This event is no longer active — it's kept here as a record. Recovery may still be underway; the guidance below applies.
Part of: Wabash County Area Flooding — August 2026 →
Flood Warning issued August 20 at 8:25AM EDT until August 20 at 2:30PM EDT by NWS Wilmington OH
This is a severe-significance flood warning event affecting Fairfield, OH; Licking, OH; Pickaway, OH, tracked from official feeds (NOAA / National Weather Service). We update this page as the situation develops.
- Type
- Flood Warning
- Extent
- ≈ 192,570 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; Licking, OH; Pickaway, 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.
Interactive affected-area map
Fairfield, OH; Licking, OH; Pickaway, OH · ≈ 300 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 PBZ storm report
FLASH FLOOD — Cambridge, OH
Numerous roads flooded and closed across the county.
- Storm report NWS PBZ storm report
FLASH FLOOD — 2 W Zanesville, OH
On ramp to Interstate 70 completely underwater and closed. Entirety of West Pike also flooded near the same intersection.
- Storm report NWS RLX storm report
FLASH FLOOD — 1 NNE Thornville, OH
Water rescues currently underway around Buckeye Lake in Thornport.
- News Forth.News
Central Ohio Flood Warning Issued After Heavy Rain; Motorists Urged to Avoid Flooded Roads
Show 7 earlier updates
- NWS ILN storm report Storm report
- NWS ILN storm report Storm report
- NWS Wilmington OH Bulletin
- BBC News
Fairfield residents evacuated from homes due to water main flooding
- 10TV News
- WSYX News
Fairfield Union rallies 'Falcon effort' to help flooded neighboring communities
- Lancaster Eagle-Gazette 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 ↗.