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Part of: Franklin County Area Flooding — August 2026 →
Flood Warning issued August 16 at 2:24AM EDT until August 16 at 8:00AM EDT by NWS Wilmington OH
This is a severe-significance flood warning event affecting Fairfield, OH; Franklin, OH; Licking, OH, tracked from official feeds (NOAA / National Weather Service). We update this page as the situation develops.
- Type
- Flood Warning
- Extent
- ≈ 73,268 acres
- Began
- To end
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Affected area map
The shaded area is the affected-area perimeter reported for this event by NOAA / National Weather Service (Fairfield, OH; Franklin, OH; Licking, OH), colored by hazard type. Pan and zoom to explore the map; when more than one observation exists, use the slider below to step through how the reported area changed.
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Fairfield, OH; Franklin, OH; Licking, OH · ≈ 110 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 — 1 SSE Beechwood Trails, OH
6100 block of Watkins Road impassable due to high water.
- Storm report NWS RLX storm report
FLASH FLOOD — 5 W Malta, OH
North Finley Road flooded.
- Storm report NWS PBZ storm report
FLASH FLOOD — 5 W Zanesville, OH
Local law enforcement reported several inches of water flowing along US40 near Timber Run Road with lanes closed.
- Storm report NWS RLX storm report
FLASH FLOOD — New Lexington, OH
Water rescues occurring in New Lexington.
Show 4 earlier updates
- NWS ILN storm report Storm report
- NWS Wilmington OH Bulletin
- 10TV News
Strong storms with heavy rainfall expected overnight into Sunday
- Journal-News.com News
Butler County sees severe storms knock out power, take down trees
Updates are captured automatically from official and news sources, and may lag the live source. For the very latest, see NOAA / National Weather Service ↗.