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Special Weather Statement for Clark County — issued Aug 21, 7:50 p.m.

At 749 PM EDT, a strong thunderstorm was located near Enon, moving southeast at 15 mph.

The National Weather Service issued a Special Weather Statement covering Clark County on August 21, 2026. NWS

The LanternAssembled from the record Published Sep 3, 2026

NWSSpecial Weather Statement for Clark County — issued Aug 21, 7:50 p.m.

Illustration: a barn and silo under rain clouds, with furrowed fields — Illustration · The Lantern

What the record shows

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 45 mph. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Locations impacted include... Springfield, Huber Heights, Fairbo… NWS

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Context

This is one of 7 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 21, 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 21 at 7:50PM 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 21, 7:50 p.m.NWS Alerts — Clark County, OH · Aug 21, 2026 · the filing on this pageweather.gov

Friday, August 21, 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 21 at 7:50PM EDT by NWS Wilmington OH
Area desc	Clark; Greene
Effective	August 21, 2026, 7:50 p.m.
Expires	August 21, 2026, 8:15 p.m.
Sender name	NWS Wilmington OH

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