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Part of: Putnam County Area Flooding — August 2026 →
Flash Flood Warning issued August 16 at 2:29AM EDT until August 16 at 7:30AM EDT by NWS Indianapolis IN
This is a severe-significance flash flood warning event affecting Rush, IN, tracked from official feeds (NOAA / National Weather Service). We update this page as the situation develops.
- Type
- Flash Flood Warning
- Extent
- ≈ 155,883 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.
- Bulletin NWS Indianapolis IN
Flash Flood Warning issued
Rush, IN
- Storm report NWS IND storm report
FLOOD — 4 NW Ball State Univers, IN
Backyards almost completely flooded in low lying spots.
- Storm report NWS IND storm report
FLOOD — 2 ESE Westfield, IN
Gray Road just south of 106th Street is flooded across all lanes...both north and southbound. Most traffic is turning around.
- Storm report NWS IND storm report
FLOOD — 1 E Nora, IN
Active water rescues and high water in the parking lots of the plaza on the south side of 86th Street across from the Fashion Mall at 86th Street.
Show 6 earlier updates
- NWS IND storm report Storm report
- FEMA Federal declaration
Emergency declaration: SEVERE STORMS, STRAIGHT-LINE WINDS, TORNADOES, AND FLOODING (Indiana)
- ABC7 Chicago News
- IndyStar News
Farmer helps save toddler drowning in flooded Indiana basement
- WRTV News
Toddler hospitalized after falling into flooded basement at Rush County home
- WTHR News
Updates are captured automatically from official and news sources, and may lag the live source. For the very latest, see NOAA / National Weather Service ↗.