Flood Advisory for Fairfield, OH
Official alert fields
What you need to know
- Applies to
- Fairfield
- Effective
- Ends or expires
- Official severity
- Minor
- Official urgency
- Expected
- Official certainty
- Likely
What is happening
What: Flooding caused by excessive rainfall is expected. Impacts: Minor flooding in low-lying and poor drainage areas. Where: Fairfield County in central Ohio... When: Until 330 AM EDT.
What the bulletin says to do
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood deaths occur in vehicles. Be especially cautious at night when it is harder to recognize the dangers of flooding. To report flooding, go to our website at weather.gov/iln and submit your report via social media, when you can do so safely.
Full official description
Bulletin details
* WHAT...Flooding caused by excessive rainfall is expected. * WHERE...Fairfield County in central Ohio... * WHEN...Until 330 AM EDT. * IMPACTS...Minor flooding in low-lying and poor drainage areas. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS... At 1230 AM EDT, radar and automated rain gauges indicated heavy rain due to thunderstorms. Minor flooding is ongoing or expected to begin shortly in the advisory area. Between 1 and 1.5 inches of rain have fallen. Additional rainfall amounts of 0.5 to 1 inch are possible. Some locations that may experience flooding include... Lancaster, Pickerington, Canal Winchester, Baltimore, Buckeye Lake, Bremen, Millersport, Pleasantville, Fairfield Beach, Lithopolis, Thurston, Carroll, Rushville, West Rushville, Dumontville, Fairfield County Airport, State Route 158 at State Route 204 and North Berne.
Official geometry where available
Alert boundary
Lifecycle record
Official revisions
- Alert
Flood Advisory issued August 16 at 12:30AM EDT until August 16 at 3:30AM EDT by NWS Wilmington OH
Official revision
Source and limitations
Publisher: Weather Alert Watch. Primary source: NWS Wilmington OH. This page reorganizes official fields and does not add a forecast or expand the affected area.
- CAP status
- Actual
- Message type
- Alert
- Last collected