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Flash Flood Warning 62, NWS Wilmington, OH

August 12, 2026Owen County, Kentucky

NWS Wilmington, OH issued this flash flood warning at Aug 12, 2026, 5:29 AM EDT for Owen County, Kentucky. It was in force for 6 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 12, 2026, 5:29 AM EDT (09:29 UTC)
Expired
Aug 12, 2026, 11:04 AM EDT
In force
6 hr
Issued by
NWS Wilmington, OH
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

County Owen County, KY

The radar

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this flash flood warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Wilmington, OH wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood warning went out at Aug 12, 2:00 AM EDT, 3 hours 29 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 12, 2:00 AM EDT, 3 hours 29 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 12, 2:11 AM EDT, 3 hours 18 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Wilmington OH
211 AM EDT Wed Aug 12 2026

INZ050-058-059-066-073>075-080-KYZ089>100-OHZ042-051-053-060>063-
070>073-077>082-088-130615-
Wayne-Fayette-Union-Franklin-Ripley-Dearborn-Ohio-Switzerland-
Carroll-Gallatin-Boone-Kenton-Campbell-Owen-Grant-Pendleton-Bracken-
Robertson-Mason-Lewis-Darke-Miami-Clark-Preble-Montgomery-Greene-
Butler-Warren-Clinton-Ross-Hamilton-Clermont-Brown-Highland-Adams-
Pike-Scioto-
211 AM EDT Wed Aug 12 2026

...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING...

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for east central Indiana,
southeast Indiana, northeast Kentucky, northern Kentucky, central
Ohio, south central Ohio, southwest Ohio and west central Ohio.

.DAY ONE...Today and tonight.

Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the
Internet for more information about the following hazards.

   Flood Watch.

Additionally, several rounds of thunderstorms are expected this
morning through the afternoon. A line of storms could bring an
elevated chance for damaging winds this afternoon.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Thursday through Tuesday.

Thunderstorm chances continue into Thursday. A few strong to severe
storms are possible along with locally heavy rainfall.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not expected at this time.

OHZ026-034-035-043>046-052-054>056-064-065-074-130615-
Hardin-Mercer-Auglaize-Shelby-Logan-Union-Delaware-Champaign-Madison-
Franklin-Licking-Pickaway-Fairfield-Hocking-
211 AM EDT Wed Aug 12 2026

...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING...

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for central Ohio and west central
Ohio.

.DAY ONE...Today and tonight.

Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the
Internet for more information about the following hazards.

   Flood Watch.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Thursday through Tuesday.

There is a low probability for widespread hazardous weather.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not expected at this time.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Aug 11, 11:38 PM EDT, 5 hours 51 minutes before
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Local storm report, Aug 12, 12:46 AM EDT, 4 hours 43 minutes before
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Local storm report, Aug 12, 12:46 AM EDT, 4 hours 43 minutes before
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The office that day

Everything else NWS Wilmington, OH issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 12, 7:21 AM EDTRiver Flood AdvisoryILNHamilton2 hr
Aug 12, 8:07 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNAuglaize, Mercer, Shelby22 min
Aug 12, 8:10 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryILNAuglaize, Darke, Mercer, Miami, Preble, Shelby6 hr
Aug 12, 8:50 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningILNDarke, Preble3 hr
Aug 12, 9:09 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILNAuglaize, Logan36 min
Aug 12, 9:41 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILNHardin34 min
Aug 12, 9:47 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningILNHamilton50 hr
Aug 12, 10:20 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningILNButler2 hr
Aug 12, 11:30 AM EDTAreal Flood WarningILNButler, Darke, Montgomery, Preble3 hr
Aug 12, 12:29 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningILNButler, Hamilton, Preble, Warren3 hr
Aug 12, 2:01 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningILNHamilton6 hr
Aug 12, 2:07 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningILNAuglaize, Butler, Darke, Mercer, Miami, Montgomery and 3 more4 hr
Aug 12, 2:13 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningILNButler, Hamilton5 hr
Aug 12, 3:25 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILNButler, Hamilton50 min
Aug 12, 3:48 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNClermont, Hamilton42 min
Aug 12, 4:30 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningILNCarroll, Gallatin8 hr
Aug 12, 5:12 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryILNGrant, Owen3 hr
Aug 12, 11:04 AM EDTAreal Flood WarningILNGallatin, Owen2 hr
Aug 12, 4:25 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILNCampbell, Grant, Kenton50 min
Aug 12, 4:53 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILNBracken, Mason, Pendleton, Robertson52 min
Aug 12, 2:04 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryILNFayette, Franklin, Wayne50 min
Aug 12, 2:21 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryILNRipley63 min
Aug 12, 2:54 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningILNFayette, Franklin, Wayne3 hr
Aug 12, 3:09 AM EDTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatILNFayette, Franklin, Wayne9 hr
Aug 12, 3:19 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningILNFranklin, Ripley3 hr
Aug 12, 3:24 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningILNRipley, Switzerland3 hr
Aug 12, 4:05 AM EDTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatILNFranklin, Ripley15 hr
Aug 12, 4:09 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryILNFayette, Union, Wayne2 hr
Aug 12, 5:04 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningILNFayette, Union, Wayne3 hr
Aug 12, 6:05 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryILNUnion, Wayne3 hr
Aug 12, 6:22 AM EDTFlash Flood Warning EmergencyConsiderable damage threatILNFayette, Union, Wayne6 hr
Aug 12, 7:20 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningILNFayette, Franklin46 hr
Aug 12, 7:20 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningILNUnion, Wayne23 hr
Aug 12, 11:14 AM EDTFlash Flood Warning EmergencyCatastrophic damage threatILNFayette, Franklin, Wayne8 hr
Aug 12, 12:10 PM EDTFlash Flood Warning EmergencyCatastrophic damage threatILNFayette, Union, Wayne7 hr
Aug 12, 2:34 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILNDearborn, Fayette, Franklin, Ripley, Union41 min
Aug 12, 2:56 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNDearborn, Franklin, Ripley34 min
Aug 12, 6:54 PM EDTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatILNWayne3 hr
Aug 12, 7:00 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningILNFayette, Franklin, Union18 hr
Aug 12, 7:06 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningILNDearborn, Franklin, Ripley, Switzerland18 hr

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.