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Severe Thunderstorm Warning for Clark County — issued Aug 16, 12:27 p.m.

SVRILN The National Weather Service in Wilmington has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...

The National Weather Service issued a Severe Thunderstorm Warning covering Clark County on August 16, 2026. NWS

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What the record shows

SVRILN The National Weather Service in Wilmington has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Southwestern Franklin County in central Ohio... Northwestern Pickaway County in central Ohio... Northeastern Greene County in west central Ohio... Southeastern Clark County in west central Ohio... M… NWS

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Context

This is one of 42 records of this type (Severe) from this source in the year preceding it. NWS

The Lantern holds 75 records from this source in total, and 1347 for New Carlisle across every source. NWS

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By the numbers

  • Date of record: August 16, 2026 NWS
  • Event: Severe Thunderstorm Warning NWS
  • Messagetype: Alert NWS
  • Severity: Severe NWS
  • Certainty: Observed NWS
  • Urgency: Immediate NWS
  • Headline: Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued August 16 at 12:27PM EDT until August 16 at 1:15PM EDT by NWS Wilmington OH NWS
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How we know this:

Assembled mechanically from the source filing and The Lantern's own record database — no AI-written prose. Every figure above appears verbatim in the cited record, which is linked on this page. NWS

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The source filing

EventSevere Thunderstorm Warning
Message typeAlert
SeveritySevere
CertaintyObserved
UrgencyImmediate
HeadlineSevere Thunderstorm Warning issued August 16 at 12:27PM EDT until August 16 at 1:15PM EDT by NWS Wilmington OH
Area descClark, OH; Franklin, OH; Greene, OH; Madison, OH; Pickaway, OH
EffectiveAugust 16, 2026, 12:27 p.m.
ExpiresAugust 16, 2026, 1:15 p.m.
Sender nameNWS Wilmington OH
InstructionFor your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building. To report severe weather, go to our website at weather.gov/iln and submit your report via social media, when you can do so safely.
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