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Special Weather Statement for Clark County — issued Aug 19, 3:30 p.m.

Showers and thunderstorms will be capable of producing brief cold air funnels this afternoon and evening.

The National Weather Service issued a Special Weather Statement covering Clark County on August 19, 2026. NWS

The LanternAssembled from the record Published Sep 3, 2026

NWSSpecial Weather Statement for Clark County — issued Aug 19, 3:30 p.m.

Illustration: a thermometer on a frosted fence post at night, its column low — Illustration · The Lantern

What the record shows

Several funnel clouds have already been spotted across west-central Ohio, with this feature potentially moving into central Ohio over the coming hours. Keep in mind, the majority of these funnel… NWS

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Context

This is one of 6 records of this type (Moderate) from this source in the year preceding it. NWS

The Lantern holds 86 records from this source in total, and 1375 for New Carlisle across every source. NWS

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By the numbers

Date of record: August 19, 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 19 at 3:30PM 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 19, 3:30 p.m.NWS Alerts — Clark County, OH · Aug 19, 2026 · the filing on this pageweather.gov

Wednesday, August 19, 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 19 at 3:30PM EDT by NWS Wilmington OH
Area desc	Hardin; Mercer; Auglaize; Darke; Shelby; Logan; Union; Delaware; Miami; Champaign; Clark; Madison; Franklin; Licking
Effective	August 19, 2026, 3:30 p.m.
Expires	August 19, 2026, 6:00 p.m.
Sender name	NWS Wilmington OH

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