Severe Thunderstorm Warning Issued for Southeastern Indiana and West Central Ohio

Alert Details

The National Weather Service in Wilmington OH has issued a Severe Thunderstorm Warning for portions of southeastern and east central Indiana, as well as west central and southwestern Ohio. This alert is effective until 12:30 AM EDT on March 16, 2026.

Affected Areas

The following regions are included in the warning area:

• Indiana: Franklin, Ripley, Wayne, Union, Fayette, and Northern Dearborn counties.
• Ohio: Western Preble, Northwestern Butler, and Southwestern Darke counties.

Impacted locations include Richmond, Oxford, Connersville, Harrison, Batesville, Brookville, Centerville, Cambridge City, Bright, Hidden Valley, Liberty, Versailles, Milan, Hagerstown, Union City, New Paris, Osgood, New Madison, Fountain City, and Dublin. This also affects I-70 in Indiana (mile markers 134-156), I-70 in Ohio (mile markers 0-9), and I-74 in Indiana and Ohio.

What You Should Do

For your protection, move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building immediately. To report severe weather, residents can visit weather.gov/iln or submit reports via social media when it is safe to do so.

Expected Conditions

Radar-indicated severe thunderstorms were located along a line moving northeast at 65 mph. The primary hazard is 60 mph wind gusts. Residents should expect damage to trees and power lines in the affected areas.

Timeline

The warning was issued at 11:52 PM EDT on March 15 and is set to expire at 12:30 AM EDT on March 16. At 11:51 PM EDT, the storm line was extending from 10 miles southwest of New Castle to 9 miles south of Vernon.