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Regional Weather Alerts


     

Alert: Heat Advisory
Area(s): Lucas; Wood; Ottawa; Sandusky; Erie; Lorain; Cuyahoga; Hancock; Seneca; Huron
Effective: 2026-07-14 @ 3:09 am -> 2026-07-14 @ 3:00 pm
Onset: 2026-07-14 @ 11:00 am -> 2026-07-14 @ 7:00 pm
Severity: Moderate
Certainty: Likely
Urgency: Expected
Issued By: NWS Cleveland OH on 2026-07-14 @ 3:09 am
Headline: Heat Advisory issued July 14 at 4:09AM EDT until July 14 at 8:00PM EDT by NWS Cleveland OH
Description: * WHAT...Heat index values up to 101 expected.

* WHERE...Erie, Huron, Lorain, Cuyahoga, Hancock, Lucas, Ottawa,
Sandusky, Seneca, and Wood Counties.

* WHEN...From noon today to 8 PM EDT this evening.

* IMPACTS...Hot temperatures and high humidity may cause heat
illnesses.

Alert: Heat Advisory
Area(s): Elkhart; Lagrange; Steuben; Noble; De Kalb; Starke; Pulaski; Marshall; Fulton; Whitley; Allen; White; Cass; Miami; Wabash; Northern La Porte; Eastern St. Joseph; Northern Kosciusko; Southern La Porte; Western St. Joseph; Southern Kosciusko; Cass; St. Joseph; Branch; Hillsdale; Northern Berrien; Southern Berrien; Williams; Fulton; Defiance; Henry; Paulding; Putnam
Effective: 2026-07-14 @ 1:49 am -> 2026-07-14 @ 7:00 pm
Onset: 2026-07-14 @ 11:00 am -> 2026-07-14 @ 7:00 pm
Severity: Moderate
Certainty: Likely
Urgency: Expected
Issued By: NWS Northern Indiana on 2026-07-14 @ 1:49 am
Headline: Heat Advisory issued July 14 at 2:49AM EDT until July 14 at 8:00PM EDT by NWS Northern Indiana
Description: * WHAT...Heat index values up to near 100 degrees expected.

* WHERE...Portions of northern Indiana, southwest Michigan, and
northwest Ohio.

* WHEN...From noon EDT /11 AM CDT/ today to 8 PM EDT /7 PM CDT/ this
evening.

* IMPACTS...Hot temperatures and high humidity may cause heat
illnesses.

Alert: Air Quality Alert
Area(s): Delaware; Franklin; Licking; Fairfield
Effective: 2026-07-13 @ 11:01 pm -> 2026-07-14 @ 8:00 pm
Onset: 2026-07-13 @ 11:01 pm
Severity: Unknown
Certainty: Unknown
Urgency: Unknown
Issued By: NWS Wilmington OH on 2026-07-13 @ 11:01 pm
Headline: Air Quality Alert issued July 14 at 12:01AM EDT by NWS Wilmington OH
Description: The Mid-Ohio Regional Planning Commission has issued an Air Quality
Alert for Delaware, Fairfield, Franklin and Licking counties in
Central Ohio, from 6 AM this morning to 9 PM EDT this evening.

Levels of ozone within the region may approach or exceed unhealthy
standards.

On Alert days, help reduce ozone by taking the following actions:

* Carpool, if possible, bike, walk or take the bus instead of
driving alone.
* Refuel your vehicle after 8 pm.
* Do not idle your vehicle, exhaust contributes to air pollution.
* Mow your lawn in the evening hours and avoid the use of
gas-powered lawn equipment.

For additional information, please visit the Mid-Ohio Regional
Planning Commission's website at morpc.org/airquality

Alert: Air Quality Alert
Area(s): Dearborn; Boone; Kenton; Campbell; Butler; Warren; Hamilton; Clermont
Effective: 2026-07-13 @ 11:01 pm -> 2026-07-14 @ 8:00 pm
Onset: 2026-07-13 @ 11:01 pm
Severity: Unknown
Certainty: Unknown
Urgency: Unknown
Issued By: NWS Wilmington OH on 2026-07-13 @ 11:01 pm
Headline: Air Quality Alert issued July 14 at 12:01AM EDT by NWS Wilmington OH
Description: The Southwest Ohio Air Quality Agency has issued an Air Quality
Advisory for Butler, Clermont, Hamilton and Warren counties in Ohio;
Boone, Campbell and Kenton counties in Kentucky; and Dearborn County
in Indiana, until midnight EDT tonight.

Levels of ozone within the region may approach or exceed unhealthy
standards.

On Alert days, help reduce ozone by taking the following actions:

* Carpool, if possible, bike, walk or take the bus instead of
driving alone.
* Refuel your vehicle after 8 pm.
* Do not idle your vehicle, exhaust contributes to air pollution.
* Mow your lawn in the evening hours and avoid the use of
gas-powered lawn equipment.

