{"url_path":"/weather/alerts/2.49.0.1.840.0.319c780b852d75bb5d56f69ad8699d32fb961113.001.1","section_key":"alert","section_title":"Flash Flood Warning issued September 16 at 6:54PM EDT until September 16 at 10:00PM EDT by NWS Wilmington OH","topic":"weather","document":{"doc_type":"alert","doc_date":"2026-09-16","source_url":"https://api.weather.gov/alerts/urn%3Aoid%3A2.49.0.1.840.0.319c780b852d75bb5d56f69ad8699d32fb961113.001.1","accession_number":null,"cik":null,"ticker":null,"issuer_name":null,"edgar_url":null,"primary_entity_key":null,"primary_entity_name":"NWS Wilmington OH"},"word_count":226,"has_tables":false,"body_markdown":"# Flash Flood Warning: Flash Flood Warning issued September 16 at 6:54PM EDT until September 16 at 10:00PM EDT by NWS Wilmington OH\n\n**Severity:** Severe\n**Certainty:** Likely\n**Urgency:** Immediate\n**Areas:** Wayne, IN; Preble, OH\n**Issued by:** NWS Wilmington OH\n**Sent:** 2026-09-16T18:54:00-04:00\n**Effective:** 2026-09-16T18:54:00-04:00\n**Expires:** 2026-09-16T22:00:00-04:00\n\n## Description\nFFWILN\n\nThe National Weather Service in Wilmington has issued a\n\n* Flash Flood Warning for...\nSoutheastern Wayne County in east central Indiana...\nNorthwestern Preble County in west central Ohio...\n\n* Until 1000 PM EDT.\n\n* At 654 PM EDT, radar indicated thunderstorms producing heavy rain\nacross the warned area. Between 1.5 and 2.5 inches of rain have\nfallen. Additional rainfall amounts of 0.5 to 1.5 inches are\npossible in the warned area. Flash flooding is ongoing or expected\nto begin shortly.\n\nHAZARD...Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms.\n\nSOURCE...Radar indicated.\n\nIMPACT...Flash flooding of small creeks and streams, urban areas,\nhighways, streets and underpasses as well as other poor\ndrainage and low-lying areas.\n\n* Some locations that may experience flash flooding include...\nRichmond, Centerville, New Paris and Spring Grove.\n\nThis includes the following highways...\nI-70 in Indiana between mile markers 147 and 156. I-70 in Ohio\nbetween mile markers 0 and 4.\n\n## Instructions\nTurn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood\ndeaths occur in vehicles.\n\nTo report flash flooding, go to our website at weather.gov/iln and\nsubmit your report via social media, when you can do so safely."}