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Part of: Wabash County Area Flooding — August 2026 →
Flash Flood Warning issued August 20 at 5:47AM EDT until August 20 at 8:45AM EDT by NWS Wilmington OH
This is a severe-significance flash flood warning event affecting Fairfield, OH; Pickaway, OH, tracked from official feeds (NOAA / National Weather Service). We update this page as the situation develops.
- Type
- Flash Flood Warning
- Extent
- ≈ 192,923 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; Pickaway, 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; Pickaway, OH · ≈ 300 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 — 3 SE Beechwood Trails, OH
Water rescue in progress on Chevrolet Avenue Southwest.
- Storm report NWS ILN storm report
FLASH FLOOD — Pataskala, OH
Water rescue on South Main Street in Pataskala.
- Bulletin NWS Wilmington OH
Flash Flood Warning issued
Fairfield, OH; Pickaway, OH
- Storm report NWS ILN storm report
FLASH FLOOD — 2 WSW Zanesfield, OH
Water rushing across Mt Crest Drive just east of County Road 55.
Show 6 earlier updates
- NWS ILN storm report Storm report
- Fairfield Sun Times News
Three Forks Senior Center seeks community support after basement flooding
- NWS ILN storm report Storm report
- WHIZ News
Community Members Standing United and Coming Together for the Flood Victims
- WSYX News
Fairfield Union rallies 'Falcon effort' to help flooded neighboring communities
- Lancaster Eagle-Gazette 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 ↗.