For additional information, please visit the Southwest Ohio Air
Quality Agency's web site at
www.southwestohioair.org/local_air_quality

Alert: Air Quality Alert
Area(s): Trumbull; Mahoning
Effective: 2026-07-13 @ 4:00 pm -> 2026-07-14 @ 11:00 pm
Onset: 2026-07-13 @ 4:00 pm
Severity: Unknown
Certainty: Unknown
Urgency: Unknown
Issued By: NWS Cleveland OH on 2026-07-13 @ 4:01 pm
Headline: Air Quality Alert issued July 13 at 5:00PM EDT by NWS Cleveland OH
Description: An Air Quality Advisory for ozone has been issued by The Eastgate
Regional Council of Governments in partnership with the Ohio
Environmental Protection Agency for Mahoning and Trumbull counties.

The advisory is from midnight tonight to midnight Tuesday night.

Air quality levels will be unhealthy for sensitive groups
during this period. If you are in the sensitive groups category
of children, the elderly and those with breathing difficulties,
please monitor your outdoor activity and check air quality readings
at airnow.gov. Additionally, sign-up at enviroflash.info for text
alerts regarding air quality.

To help our region reduce air pollution:

* Drive less: bike, walk, use transit, work from home, combine trips
* Don't idle - Turn off your engine
* Refill your tank after sunset
* Wait to mow the lawn

Alert: Air Quality Alert
Area(s): Delaware; Franklin; Licking; Fairfield
Effective: 2026-07-13 @ 2:00 pm -> 2026-07-14 @ 2:00 pm
Onset: 2026-07-13 @ 2:00 pm
Severity: Unknown
Certainty: Unknown
Urgency: Unknown
Issued By: NWS Wilmington OH on 2026-07-13 @ 2:00 pm
Headline: Air Quality Alert issued July 13 at 3:00PM EDT by NWS Wilmington OH
Description: The Mid-Ohio Regional Planning Commission has issued an Air Quality
Alert for Delaware, Fairfield, Franklin and Licking counties in
Central Ohio, from 6 AM to 9 PM EDT Tuesday.

Levels of ozone within the region may approach or exceed unhealthy
standards.

On Alert days, help reduce ozone by taking the following actions:

* Carpool, if possible, bike, walk or take the bus instead of
driving alone.
* Refuel your vehicle after 8 pm.
* Do not idle your vehicle, exhaust contributes to air pollution.
* Mow your lawn in the evening hours and avoid the use of
gas-powered lawn equipment.

For additional information, please visit the Mid-Ohio Regional
Planning Commission's website at morpc.org/airquality

Alert: Air Quality Alert
Area(s): Dearborn; Boone; Kenton; Campbell; Butler; Warren; Hamilton; Clermont
Effective: 2026-07-13 @ 2:00 pm -> 2026-07-14 @ 2:00 pm
Onset: 2026-07-13 @ 2:00 pm
Severity: Unknown
Certainty: Unknown
Urgency: Unknown
Issued By: NWS Wilmington OH on 2026-07-13 @ 2:00 pm
Headline: Air Quality Alert issued July 13 at 3:00PM EDT by NWS Wilmington OH
Description: The Southwest Ohio Air Quality Agency has issued an Air Quality
Advisory for Butler, Clermont, Hamilton and Warren counties in Ohio;
Boone, Campbell and Kenton counties in Kentucky; and Dearborn County
in Indiana, from midnight tonight to midnight EDT Tuesday night.

Levels of ozone within the region may approach or exceed unhealthy
standards.

On Alert days, help reduce ozone by taking the following actions:

* Carpool, if possible, bike, walk or take the bus instead of
driving alone.
* Refuel your vehicle after 8 pm.
* Do not idle your vehicle, exhaust contributes to air pollution.
* Mow your lawn in the evening hours and avoid the use of
gas-powered lawn equipment.

For additional information, please visit the Southwest Ohio Air
Quality Agency's web site at
www.southwestohioair.org/local_air_quality

Alert: Air Quality Alert
Area(s): Delaware; Franklin; Licking; Fairfield
Effective: 2026-07-13 @ 12:09 pm -> 2026-07-14 @ 8:00 pm
Onset: 2026-07-13 @ 12:09 pm
Severity: Unknown
Certainty: Unknown
Urgency: Unknown
Issued By: NWS Wilmington OH on 2026-07-13 @ 12:09 pm
Headline: Air Quality Alert issued July 13 at 1:09PM EDT by NWS Wilmington OH
Description: The Mid-Ohio Regional Planning Commission has issued an Air Quality
Alert for Delaware, Fairfield, Franklin and Licking counties in
Central Ohio, from 6 AM to 9 PM EDT Tuesday.

Levels of ozone within the region may approach or exceed unhealthy
standards.

On Alert days, help reduce ozone by taking the following actions:

* Carpool, if possible, bike, walk or take the bus instead of
driving alone.
* Refuel your vehicle after 8 pm.
* Do not idle your vehicle, exhaust contributes to air pollution.
* Mow your lawn in the evening hours and avoid the use of
gas-powered lawn equipment.

For additional information, please visit the Mid-Ohio Regional
Planning Commission's website at morpc.org/airquality