Kentucky Severe Thunderstorm Warning | Effective 05/16/2026 17:15

Headline: 
Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued May 16 at 8:15PM EDT until May 16 at 8:45PM EDT by NWS Wilmington OH
Event: 
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
Urgency: 
Immediate
Effective: 
May 16, 2026 - 5:15pm
Expires: 
May 16, 2026 - 5:45pm
Description: 
At 815 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Falmouth, moving northeast 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, Falmouth, Claryville, Dry Ridge, Butler, Morgan, Corinth, Mentor, California, Mount Auburn, Browning Corner, Atwood, Grants Lick, Northcutt, Gubser Mill, Gardnersville, Peach Grove, White Villa, Ivor, and Campbell County Lake. This includes I-75 in Kentucky between mile markers 144 and 156.
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: 
Campbell, KY; Grant, KY; Kenton, KY; Pendleton, KY
Forcast Office: 
NWS Wilmington OH
Sender: 
w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov