Update, 9:25 p.m. Areas of southeast Indiana are under a flash flood warning until midnight Friday, according to the National Weather Service office in Wilmington, Ohio.
Between three and four inches of rain have already fallen on the area, and one to two more inches of rain are possible, stated forecasters.
Radar indicated thunderstorms in the area at 9:01 p.m. that are capable of causing flash flooding, stated forecasters.
The flash flood warning areas are in northern Dearborn County, eastern Franklin County, and northeastern Ripley County.
Forecasters warned it is harder to recognize the dangers of flooding at night, and to move to higher ground as a precaution.
Update, 8:37 p.m.: The number of Cincinnati area counties under a flood advisory where there has already been heavy rainfall has increased to six in southwest Ohio and Indiana.
The National Weather Service has put Dearborn, Ripley and Franklin counties in Indiana and Butler County under a flood advisory until 11:30 p.m. There has been between two and three inches of rain in those areas with reports of minor flooding, according to NWS.
Preble County in Ohio, and Union County in Indiana, each remain under a flood advisory issued previously until 10:30 p.m.
Forecasters have listed most of the Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky area under a flash flood watch through Saturday afternoon as repeated rounds of thunderstorms and rain are expected. Counties included in the flash fllood watch include Boone, Campbell and Kenton counties in Northern Kentucky. Butler, Clermont, Clinton, Fayette, Hamilton and Warren counties in Ohio, and Dearborn, Franklin, Ripley and Switzerland counties in Indiana.
Update, 7:42 p.m.: A flood advisory has been issued until 10:30 p.m. for areas north of Cincinnati including Butler and Preble counties in Ohio, and Franklin and Union counties, Indiana.
Minor flooding is ongoing or expected to begin since between one and two inches of rain has fallen, according to the National Weather Service office in Wilmington.
Radar indicated heavy rain due to thunderstorms in the areas of the flood advisory at 7:34 p.m.
Areas affected may include Oxford, College Corner, Brookville, Camden and Cedar Grove.
Update, 7:18 p.m.: A thunderstorm warning has been lifted as the storm front weakened as it continued into western Hamilton County, Ohio, according to the National Weather Service.
The storm front continues to affect Dearborn County, Indiana and Hamilton County, Ohio.
Update, 7:05 p.m.: A severe thunderstorm has been spotted east of Harrison, Ohio near the Blue Jay neighborhood.
The storm is capable of producing 60 miles per hour wind gusts that can damage trees and power lines. The storm is moving east at 30 mph.
Harrison, Cheviot, Cleves, Cincinnati, Shawnee, Bridgetown, Delhi Township, Mack, and Monfort Heights are all areas that may be potentially impacted in Ohio. Aurora, Lawrenceburg and Hidden Valley are among areas that may be affected in Indiana
Update, 6:52 p.m.: A thunderstorm capable of 60 miles per hour wind gusts was spotted at 6:40 p.m. near Aurora, Indiana, according to the National Weather Service.
The storm was moving east at 30 mph.
Forecasters said to expect damage to trees and power lines.
Boone and Kenton counties in Northern Kentucky, Hamilton County in Ohio, and Dearborn and Ripley counties in Indiana remain under a thunderstorm warning until 7:15 p.m.
Update, 6:40 p.m: A thunderstorm warning has been issued for the Cincinnati area and Northern Kentucky by the National Weather Service.
Counties under the thunderstorm warning until 7:15 p.m. include Boone and Kenton counties in Northern Kentucky, Hamilton County in Ohio, and Dearborn and Ripley counties in Indiana.
Thunderstorms will affect Hamilton County in Ohio, Boone County in Kentucky, and Ripley and Dearborn counties in Indiana, according to the National Weather Service.
A strong thunderstorm was spotted over Dillsboro, Indiana. The storm was moving east at 30 miles per hour, forecasters said.
Update, 6:22 p.m.: Thunderstorms are starting in parts of Boone County in Northern Kentucky and southern Dearborn, Ripley and Switzerland counties in Indiana, according to the National Weather service.
A strong thunderstorm was spotted moving northeast at 6:05 p.m. near Versailles, Indian, forecasters stated.
The storm front is capable of producing 45 miles per hour winds.
Update, 5:32 p.m.: A second round of thunderstorms is headed toward Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky from southeast Indiana, according to the National Weather Service.
The first storm front battered the region with heavy rain and wind gusts after 2 p.m.
Storms coming in will be capable of causing flash flooding with heavy rainfall and strong wind gusts, forecasters said in a Twitter post.
About 2,000 Duke Energy customers remain without power in Ohio and Kentucky from the first round of storms as of 5:31 p.m., according to the company's website.
Forecasters state the potential for thunderstorms will continue into the night with up to three-quarters of an inch of rain falling a possibility.
Showers will continue Saturday morning with a chance of thunderstorms in the afternoon, according to the NWS. Forecasters state a chance of thunderstorms continues on Sunday.
Update, 4:23 p.m.: There was one report of a tree down on a road and the one reported case of wires down in Clermont County has been cleared, said a 911 dispatch supervisor.
There was a report of high water at Ohio State Route 125 and Sugar Tree Road.
Duke Energy reports that about 8,000 customers remain without power in Ohio and Northern Kentucky.
Update, 3:55 p.m: Multiple trees and power lines are down in roadways in Amelia in Clermont County, according to a National Weather Service report.
The severe thunderstorm warning issued through 3:45 p.m. for portions of the eastern areas of Hamilton County, Clermont, Brown counties in Ohio, and Campbell County, Kentucky, has expired.
