Kentucky Severe Severe Thunderstorm Warning | Effective 09/05/2026 17:28

Headline: 
Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued September 5 at 8:28PM EDT until September 5 at 9:00PM EDT by NWS Wilmington OH
Event: 
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
Urgency: 
Immediate
Effective: 
September 5, 2026 - 5:28pm
Expires: 
September 5, 2026 - 6:00pm
Description: 
At 827 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Independence, moving southeast at 25 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Expect damage to trees and power lines. Locations impacted include... Florence, Independence, Erlanger, Edgewood, Elsmere, Taylor Mill, Walton, Claryville, Union, Crittenden, Wilder, Dry Ridge, Butler, Cold Spring, Ryland Heights, Mount Auburn, Visalia, and Atwood. This includes the following Interstates... I-71 in Kentucky between mile markers 75 and 77. I-75 in Kentucky between mile markers 160 and 179.
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: 
Boone, KY; Campbell, KY; Grant, KY; Kenton, KY; Pendleton, KY
Forcast Office: 
NWS Wilmington OH
Sender: 
w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov