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Part of: Wabash County Area Flooding — August 2026 →
Flash Flood Warning issued August 19 at 11:50PM EDT until August 20 at 2:45AM EDT by NWS Wilmington OH
This is a severe-significance flash flood warning event affecting Preble, OH, tracked from official feeds (NOAA / National Weather Service). We update this page as the situation develops.
- Type
- Flash Flood Warning
- Extent
- ≈ 83,970 acres
- Began
- To end
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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.
- Storm report NWS IND storm report
FLOOD — 3 SE Anderson, IN
Lots of high water in southeast Anderson, Columbus Ave..53rd...60th Street areas across county along 53rd...300 S to Lapel. Ditches and streams have also risen considerably.
- Storm report NWS ILN storm report
FLASH FLOOD — 2 WSW Zanesfield, OH
Water rushing across Mt Crest Drive just east of County Road 55.
- Storm report NWS ILN storm report
FLASH FLOOD — 3 ESE Anna, OH
Rushing water across Meranda Road just east of Sidney Freyburg Road.
- Storm report NWS IND storm report
FLASH FLOOD — 2 SW Frankton, IN
Water flowing across four roads near and south of Frankton. Flash flooding ongoing at 1000 PM EDT. LSR time estimated.
Show 3 earlier updates
- NWS Wilmington OH Bulletin
- WHIO TV News
- Dayton Daily News News
Localized flooding possible as storms and heavy rain move in tonight
Updates are captured automatically from official and news sources, and may lag the live source. For the very latest, see NOAA / National Weather Service ↗.