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Part of: Shelby County Area Flooding — August 2026 →
Flash Flood Warning issued August 12 at 12:10PM EDT until August 12 at 3:15PM EDT by NWS Wilmington OH
This is a severe-significance flash flood warning event affecting Fayette, IN; Union, IN; Wayne, IN, tracked from official feeds (NOAA / National Weather Service). We update this page as the situation develops.
- Type
- Flash Flood Warning
- Extent
- ≈ 356,623 acres
- Began
- To end
Hazard details
- Flash-flood damage threat
- CATASTROPHIC
Damage signals as reported by NOAA / National Weather Service — verbatim, not an estimate.
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The shaded area is the affected-area perimeter reported for this event by NOAA / National Weather Service (Fayette, IN; Union, IN; Wayne, IN), 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
Fayette, IN; Union, IN; Wayne, IN · ≈ 560 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 IND storm report
FLOOD — 1 NW Yorktown, IN
Neighborhood street flooding with stalled car with water halfway up the tires.
- Storm report NWS IND storm report
FLOOD — 4 ESE New Castle, IN
Small section of road was washed away and currently has flowing water over it.
- News kentucky.com
These Lexington area roads commonly flood during heavy rains
- Storm report NWS IWX storm report
FLASH FLOOD — 1 NNE Upland, IN
SR5 and IN-22 is flooded with water at least knee deep. There was one reported rescue at the intersection at 11 AM.
Show 5 earlier updates
- Western Wayne News News
Flash flooding prompts school closures, travel advisory across Wayne County
- NWS Wilmington OH Bulletin
- Herald-Standard News
- WTAE News
Officials keep close eye on levels as Yough River rises in Fayette County
- WVNS 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 ↗.