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Part of: Shelby County Area Flooding — August 2026 →
Flood Warning issued August 13 at 2:22AM EDT until August 13 at 7:00AM EDT by NWS Indianapolis IN
This is a severe-significance flood warning event affecting Lawrence, IN; Martin, IN, tracked from official feeds (NOAA / National Weather Service). We update this page as the situation develops.
- Type
- Flood Warning
- Extent
- ≈ 196,006 acres
- Began
- To end
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Lawrence, IN; Martin, IN · ≈ 310 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
Flood Warning issued
Lawrence, IN; Martin, IN
- Storm report NWS IND storm report
FLASH FLOOD — 4 SE Sardinia, IN
Several roads closed across the northeastern portions of the county.
- News ljworld.com
Deaths and damage reported from severe Midwest weather
- Storm report NWS IND storm report
FLASH FLOOD — 1 W Franklin, IN
Streets closed with cars stranded in floodwaters.
Show 4 earlier updates
- facebook.com News
Flash Flood Warning including Cedar Lake IN, Lowell IN and Roselawn IN until 1:45 PM CDT
- Dayton Daily News News
Vote to suspend Dayton superintendent followed complaint from second in command
- WHIZ News
Major Flooding Across Several Area Counties - WHIZ - Fox 5 / Marquee Broadcasting
- TMJ4 News News
ONE YEAR LATER: Taxpayers could be on the hook to fund millions in flood damage not covered by Feds
Updates are captured automatically from official and news sources, and may lag the live source. For the very latest, see NOAA / National Weather Service ↗.