Full Notification

The National Weather Service in Wilmington has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Southwestern Franklin County in central Ohio... Northwestern Pickaway County in central Ohio... Madison County in central Ohio...

* Until 300 PM EDT.

* At 212 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near South Charleston, moving east at 55 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Minor hail damage to vehicles is possible. Expect wind damage to trees and power lines.

* Locations impacted include... Columbus, Grove City, Upper Arlington, Hilliard, London, Jefferson, West Jefferson, Mount Sterling, Choctaw Lake, Lake Darby, Grandview Heights, Urbancrest, Valleyview, Marble Cliff, Lafayette, South Solon, Midway, Harrisburg, Orient and Newport. This includes the following Interstates... I-70 in Ohio between mile markers 71 and 98. I-71 in Ohio between mile markers 77 and 103.

* AFFECTED AREAS: PICKAWAY, OH ... MADISON, OH ... FRANKLIN, 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. Large hail and damaging winds and continuous cloud to ground lightning is occurring with this storm. 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 this storm, and may lead to flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.