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Part of: Shelby County Area Flooding — August 2026 →
Flood Warning issued August 12 at 9:48AM EDT until August 12 at 12:45PM EDT by NWS Indianapolis IN
This is a severe-significance flood warning event affecting Bartholomew, IN; Jennings, IN; Shelby, IN, tracked from official feeds (NOAA / National Weather Service). We update this page as the situation develops.
- Type
- Flood Warning
- Extent
- ≈ 344,996 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 (Bartholomew, IN; Jennings, IN; Shelby, 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.
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Bartholomew, IN; Jennings, IN; Shelby, IN · ≈ 540 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 LMK storm report
FLASH FLOOD — 1 ESE Ballardsville, KY
Video shows water rushing across a small road near KY 22.
- Storm report NWS LMK storm report
FLASH FLOOD — 1 NE Prospect, KY
Photos and videos show running water washing away chunks of asphalt on Hayfield Way.
- Storm report NWS LMK storm report
FLASH FLOOD — 2 W Ballardsville, KY
Water over road near Wiano Drive and W Moody Lane.
- Storm report NWS ILN storm report
FLOOD — Brookville, IN
At least six roads closed throughout Franklin County.
Show 7 earlier updates
- NWS ILN storm report Storm report
- NWS Indianapolis IN Bulletin
- asatunews.co.id News
- The Republic News News
- 101.5 WKKG News
- The Republic News News
UPDATE: Bartholomew County under an enhanced risk of severe weather Tuesday
- Local News Digital News
South-Central Indiana under "slight risk" for severe weather today
Updates are captured automatically from official and news sources, and may lag the live source. For the very latest, see NOAA / National Weather Service ↗.