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Special Weather Statement for Clark County — issued Aug 16, 12:20 p.m.

At 1220 PM EDT, a strong thunderstorm was located over South Charleston, moving east at 35 mph.

The National Weather Service issued a Special Weather Statement covering Clark County on August 16, 2026. NWS

The LanternAssembled from the record Published Aug 26, 2026

NWSSpecial Weather Statement for Clark County — issued Aug 16, 12:20 p.m.

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What the record shows

At 1220 PM EDT, a strong thunderstorm was located over South Charleston, moving east at 35 mph. HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Locations impacted include... Springfield, London, Yello… NWS

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Context

This is one of 5 records of this type (Moderate) 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: Special Weather Statement NWS
Messagetype: Alert NWS
Severity: Moderate NWS
Certainty: Observed NWS
Urgency: Expected NWS
Headline: Special Weather Statement issued August 16 at 12:20PM 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

Sources

1Special Weather Statement for Clark County — issued Aug 16, 12:20 p.m.NWS Alerts — Clark County, OH · Aug 16, 2026 · the filing on this pageweather.gov

Sunday, August 16, 2026Clark County, OH · New CarlislePublic record · NWS Alerts — Clark County, OH

The source filing

Event	Special Weather Statement
Message type	Alert
Severity	Moderate
Certainty	Observed
Urgency	Expected
Headline	Special Weather Statement issued August 16 at 12:20PM EDT by NWS Wilmington OH
Area desc	Clark; Madison; Franklin; Greene
Effective	August 16, 2026, 12:20 p.m.
Expires	August 16, 2026, 12:45 p.m.
Sender name	NWS Wilmington OH

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