Ohio Severe Severe Thunderstorm Warning | Effective 07/21/2026 12:51

Headline: 
Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued July 21 at 3:51PM EDT until July 21 at 4:30PM EDT by NWS Wilmington OH
Event: 
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
Urgency: 
Immediate
Effective: 
July 21, 2026 - 12:51pm
Expires: 
July 21, 2026 - 1:30pm
Description: 
SVRILN The National Weather Service in Wilmington has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Southeastern Franklin County in central Ohio... Fairfield County in central Ohio... Northeastern Pickaway County in central Ohio... Southwestern Licking County in central Ohio... * Until 430 PM EDT. * At 351 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over South Bloomfield, moving east at 40 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Expect damage to trees and power lines. * Locations impacted include... Columbus, Lancaster, Reynoldsburg, Grove City, Pickerington, Pataskala, Canal Winchester, Groveport, Ashville, Baltimore, Buckeye Lake, South Bloomfield, Bremen, Millersport, Pleasantville, Fairfield Beach, Etna, Obetz, Commercial Point, and Royalton. This includes I-70 in Ohio between mile markers 110 and 127.
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: 
Fairfield, OH; Franklin, OH; Licking, OH; Pickaway, OH
Forcast Office: 
NWS Wilmington OH