Cincinnati Weather Tornado Warning Near Alexandria Until 1:45 a.m.
cincinnati weather turned active overnight as multiple Tri-State counties were placed under tornado warnings, including one that stayed in effect until 1:45 a.m. Radar detected rotation in a severe thunderstorm near Alexandria, and the Tri-State remained under a tornado watch until 5 a.m.
At 12:58 a.m., the storm over Alexandria was moving east at 45 mph and was capable of producing a tornado. A separate warning was in effect until 1:15 a.m., after radar detected rotation in another severe thunderstorm near Taylor Mill at 12:52 a.m.
Alexandria and Taylor Mill
The Alexandria warning followed a tornado-likely storm track that was moving quickly across the region. Earlier, at approximately 12:24 a.m. Thursday, a confirmed tornado was located over Rising Sun, Ind., and a tornado warning for Warren County, Ohio, expired at 12:30 a.m.
The warnings came as storms were expected to arrive as a broken line and could still remain strong to severe after sunset. Much of the area was in an enhanced risk across southeast Indiana, while the rest of the region carried a slight risk for severe weather.
Tri-State Overnight Watch
The main threats through 5 a.m. were damaging wind gusts, large hail and isolated tornadoes. Heavy rainfall and localized flash flooding were also possible where storms repeatedly moved over the same areas, especially before rain moved out before sunrise on Thursday.
Storms were expected to weaken as they moved farther east, especially east of Interstate 75, with the strongest storms expected to stay west of the Tri-State. After the overnight round of weather, Thursday was forecast to turn partly cloudy to mostly sunny with a high of 80, and Friday was expected to start at 59 degrees and warm to 78 under mostly sunny skies.
Warren County and Sunrise
For people in the warned counties, the immediate concern was the fast-moving line of storms and the brief window before the warnings expired. The 1:45 a.m. warning near Alexandria and the 1:15 a.m. warning near Taylor Mill were both tied to radar rotation, while the broader watch stayed in place until 5 a.m.
The overnight sequence left little time between warnings, a tornado on the ground near Rising Sun and the earlier expiration in Warren County. That made the eastbound storm track the clearest measure of where the next impact could have moved as the night went on.
