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Part of: Shelby County Area Flooding — August 2026 →
Flood Warning issued August 12 at 3:59PM EDT until August 13 at 5:23PM EDT by NWS Indianapolis IN
This is a severe-significance flood warning event affecting Bartholomew, IN, tracked from official feeds (NOAA / National Weather Service). We update this page as the situation develops.
- Type
- Flood Warning
- Extent
- ≈ 7,807 acres
- Began
- To end
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- Forecast discussion NWS IND
Area Forecast Discussion
Scattered showers and thunderstorms continue through Thursday evening with a flood watch in effect and severe storms possible Thursday afternoon.
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Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Indianapolis IN 937 PM EDT Wed Aug 12 2026
.KEY MESSAGES...
- Flood Watch through Thursday evening
- Scattered showers and storms overnight but better chances for storms on Thursday afternoon and evening.
- Severe storms possible again Thursday
- Storm chances continue through the rest of the week, severe weather threat looks lower for Friday
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.FORECAST UPDATE... Issued at 936 PM EDT Wed Aug 12 2026
Some lift has generated scattered showers across the southern half of central Indiana this evening.
These showers will continue to move southeast as the lift moves through the steering flow. Instability is limited thanks to today's earlier convection, but there may be enough for a thunderstorm. Severe convection isn't expected given the limited instability. Brief heavy rain is possible, but fortunately these will be avoiding most of the areas that have seen significant flooding.
More scattered convection may develop overnight, especially south, as warm advection aloft increases. Will have some chance PoPs there. Although overall instability will increase some thanks to the warm advection, feel t…
- Storm report NWS ILN storm report
FLASH FLOOD — 3 N Centerville, IN
All lanes on I-70 westbound are closed due to flooding breaking the road. This occurred near Centerville Rd (mile marker 146).
- Storm report NWS IND storm report
FLASH FLOOD — 4 SE Sardinia, IN
Several roads closed across the northeastern portions of the county.
- Storm report NWS ILN storm report
FLASH FLOOD — 2 NNE Connersville, IN
Photos depicting water halfway up the bleachers at Roberts Park. Most of the park is completely inundated with at least several feet of water.
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- NWS IND storm report Storm report
- NWS Indianapolis IN Bulletin
- facebook.com News
Flash Flood Warning including Cedar Lake IN, Lowell IN and Roselawn IN until 1:45 PM CDT
- Local News Digital News
Flood Warning is in effect for Bartholomew, Johnson, Jennings, Jackson Counties
- therepublic.com News
- Seymour Tribune News
- 101.5 WKKG 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 ↗.