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Forest Fire and Police Department
Wednesday April 2nd, 2025 :: 11:34 p.m. EDT

Alert

Severe Thunderstorm Warning until 12:00AM Thursday

SVRILN The National Weather Service in Wilmington has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Eastern Hardin County in west central Ohio...

* Until midnight EDT.

* At 1133 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Kenton, moving northeast at 55 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Expect damage to trees and power lines.

* Locations impacted include... Hepburn, Grant, Kenton, Mentzer, Forest, Patterson, Dunkirk, Pfeiffer, and Blanchard.

* AFFECTED AREAS: HARDIN, OH

Instructions:

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. A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 400 AM EDT for west central Ohio.

Address/Location
Forest Fire and Police Department
211 W Lima St
Forest, OH 45843

Contact
Emergency: 9-1-1
Non-emergencies: 419-273-2500

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Alert Details

Severity:
Severe - Significant threat to life or property
Urgency:
Immediate - Responsive action SHOULD be taken immediately
Certainty:
Observed - Determined to have occurred or to be ongoing
Category:
Meteorological (inc. flood)
Event:
Severe Thunderstorm Warning

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