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Part of: Shelby County Area Flooding — August 2026 →
Flood Warning issued August 13 at 3:02AM EDT until August 13 at 2:00PM EDT by NWS Wilmington OH
This is a severe-significance flood warning event affecting Hamilton, OH, tracked from official feeds (NOAA / National Weather Service). We update this page as the situation develops.
- Type
- Flood Warning
- Extent
- ≈ 28,763 acres
- Began
- To end
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- Forecast discussion NWS ILN
Area Forecast Discussion
Flood watch extended through Friday with additional showers and storms expected to bring locally heavy rainfall.
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000 FXUS61 KILN 131101 AFDILN
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Wilmington OH 701 AM EDT Thu Aug 13 2026
.WHAT HAS CHANGED... Flood watch extended into Friday.
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.KEY MESSAGES... 1) Additional rounds of showers and storms are expected from this afternoon into Friday. Locally heavy rainfall and flooding will continue to be a concern.
2) Warmer temperatures will develop over the weekend with lesser coverage of showers and storms until a cold front moves through the region Sunday night.
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.DISCUSSION... KEY MESSAGE 1) Convection occurring from southwest Indiana into eastern Kentucky may brush by some of the Kentucky counties early this morning, but any heavier rainfall will most likely not affect those areas. After that, it looks like a good part of the day will be mainly dry. There will be a surface boundary from west central Indiana into northeast Kentucky which will define an instability gradient. Storms may develop mid to late afternoon with any weak mid level perturbations tracking across the area. There could be a few strong to severe cells. Heavy rainfall could also occur but looks to be progressive.
A more substantial disturbance in the form of an MCV…
- Bulletin NWS Wilmington OH
Flood Warning issued
Hamilton, OH
- Storm report NWS ILN storm report
FLASH FLOOD — 3 N Centerville, IN
All lanes on I-70 westbound are closed due to flooding breaking the road. This occurred near Centerville Rd (mile marker 146).
- Storm report NWS IND storm report
FLASH FLOOD — 4 SE Sardinia, IN
Several roads closed across the northeastern portions of the county.
Show 7 earlier updates
- NWS ILN storm report Storm report
- LarryInFishers News
One trouble spot: Fishers flooding limited to 106th Street as storms soak central Indiana
- NWS ILN 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
- WKRC 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 ↗.