August 16, 2026

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⚠️ Special Weather Statement – Cloud; Clay; Ottawa – Sunday, August 16, 2026

Event Special Weather Statement
Severity Moderate
Urgency Expected
Certainty Observed
Area Cloud; Clay; Ottawa
Effective 8/16/2026, 2:32:00 AM CDT
Expires 8/16/2026, 3:00:00 AM CDT

Special Weather Statement issued August 16 at 2:32AM CDT by NWS Topeka KS

Details

At 231 AM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a line of strong
thunderstorms centered 4 miles east of Ada, moving east at 50 mph.

HAZARD…Wind gusts up to 50 mph.

SOURCE…Radar indicated.

IMPACT…Gusty winds could knock down small tree limbs and blow
around unsecured objects.

Locations impacted include…
Minneapolis, Bennington, Miltonvale, Glasco, Delphos, Tescott,
Culver, Wells, Aurora, and Ada.

Instructions

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.


This alert was automatically posted by SkyGuard, MWSC’s severe weather alerting system. Source: National Weather Service.