Forecasters say storms are expected to affect Adams and Brown count in Ohio, and the Northern Kentucky counties of Mason, Bracken, Lewis and Robertson counties until 4:15 p.m.
Duke Energy reports 9,000 customers are without power in Ohio and Kentucky as of 3:55 p.m.
Update, 3:40 p.m.: About 8,000 Duke Energy customers are without power as of 3:36 p.m., according to the company's website.
About 1,000 customers are now without power in the Cold Spring and Silver Grove areas of Campbell County, Kentucky.
The National Weather Service office in Wilmington, Ohio, forecasts that there will be a chance for sporadic thunderstorm activity into the night with some rainfall on Saturday morning without storms.
Update, 3:31 p.m.: About 7,000 Duke Energy customers are without power as of 3:28 p.m., according to the company's website.
About 3,000 customers were without power in the Wilmington, Ohio area. There were about 1,000 customers without power around Loveland, more than 800 customers in Tylersville, Ohio and more than 500 customers in Silver Grove, Kentucky, without power.
Update, 3:26 p.m.: A strong storm was spotted over Bethel moving northeast at 50 miles per hour, according to the National Weather Service.
The storm front has winds of 40 mph and heavy rain.
Water will pond and fill ditches and small streams, according to the special weather statement.
Areas affected include Georgetown, Mount Orab, Bethel, Sardinia, Felicity, Russellville, Hamersville, Mowrystown, Saltair, Lake Waynoka, Nicholsville, State Route 32 at US Route 68, Point Isabel, Feesburg, Bantam, New Hope, Locust Ridge, Lindale and Buford.
Update: 3:20 p.m.: The severe thunderstorm warning has been extended until 3:45 p.m. for the areas of central Campbell County in Northern Kentucky, and southeastern Hamilton County, Clermont County and northwestern Brown County in Ohio.
There were 5,00 Duke Energy customers without power in Ohio and Kentucky as of 3:20 p.m., according to the company's power outage map. Around 3,000 customers are out of power in the Loveland area in Ohio, and in Campbell County nearly 450 customers are without power around Silver Grove, Kentucky.
Update, 3:12 p.m.: A severe thunderstorm was spotted at 3:01 p.m. in southeast Hamilton County near the Coldstream neighborhood.
The storm has 70 miles per hour wind gust, according to a National Weather Service advisory.
The storm front was moving northeast at 45 mph.
Expect considerable tree damage. Damage is likely to mobile homes, roofs, and outbuildings.
Update, 2:57 p.m.: A strong thunderstorm was spotted over Morrow in Clermont County moving east at 20 miles per hour.
There is very heavy rain and winds of 45 mph, according to the National Weather Service alert.
I-71 is in the area affected. Areas affected by the storm in Clermont County include Lebanon, Wilmington, Blanchester, Morrow, South Lebanon, Woodville, Maineville, Clarksville, Goshen, Martinsville, Midland, Butlerville, Pleasant Plain, Melvin, State Route 123 at State Route 132, Fort Ancient, Dallasburg, Morrisville, Ogden and Edenton.
Update, 2:46 p.m.: Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky are under a severe thunderstorm warning until 3:15 p.m.
Areas included in the National Weather Service warning include northern areas of Boone, Campbell and Kenton counties in Northern Kentucky, southeastern areas of Hamilton and Butler counties in Ohio, and northwestern Clermont County.
Forecasters reported a severe thunderstorm was spotted over Oakbrook in Boone County with 60 miles per hour wind gusts. The storm was moving northeast at 45 mph.
Expect damage to trees and power lines.
Duke Energy's outage map shows 3,000 customers without power in Hamilton County as of 2:46 p.m. including about 2,000 customers near Loveland.
Update, 2:20 p.m.: There is a severe thunderstorm warning for parts of Northern Kentucky, including Burlington, Union and Walton, Kentucky until 3 p.m. Areas across Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky are in the probable path of a strong thunderstorm with winds up to 50 miles per hour, heavy rain and pea-sized hail, according to a National Weather Service bulletin.
Areas in the storm's path include Interstate 75 in Northern Kentucky through Cincinnati in Ohio, to Monroe.
The National Weather Service lists areas in the storms potential path as Cincinnati and Cleves, Lawrenceburg, Greendale and Aurora in Indiana, and in Northern Kentucky the cities of Covington, Florence, Erlanger, Edgewood, Elsmere, Fort Mitchell, Villa Hills, Fort Wright, Crescent Springs, Crestview Hills, Lakeside Park, and Burlington.
Water will pond on roads advise the forecasters
Update, 1:30 p.m.: A flash flood watch has been expanded Friday afternoon to include the Cincinnati region and much of central Ohio.
The watch includes each of the region's northern Kentucky counties.
The National Weather Service predicts repeated rounds of showers and thunderstorms with torrential rainfall from Friday afternoon through much of Saturday.
Forecasters said some areas could see more than 3 inches of rain.
Original report: A severe thunderstorm warning has been issued for Osgood and Napoleon in Indiana Friday and it's not even 1 p.m.
The National Weather Service predicted heavy rain and flooding throughout the Cincinnati region Friday.
The southwest Indiana warning said winds could reach 60 miles an hour and quarter-sized hail is possible, but the storm should quickly pass by that area. The warning expires at 12:45 p.m.
Forecasters said Cincinnati could see up the three inches of rain in some areas by Satruday and warned that flooding could occur again.
