This event is no longer active — it's kept here as a record. Recovery may still be underway; the guidance below applies.
Part of: Morgan County Area Flooding — August 2026 →
Flash Flood Warning issued August 11 at 5:29AM EDT until August 11 at 8:30AM EDT by NWS Wilmington OH
This is a severe-significance flash flood warning event affecting Fairfield, OH; Franklin, OH; Hocking, OH; Licking, OH, tracked from official feeds (NOAA / National Weather Service). We update this page as the situation develops.
- Type
- Flash Flood Warning
- Extent
- ≈ 717,931 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 (Fairfield, OH; Franklin, OH; Hocking, OH; Licking, 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
Fairfield, OH; Franklin, OH; Hocking, OH; Licking, OH · ≈ 1,100 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 — 2 SSE Downtown Columbus, OH
Multiple vehicles stranded in one to two feet of water on Parsons Avenue south of Stewart Avenue.
- Storm report NWS RLX storm report
FLASH FLOOD — 5 WSW Malta, OH
Bridge on Nicloes Road is submerge with water over guard rail. West Buck Run Road has over 35 inches of water over it.
- Storm report NWS PBZ storm report
FLASH FLOOD — 4 E Roseville, OH
Video of Brush Creek flooding a property on Morgan Lane with at least 2 feet of water. Taken near 3950 Morgan Lane, Cannelville, OH. Time is a rough estimate.
- Storm report NWS RLX storm report
FLASH FLOOD — 5 SSE Crooksville, OH
Flooding.
Show 3 earlier updates
- NWS Wilmington OH Bulletin
- NWS RLX storm report Storm report
- The Columbus Dispatch News
Severe thunderstorm watch issued for Central Ohio, flash flooding possible
Updates are captured automatically from official and news sources, and may lag the live source. For the very latest, see NOAA / National Weather Service ↗.