Severe Weather Statement
Issued by NWS Wilmington, OH
Issued by NWS Wilmington, OH
598 WWUS51 KILN 261715 SVSILN Severe Weather Statement National Weather Service Wilmington OH 115 PM EDT Sun May 26 2024 INC029-115-137-155-KYC041-077-081-187-261745- /O.CON.KILN.SV.W.0087.000000T0000Z-240526T1745Z/ Ohio IN-Ripley IN-Dearborn IN-Switzerland IN-Carroll KY-Grant KY- Owen KY-Gallatin KY- 115 PM EDT Sun May 26 2024 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 145 PM EDT FOR OHIO...RIPLEY...SOUTHWESTERN DEARBORN...SWITZERLAND...EASTERN CARROLL...GRANT...CENTRAL OWEN AND GALLATIN COUNTIES... At 115 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from 11 miles west of Greensburg to 7 miles southwest of Williamstown, moving north at 45 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Expect damage to trees and power lines. Locations impacted include... Williamstown, Dry Ridge, Versailles, Vevay, Osgood, Warsaw, Dillsboro, Florence, Kentucky Speedway, Pleasant, Hartford, Holton, Glencoe, Fairview, Ghent, Sanders, Napoleon, Corinth, Sparta, and Patriot. This includes the following Interstates... I-71 in Kentucky between mile markers 51 and 70. I-75 in Kentucky between mile markers 143 and 160. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building. If on or near a lake, get away from the water and move indoors or inside a vehicle. Remember, lightning can strike out to 15 miles from the parent thunderstorm. If you can hear thunder, you are close enough to be struck by lightning. Move to safe shelter now! Do not be caught on the water in a thunderstorm. 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. && LAT...LON 3920 8544 3923 8537 3894 8486 3890 8487 3877 8464 3852 8448 3843 8463 3872 8508 3884 8520 3891 8520 3893 8531 3901 8544 TIME...MOT...LOC 1715Z 195DEG 40KT 3931 8569 3857 8467 HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 IN WIND THREAT...OBSERVED MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH $$ McGinnis