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Part of: Shelby County Area Flooding — August 2026 →
Flood Warning issued August 12 at 6:28PM EDT until August 14 at 5:43AM EDT by NWS Indianapolis IN
This is a severe-significance flood warning event affecting Decatur, IN, tracked from official feeds (NOAA / National Weather Service). We update this page as the situation develops.
- Type
- Flood Warning
- Extent
- ≈ 23,257 acres
- Began
- To end
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Decatur, IN · ≈ 36 sq mi reported extent · Enable JavaScript to explore the 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.
- Storm report NWS ILN storm report
FLASH FLOOD — 2 NNE Connersville, IN
Photos depicting water halfway up the bleachers at Roberts Park. Most of the park is completely inundated with at least several feet of water.
- Storm report NWS ILN storm report
FLOOD — 2 ENE Fairfield, OH
Symmes Road and Industry high water.
- Storm report NWS ILN storm report
FLOOD — Trenton, OH
4 inches of water over Sal Blvd.
- Bulletin NWS Indianapolis IN
Flood Warning issued
Decatur, IN
Show 5 earlier updates
- facebook.com News
Flash Flood Warning including Cedar Lake IN, Lowell IN and Roselawn IN until 1:45 PM CDT
- WTHR News
- WISH-TV News
Flooding continues, severe storms expected this afternoon | Aug. 12, 2026
- Free Press Kashmir News
Life-threatening flash flooding reported across Decatur County
- Fox 59 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 ↗.