Severe Thunderstorms Possible In the Ohio Valley Through Early Friday
Severe Thunderstorms Possible In the Ohio Valley Through Early Friday
Jonathan Erdman Fri, March 27, 2026 at 4:18 AM UTC
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Severe thunderstorms are once again ongoing in the Midwest, the latest round in a March of multiple outbreaks.
Some of the fuel for these severe thunderstorms will be record heat for late March feeding eastward from the Plains. You can read about this extended record March heat wave here.
Here's what the radar across the Midwest looks like right now. A broken line of thunderstorms capable of damaging winds and hail continues to drop south and eastward through the Midwest.
Hail as large as lemons fell southwest of Fort Wayne, Indiana, Thursday evening. Strong winds blew over a semi on US-30 with possible injuries in Van Wert, Ohio, while a roof was blown off a garage in Tipton County, Indiana. Damaging winds were widespread across northern Illinois and northern Ohio through early Friday morning.
Any tornado watches are shaded red on the map, while any severe thunderstorm watches are shaded yellow:
Be Prepared
If you're in the area shown above, there are three steps you can take to stay safe in severe weather:
1. Know where to seek safe shelter when severe weather strikes before the storm. If you live in a manufactured home, the safest place is probably either a designated community shelter or the closest building such as a church, industrial building or any building with reinforced concrete.
2. Have multiple ways of receiving official National Weather Service watches and warnings, including from your phone and NOAA weather radio. Make sure your devices are full charged in case you lose power and alerts are turned on to wake you up at night.
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3. Seek safe shelter immediately when you receive a severe thunderstorm or tornado warning for your area.
(MORE: 14 Severe Weather Tips That Can Save Your Life)
Storm Fatigue
It has been yet another active March for severe weather in the U.S., including parts of the Midwest.
On March 6, four tornadoes struck southern Michigan, including an EF3 in Branch County killing three, an EF2 in Three Rivers and an EF1 tornado that claimed a life in Cass County.
Four days later, a lone supercell spawned five tornadoes across northeast Illinois into northwest Indiana, including the EF3 Kankakee, Illinois, tornado, which killed three.
Then on March 15, another 17 tornadoes were confirmed across central and southern Illinois.
And we just had a flare up of severe storms with hail and winds this past Sunday from Illinois to western Pennsylvania.
(RECAP: March Mania: 3 Severe Outbreaks And A Record Snowstorm)
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Jonathan Erdman is a senior meteorologist at weather.com and has been covering national and international weather since 1996. Extreme and bizarre weather are his favorite topics. Reach out to him on Bluesky, X (formerly Twitter) and Facebook.
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