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Part of: Columbus County Area Flooding — August 2026 →
Flash Flood Warning issued August 21 at 4:10PM EDT until August 21 at 6:15PM EDT by NWS Wilmington NC
This is a severe-significance flash flood warning event affecting Columbus, NC, tracked from official feeds (NOAA / National Weather Service). We update this page as the situation develops.
- Type
- Flash Flood Warning
- Extent
- ≈ 106,051 acres
- Began
- To end
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Affected area map
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Latest updates
Official updates and news coverage for this event, newest first — National Weather Service products, local storm reports, incident updates and press headlines. Official items are verbatim government text; news headlines link out to the original outlet.
- Bulletin NWS Wilmington NC
Flash Flood Warning issued
Columbus, NC
- News WSYX
CFD saves two homeless individuals from floods; five additional missing found safe
- News The Columbus Dispatch
See photos of flooding in central Ohio on Thursday, Aug. 20
- News Spectrum News
Homeless camps swept away in Columbus-area flooding
Show 2 earlier updates
- NBC4 WCMH-TV News
- 10TV News
Flooding prompts water rescues, road closures across central Ohio
Updates are captured automatically from official and news sources, and may lag the live source. For the very latest, see NOAA / National Weather Service ↗.