Weather Alerts For Utica, OH

# SUMMARY -------------------- The National Weather Service in Wilmington has issued a - Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Eastern Delaware County in central Ohio... Northern Licking County in central Ohio... - Until 215 PM EDT. - At 133 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near Delaware to near Mount Vernon, moving southeast at 35 mph. # DETAILS -------------------- HAZARD 60 mph wind gusts. SOURCE Radar indicated. IMPACT Expect damage to trees and power lines. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE - Delaware, Johnstown, Sunbury, Utica, Ashley, Radnor, Galena, Hartford, St. Louisville, Interstate 71 at US Route 36/State Route 37, Alum Creek State Park, Delaware State Park, Fredonia, Olive Green, US Route 62 at State Route 661, Purity, Center Village, Fallsburg, Leonardsburg, and Kilbourne. - This includes I-71 in Ohio between mile markers 126 and 138. ISSUED AT Friday, September 4, 2026 at 1:34 PM EDT ISSUED BY National Weather Service Wilmington OH HEADER BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED | Severe Thunderstorm Warning # PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS -------------------- For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building. Large hail, damaging wind, and continuous cloud to ground lightning are occurring with these storms. Move indoors immediately. Lightning is one of nature's leading killers. Remember, if you can hear thunder, you are close enough to be struck by lightning. Torrential rainfall is occurring with these storms, and may lead to flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways. 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.

# HEADLINE -------------------- STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF CENTRAL DELAWARE AND NORTHWESTERN LICKING COUNTIES THROUGH 200 PM EDT # SUMMARY -------------------- At 117 PM EDT, strong thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near Sparta to near Prospect, moving southeast at 25 mph. # DETAILS -------------------- HAZARD Wind gusts up to 45 mph, frequent cloud-to-ground lightning, and very heavy rain. SOURCE Radar indicated. IMPACT Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Lightning can cause serious injury or death. Visibility will be poor and hydroplaning is possible. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE - Delaware, Sunbury, Utica, Ashley, Radnor, Galena, Hartford, Interstate 71 at US Route 36/State Route 37, Alum Creek State Park, Delaware State Park, US Route 62 at State Route 661, Olive Green, Stratford, Leonardsburg, and Kilbourne. - This includes I-71 in Ohio between mile markers 128 and 138. - If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a sturdy building. - Motorists should slow down and use extra caution. - When thunder roars, go indoors! Do not stay in the open or seek shelter under trees when lightning threatens. - To report hazardous weather conditions, go to our website at weather.gov/iln and submit your report via social media, when you can do so safely. ISSUED AT Friday, September 4, 2026 at 1:17 PM EDT ISSUED BY National Weather Service Wilmington OH HEADER Special Weather Statement # AREAS AFFECTED -------------------- Delaware OH, Licking OH

Closest strike: 2.06 miles Stay Alert! Remain in a safe area until there has been no lightning within 10 miles of this location for 30 minutes. Please be aware that lightning activity can remain high even when a storm is moving away from your location. Even if rain has stopped, do not leave your safe area until WeatherBug indicates that lightning is more than 10 miles away from this selected location. IF OUTDOORS Avoid water, high ground, and open spaces. Avoid all metal objects including electric wires, fences, and machinery. Find a safe area in a building or in a fully enclosed vehicle with the windows completely shut. Unsafe places include underneath canopies, small picnic or rain shelters, convertibles, or near trees. IF INDOORS Avoid water and stay away from doors and windows. Avoid using a hard line telephone. Take off headphones. Turn off, unplug, and stay away from appliances, computers, power tools, and TV sets. Lightning may strike exterior electric and phone lines, inducing shocks to inside equipment.

There is a Slight 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 A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM THE SOUTHERN GREAT LAKES INTO THE MID-ATLANTIC STATES SUMMARY A couple of organized thunderstorm clusters are expected to develop across the southern Great Lakes and mid/upper Ohio Valley today through tonight, accompanied by the risk for damaging wind gusts. More widely scattered strong thunderstorms east of the Blue Ridge may also produce damaging wind gusts this afternoon and evening. Midwest/southern Great Lakes to Mid-Atlantic States As large-scale pattern amplification occurs, a belt of moderately strong northwesterly flow aloft will tend to overlie a frontal zone that extends from southern portions of Minnesota/Wisconsin east-southeastward to Pennsylvania/New Jersey. That said, ongoing convection has effectively modified/southward-shunted the effective front in several areas, and this will be the primary focus for storm intensification/redevelopment this afternoon, as well into the evening/late night. The steeper mid-level lapse rates will remain displaced west of the region, but ample low-level moisture (i.e. upper 60s/low 70s dewpoints) coupled with afternoon temperatures from the mid 80s to mid 90s will still support moderate to strong buoyancy near/south of the effective boundary. General storm re-intensification and/or new development is anticipated this afternoon, particularly south/ahead of currently ongoing clusters. Bowing line segments will be the predominant storm mode, with damaging winds as the most common hazard. The threat for damaging wind gusts will extend southeastward into the Mid-Atlantic this afternoon and evening amid a very warm and moist airmass. Vertical shear will be weaker with southward extent, but ample moisture (i.e. PW values from 1.8" to 2"), strong buoyancy, and steep low-level lapse rates will support the potential for strong outflow capable of wind damage. Bowing line segments will be the primary storm mode here as well. Southern Wisconsin/southern Lake Michigan vicinity The same general meteorological thematic scenario as described in the prior section applies to this region, and severe probabilities have been extended westward regionally, albeit for a somewhat conditional/uncertain scenario. A robust reservoir of moisture/locally extreme buoyancy will exist particularly to the south of ongoing midday convection. The region will be influenced by the amplifying upper ridge, but there is at least some possibility that storm redevelopment/intensification could occur near/east of the surface triple point and/or near outflow, with some related severe potential. Development could also occur toward the southern Lake Michigan vicinity later tonight as isentropic ascent increases near/northeast of the surface boundary. North-central Plains/Dakotas While perceived severe probabilities remain below 5%, some strong/sporadic severe potential may exist also South Dakota, far northern Nebraska and/or southeast North Dakota later today through late tonight, although confidence in specific meteorological scenarios remains low. Weak lee troughing will contribute to modest low-level convergence from western Kansas across western/central Nebraska into southwest South Dakota. Dewpoints will likely be in the low to mid 60s F within this convergence zone, and steep mid-level lapse rates will contribute to moderate/strong buoyancy. Even so, warm mid-levels may prevent the airmass from completely destabilizing. The remaining convective inhibition, coupled with the presence of large-scale height rises across the region, casts doubt to whether successful convective initiation will occur. Any mature updrafts could result in strong downdraft, but uncertainty remains high. Other storm development could occur tonight, potentially as a byproduct of a subtle mid-level wave/ongoing convection ongoing across South Dakota this morning.

Pollen Index: 10.2 Pollen Level: high Predominant Pollen: Ragweed, Chenopods and Nettle. Concentration of pollen grains in the air for Saturday will be falling in the moderate range. Since the weather has a major influence on pollen dispersal, this decrease is due in part to falling temperatures, rising humidity, and heavy rains in the morning which tend to wash pollen out of the air. That's good news for allergy sufferers.