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Part of: Wabash County Area Flooding — August 2026 →
Flash Flood Warning issued August 20 at 5:32AM EDT until August 20 at 9:30AM EDT by NWS Wilmington OH
This is a severe-significance flash flood warning event affecting Auglaize, OH; Hardin, OH; Logan, OH; Shelby, OH; Union, OH, tracked from official feeds (NOAA / National Weather Service). We update this page as the situation develops.
- Type
- Flash Flood Warning
- Extent
- ≈ 568,067 acres
- Began
- To end
Hazard details
- Flash-flood damage threat
- CONSIDERABLE
Damage signals as reported by NOAA / National Weather Service — verbatim, not an estimate.
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Affected area map
The shaded area is the affected-area perimeter reported for this event by NOAA / National Weather Service (Auglaize, OH; Hardin, OH; Logan, OH; Shelby, OH; Union, 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
Auglaize, OH; Hardin, OH; Logan, OH; Shelby, OH; Union, OH · ≈ 890 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 Forth.News
Central Ohio Under Flash Flood Warning as Heavy Rain Continues
- Storm report NWS ILN storm report
FLASH FLOOD — Pataskala, OH
Water rescue on South Main Street in Pataskala.
- News WHIO TV
LIVE UPDATES: Flood Warning issued Greene, Montgomery, Preble, several area counties
- Storm report NWS ILN storm report
FLASH FLOOD — 1 N Gratis, OH
Water rescue on SR 503 on the north side of Gratis near Enterprise Road.
Show 5 earlier updates
- NWS ILN storm report Storm report
- NWS ILN storm report Storm report
- NWS ILN storm report Storm report
- NWS Wilmington OH Bulletin
- Hometown Stations News
Auglaize River reaches minor flood stage in Fort Jennings after heavy rainfall
Updates are captured automatically from official and news sources, and may lag the live source. For the very latest, see NOAA / National Weather Service ↗.