Because of Wednesday's massive solar flare, northern lights visible Thursday in southern Ohio

CINCINNATI -- While many of us were sleeping, a major solar storm was underway creating auroras as far south as Arkansas. 

The northern lights were visible in southern Ohio as you can see picture below from Chris Wilson in Ironton. That's right along the Ohio River closer to Huntington, West Virginia.

So did we miss it? Not all of it! While the bigger event, called a CME (coronal mass ejection), happened late Thursday, the event isn't over. A solar storm will continue to produce auroras on Friday and Saturday, according to spaceweather.com.

Another source shows a similar aurora visibility map for Friday night, which means the chance is definitely here in the Tri-State. You can see it HERE. Make sure you look north and get away from as much light as possible. 

We'll watch the K-index numbers, which measure disturbances in the earth's magnetic field, for you and let you know if they spike again. Follow @WCPO on Twitter or my account at @KetchmarkWCPO.

Here are a few more photos from overnight from one of my favorite aurora websites, spaceweather.com. You can sign up for aurora alerts on their site if you want to get notified when auroras will be visible in your nighttime sky.