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Part of: Wabash County Area Flooding — August 2026 →
Flood Warning issued August 20 at 10:45AM EDT until August 21 at 12:00PM EDT by NWS Wilmington OH
This is a severe-significance flood warning event affecting Licking, OH, tracked from official feeds (NOAA / National Weather Service). We update this page as the situation develops.
- Type
- Flood Warning
- Extent
- ≈ 2,923 acres
- Began
- To end
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Licking, OH · ≈ 4.6 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.
- News Lancaster Eagle-Gazette
Flash flooding causes some road closures in Fairfield County
- Storm report NWS PBZ storm report
FLASH FLOOD — Caldwell, OH
Road closures across the county due to flooding.
- Storm report NWS ILN storm report
FLOOD — 2 S Pickerington, OH
Bridge washed out on Busey Road between Hill Road and Pickerington Road. Time estimated.
- Storm report NWS PBZ storm report
FLASH FLOOD — Barnesville, OH
Numerous roads flooded in and around Barnesville.
Show 5 earlier updates
- NWS PBZ storm report Storm report
- NWS RLX storm report Storm report
- The Reporting Project News
- NWS Wilmington OH Bulletin
- 10TV News
Flash flooding leads to multiple water rescues, road closures in central Ohio
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