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Part of: Shelby County Area Flooding — August 2026 →
Flash Flood Warning issued August 12 at 10:26AM EDT until August 12 at 1:30PM EDT by NWS Indianapolis IN
This is a severe-significance flash flood warning event affecting Howard, IN; Tipton, IN, tracked from official feeds (NOAA / National Weather Service). We update this page as the situation develops.
- Type
- Flash Flood Warning
- Extent
- ≈ 318,087 acres
- Began
- To end
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Howard, IN; Tipton, IN · ≈ 500 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.
- Bulletin NWS Indianapolis IN
Flash Flood Warning issued
Howard, IN; Tipton, IN
- Storm report NWS IND storm report
FLASH FLOOD — 5 SSE Farmland, IN
Water flowing over a road in the western portion of the county.
- Storm report NWS IND storm report
FLASH FLOOD — 4 SSE Fountaintown, IN
Water was flowing over State Road 9 north of Shelbyville.
- Storm report NWS IND storm report
FLASH FLOOD — 1 SW New Castle, IN
State Road 3 is currently impassable in spots due to Flash Flooding along with standing water up to waist high in the town of New Castle.
Show 4 earlier updates
- NWS IND storm report Storm report
- NWS IND storm report Storm report
- tampabay28.com News
Tampa's South Howard flood relief project nears critical council vote amid debate
- Spectrum Bay News 9 News
Tampa reviews South Howard flood relief designs with residents, businesses
Updates are captured automatically from official and news sources, and may lag the live source. For the very latest, see NOAA / National Weather Service ↗.