Weather Alerts For Downtown Columbus, OH

Closest strike: 29.48 miles Monitor Storms You are not at immediate risk, but frequently check WeatherBug to see if storms are moving towards you. Be aware that new storms can also form with little notice.

There is a Marginal Severe Storm Risk for your location. Continue reading for today's outlook from the National Weather Service's Storm Prediction Center. -------------------- National Severe Storm Outlook THERE IS AN ENHANCED RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS NORTHWEST TEXAS...WESTERN/CENTRAL OKLAHOMA...AND SOUTH-CENTRAL KANSAS THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER PORTIONS OF THE OHIO VALLEY AND MID-ATLANTIC SUMMARY Severe thunderstorms with damaging wind gusts, large hail and a few tornadoes are likely across the southern and central Plains this afternoon and evening. Strong to severe storms are also possible from parts of the Ohio Valley, central Appalachians and Mid-Atlantic. OK/TX Water vapor imagery shows a potent shortwave trough moving across northern AZ. This feature will approach the surface dryline over west TX late this afternoon and evening, resulting in rapid and widespread thunderstorm development from the eastern TX Panhandle into western OK. Activity will build eastward through the evening with a risk of very large hail, damaging wind, and a few tornadoes. Northern OK/KS/Southwest MO Latest surface analysis shows a weak boundary extending from southwest OK into southeast KS. This boundary will lift/mix northward today, resulting in rapid moistening/destabilization of the air mass. Most CAM solutions suggest the potential for the development of a few evening supercells in vicinity of this retreating boundary over north-central OK into southeast KS. Very large hail and a few tornadoes are possible. OH Valley into Mid-Atlantic A well-defined surface boundary currently extends from southern OH into southern PA, with widespread clouds to the north and strong heating to the south. This strengthening baroclinic zone will provide the focus for thunderstorm development this afternoon and early evening. A cluster of thunderstorms is forecast by several CAM solutions to form over northeast KY/southern OH and track eastward through the afternoon, posing a risk of damaging wind gusts. Other more isolated strong storms are possible from southeast PA into the warm/moist air mass over parts of MD/VA, with a similar risk of gusty/damaging winds in the strongest cells.