Watching severe threat late Sunday for Cincinnati

Watching severe threat late Sunday for Cincinnati

EXCITED AND THEY LUCKED OUT WITH THE WEATHER THIS EVENING. I’D SAY THEY REALLY DID. BUT FORTUNATELY THEY PLAYED TODAY AND NOT TOMORROW NIGHT, WHICH WOULD BE THE IS THE QUESTION MARK WE’RE FACING RIGHT NOW. RIGHT? SO THERE’S GOING TO BE THAT POTENTIAL FOR SOME STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS BY THIS TIME TOMORROW. SOMETHING WE’RE GOING TO BE KEEPING AN EYE ON CLOSELY RADAR FOR RIGHT NOW WE’RE PRETTY QUIET. WE HAVE BEEN QUIET FOR A LOT OF THIS EVENING. THERE’S BEEN A FEW STRAY SHOWERS HERE. THERE ANY SORT OF RAIN THAT I’M SEEING RIGHT NOW ON RADAR THAT’S ALSO SEEDED WITH A BIT OF A BOUNDARY THAT’S GOING TO BE ACROSS NORTHERN KENTUCKY. AND IT LOOKS LIKE IT’S GOING TO BE MOVING TO THE SOUTH RIGHT NOW OF MASON COUNTY. SO OUR FRIENDS, MORE SO INTO NORTHERN KENTUCKY, EVEN SOUTH OF OUR VIEWING AREA, MAY SEE A FEW RAIN SHOWERS HERE AS WE GO OVERNIGHT TONIGHT. BUT THIS RIGHT HERE, NOT A CONCERN FOR ANY SEVERE WEATHER. WHAT I’M GOING TO BE WATCHING IS GOING TO BE TOMORROW LATE AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING, INTO THE OVERNIGHT EARLY ON MONDAY, BECAUSE THIS IS THE LATEST SEVERE WEATHER RISK. SO EVERYONE IN GREATER CINCINNATI IS UNDER SOME SORT OF THREAT. BUT WE HAVE THAT LEVEL TWO SLIGHT IN YELLOW. THAT MEANS SCATTERED POCKETS OF SOME STRONGER STORMS. WHEN YOU GET INTO THAT GREEN COLOR, THAT’S MORE OF THOSE ISOLATED POCKETS, MORE STORM REPORTS EXPECTED IN THAT SLIGHT CATEGORY. SO WE’RE GOING TO BE WATCHING THAT SEVERE WEATHER THREAT AS WE HEAD TO TOMORROW EVENING INTO MONDAY MORNING. HERE’S WHAT I WANT YOU TO KNOW. TOMORROW MORNING WE MAY SEE SOME PATCHY FOG OUT THERE. IT WILL BE A PRETTY DECENT START. MAY SEE SOME CLOUDS AS WE GO INTO THE LATER PART OF THE DAY. SO THE FIRST PART OF FATHER’S DAY IS STILL LOOKING GREAT. YOU’RE ABLE TO HAVE BRUNCH, MAYBE GRILL OUT EVEN BY THE EARLY AFTERNOON, MAYBE HEADED TO THE GOLF COURSE. BY THE TIME WE GET TO SUNDAY, I’D SAY LATE AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING. THAT IS WHEN I’M WATCHING FOR THOSE SEVERE WEATHER CHANCES. SO THAT’S WHAT I WANT YOU TO START STAYING WEATHER AWARE. WE’RE LOOKING AT SOME POSSIBILITY OF SOME RAIN AS WE HEAD INTO THE AFTERNOON, BUT I THINK A MUCH BETTER BET IS GOING TO BE FOR SEEING THOSE STRONG STORMS AFTER ABOUT 8:00 TOMORROW NIGHT. AND WE WILL SEE SOME OF THE RAIN AND THE STORMS CONTINUE INTO THE EARLY PART OF MONDAY, AND EVEN SOME RAIN LINGERING INTO MONDAY AS WELL. SO HERE’S THE LATEST ON THE SEVERE WEATHER THREATS. I DO THINK THE BIGGEST THREAT WOULD BE SOME OF THOSE STRONGER WINDS. THAT’S IN THAT MEDIUM CATEGORY. WE’RE ALSO LOOKING AT A LOT OF HEAVY RAINFALL TOO. SO THAT’S WHERE WE HAVE THAT FLOODING AS A RISK AS WELL. THERE IS A TORNADO THREAT. IT’S NOT ZERO. THERE IS STILL ENOUGH OF THAT SPIN IN THE ATMOSPHERE. BUT I WILL SAY THE FARTHER WEST THAT WE ARE CLOSER TOWARDS CENTRAL INDIANA, THAT’S WHERE THAT TORNADO RISK DOES GO UP. JUST A SMIDGE MORE. YOU’LL SEE HERE ON FUTURECAST. FEW STRAY SHOWERS OUT THERE POTENTIALLY. FIRST PART OF THE DAY. I THINK MOST OF US ARE GOING TO BE STAYING DRY. THIS IS WHAT I’M WATCHING LATE AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING. NOW SOME WEATHER MODELS AREN’T SHOWING THIS FIRST ROUND MOVING IN, BUT THIS IS ONE POTENTIAL SCENARIO THAT WE’RE REALLY WATCHING FOR MORE OF THAT LINE OF STORMS. I’D SAY AGAIN, BY ABOUT EIGHT, 9:00, WE’LL BE WATCHING ALONG THAT LEADING EDGE FOR POTENTIALLY ANY STRONG POCKETS AND THAT POTENTIAL FOR A LOW TORNADO RISK AS WELL. THIS CONTINUES PRETTY LATE. WATCHING FOR MORE STORMS OVERNIGHT UNTIL THAT COLD FRONT OFFICIALLY PUSHES ALL THE WAY ACROSS GREATER CINCINNATI. SO THERE IS GOING TO BE A PRETTY NOISY NIGHT. SO MAKE SURE THAT YOU HAVE MULTIPLE WAYS TO RECEIVE THOSE WARNINGS AS WE GO INTO AGAIN LATE SUNDAY AND EARLY PART OF MONDAY, 70 DEGREES RIGHT NOW, SOME PRETTY LIGHT WINDS. SO NOTHING TO BE CONCERNED ABOUT FOR TONIGHT. TEMPERATURES FALL INTO THE LOW 60S. SOME PATCHY FOG POSSIBLE, BUT OVERALL IT’S GOING TO BE A PRETTY CLEAR NIGHT. AND THEN WE’RE GOING TO HEAD TOWARDS TOMORROW WHERE IT STARTS OUT PRETTY NICE. BUT WE ARE WATCHING THAT EVENING. STORM THREAT WITH THOSE TEMPERATURES THAT MAKE IT INTO THE LOW 80S. SO IT’S GOING TO BE WARM BEFORE THOSE STORMS ROLL IN AGAIN. THAT IMPACT D

Watching severe threat late Sunday for Cincinnati

Watching severe threat late Sunday for Cincinnati

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Updated: 11:54 PM EDT Jun 20, 2026

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Meteorologist Sabrina Bates says that severe storms are possible Sunday evening across Greater Cincinnati.

Meteorologist Sabrina Bates says that severe storms are possible Sunday evening across Greater Cincinnati.