This event is no longer active — it's kept here as a record. Recovery may still be underway; the guidance below applies.
Part of: Shelby County Area Flooding — August 2026 →
Flood Warning issued August 12 at 12:29PM EDT until August 12 at 3:15PM EDT by NWS Wilmington OH
This is a severe-significance flood warning event affecting Franklin, IN; Butler, OH; Hamilton, OH; Preble, OH; Warren, OH, tracked from official feeds (NOAA / National Weather Service). We update this page as the situation develops.
- Type
- Flood Warning
- Extent
- ≈ 251,803 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 (Franklin, IN; Butler, OH; Hamilton, OH; Preble, OH; Warren, OH), 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
Franklin, IN; Butler, OH; Hamilton, OH; Preble, OH; Warren, OH · ≈ 390 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.
- Storm report NWS ILN storm report
FLOOD — New Bremen, OH
Ponding in fields.
- Bulletin NWS Wilmington OH
Flood Warning issued
Franklin, IN; Butler, OH; Hamilton, OH; Preble, OH; Warren, OH
Show 2 earlier updates
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