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Clark County, Indiana, issues IPAWS local-area emergency
Clark County Emergency Management in Indiana issued a severe IPAWS local-area emergency Saturday night labeled 2026-222 MEP Alert, with no further public text in the feed.
Primary source: co.clark.in.us
Clark County Emergency Management in Indiana issued a local-area emergency through the federal IPAWS system at 11:23 p.m. EST Saturday1.
The notice was coded LAE, rated Severe, marked Immediate and Observed, and listed Indiana as the state1. The area field on the alert read "2026-222 MEP Alert"1.
The IPAWS feed carried no instruction text describing what residents should do or what prompted the notice1. The alert was set to expire at 1:23 a.m. EST Sunday unless extended1.