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Part of: Shelby County Area Flooding — August 2026 →
Flash Flood Warning issued August 12 at 2:53PM EDT until August 12 at 6:00PM EDT by NWS Indianapolis IN
This is a severe-significance flash flood warning event affecting Jennings, IN, tracked from official feeds (NOAA / National Weather Service). We update this page as the situation develops.
- Type
- Flash Flood Warning
- Extent
- ≈ 243,360 acres
- Began
- To end
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Jennings, IN · ≈ 380 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
FLASH FLOOD — 1 ENE New Castle, IN
Evacuation of an apartment building on the east side of New Castle due to flooding.
- Storm report NWS IND storm report
FLASH FLOOD — 1 NW New Castle, IN
Road closed due to flooding on IN 3 between Indiana Ave and IN 38 (New Castle).
- Storm report NWS ILN storm report
FLASH FLOOD — Cambridge City, IN
Numerous reports of widespread flooding. At least five to six feet of water cover much of Main Street, inundating numerous businesses, homes, cars, school busses and more. Trees have fallen due to the amount of water. Ongoing water rescues are in process and local government officials indicate that utilities are out (power, water, sewer etc).
- Storm report NWS ILN storm report
FLASH FLOOD — 4 WNW Liberty, IN
Water level close to bridge road over East Fork of the Whitewater. Photo posted on social media.
Show 7 earlier updates
- NWS ILN storm report Storm report
- NWS Indianapolis IN Bulletin
- The 812 News
U.S. 50 in Jennings County closed, other roads due to flooding
- The Republic News News
UPDATE: Multiple Flood Warnings issued for Bartholomew, nearby counties as more storms are expected
- Seymour Tribune News
- WAVE News News
Jennings County Schools closed Aug. 12 due to widespread flooding
- WDRB News
Jennings County Schools cancels classes Wednesday due to flooding
Updates are captured automatically from official and news sources, and may lag the live source. For the very latest, see NOAA / National Weather Service ↗.