Ohio Severe Thunderstorm Warning | Effective 05/19/2026 17:40

Headline: 
Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued May 19 at 8:40PM EDT until May 19 at 9:00PM EDT by NWS Wilmington OH
Event: 
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
Urgency: 
Immediate
Effective: 
May 19, 2026 - 5:40pm
Expires: 
May 19, 2026 - 6:00pm
Description: 
At 839 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Jamestown, 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... Jamestown, South Charleston, Jeffersonville, Lisbon, New Jasper, South Solon, Bowersville, Milledgeville, Octa, Paintersville, Rosemoor, Middleton Corner, Selma, Pitchin, Gladstone, Bookwalter, Plattsburg, Shady Grove, and Bell Center. This includes I-71 in Ohio between mile markers 58 and 72.
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: 
Clark, OH; Fayette, OH; Greene, OH; Madison, OH
Forcast Office: 
NWS Wilmington OH