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Part of: Shelby County Area Flooding — August 2026 →
Flood Warning issued August 12 at 10:42AM EDT until August 16 at 3:30PM EDT by NWS Indianapolis IN
This is a severe-significance flood warning event affecting Hamilton, IN; Marion, IN, tracked from official feeds (NOAA / National Weather Service). We update this page as the situation develops.
- Type
- Flood Warning
- Extent
- ≈ 12,748 acres
- Began
- To end
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Hamilton, IN; Marion, IN · ≈ 20 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.
- Bulletin NWS Indianapolis IN
Flood Warning issued
Hamilton, IN; Marion, IN
- Storm report NWS IWX storm report
FLASH FLOOD — 1 WSW Home Corner, IN
South Race Street is flooded due to heavy rain. Photo on Facebook.
- Storm report NWS IWX storm report
FLASH FLOOD — Marion, IN
Photo showing flooding on West 7th Street in Marion. Unsure how deep the water is but cars cannot get through.
- Storm report NWS ILN storm report
FLOOD — 2 S Greenville, OH
High water at Eidson Road.
Show 11 earlier updates
- NWS ILN storm report Storm report
- NWS IND storm report Storm report
- NWS IND Forecast discussion
- NWS ILN storm report Storm report
- NWS ILN storm report Storm report
- NWS ILN storm report Storm report
- NWS IND storm report Storm report
- NWS IND storm report Storm report
- WLWT News
Severe threat shifts to flooding threat with intense downpours possible overnight
- Journal-News.com News
Butler County sees severe storms knock out power, take down trees
- WVXU News
Parts of I-71 closed twice this summer due to flooding. ODOT wants to know why
Updates are captured automatically from official and news sources, and may lag the live source. For the very latest, see NOAA / National Weather Service ↗.