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Part of: Shelby County Area Flooding — August 2026 →
Flood Warning issued August 12 at 2:07PM EDT until August 12 at 8:00PM EDT by NWS Wilmington OH
This is a severe-significance flood warning event affecting Union, IN; Wayne, IN; Auglaize, OH; Butler, OH; Darke, OH; Mercer, OH; Miami, OH; Montgomery, OH; Preble, OH; Shelby, OH; Warren, OH, tracked from official feeds (NOAA / National Weather Service). We update this page as the situation develops.
- Type
- Flood Warning
- Extent
- ≈ 1,657,899 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 (Union, IN; Wayne, IN; Auglaize, OH; Butler, OH; Darke, OH; Mercer, OH; Miami, OH; Montgomery, OH; Preble, OH; Shelby, OH; Warren, 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
Union, IN; Wayne, IN; Auglaize, OH; Butler, OH; Darke, OH; Mercer, OH; Miami, OH; Montgomery, OH; Preble, OH; Shelby, OH; Warren, OH · ≈ 2,600 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 — Cambridge City, IN
Numerous reports of widespread flooding. At least five to six feet of water cover much of Main Street, inundating numerous businesses, homes, cars, school busses and more. Trees have fallen due to the amount of water. Ongoing water rescues are in process and local government officials indicate that utilities are out (power, water, sewer etc).
- Storm report NWS IND storm report
FLASH FLOOD — 4 SSE Muncie, IN
Flooding causing road closure between Old IN 3...IN 67 and US 35.
- Storm report NWS ILN storm report
FLASH FLOOD — 4 WNW Liberty, IN
Water level close to bridge road over East Fork of the Whitewater. Photo posted on social media.
- Storm report NWS ILN storm report
FLASH FLOOD — Spring Grove, IN
Video posted from Waterfall Road area showing rapidly moving water.
Show 4 earlier updates
- NWS ILN storm report Storm report
- NWS Wilmington OH Bulletin
- Union-Bulletin News
- The Columbus Dispatch News
Severe thunderstorm watch issued for Central Ohio, flash flooding possible
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