point, Urbancrest, Valleyview, Marble Cliff, Lafayette, Midway, and Harrisburg. This includes the following Interstates... I-70 in Ohio between mile markers 71 and 101. I-71 in Ohio between mile markers 68 and 111.
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: 
Fayette, OH; Franklin, OH; Madison, OH; Pickaway, OH
Forcast Office: 
NWS Wilmington OH