Flood Warning extended

From the National Weather Service:

FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
834 PM EST SAT FEB 14 2009

…THE FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN EXTENDED FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS…

MAUMEE RIVER AT FORT WAYNE AFFECTING ALLEN AND PAULDING COUNTIES MAUMEE RIVER NEAR DEFIANCE AFFECTING DEFIANCE AND HENRY COUNTIES MAUMEE RIVER AT NAPOLEON AFFECTING HENRY COUNTY SAINT JOSEPH RIVER OHIO BELOW MONTPELIER AFFECTING WILLIAMS COUNTY SAINT MARYS RIVER NEAR DECATUR AFFECTING ADAMS…ALLEN AND VAN WERT COUNTIES
SAINT MARYS RIVER AT MULDOON BRIDGE AFFECTING ALLEN COUNTY
TIFFIN RIVER NEAR STRYKER AFFECTING DEFIANCE…FULTON AND WILLIAMS COUNTIES

…THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS…

SAINT JOSEPH RIVER OHIO ABOVE NEWVILLE AFFECTING ALLEN…DE KALB AND DEFIANCE COUNTIES

.RECENT HEAVY RAINFALL AND SNOW MELT HAS LED TO RIVER FLOODING.

SAFETY MESSAGE…NEVER DRIVE VEHICLES THROUGH FLOODED AREAS. THE WATER MAY BE TOO DEEP TO ALLOW SAFE PASSAGE. NEVER ALLOW CHILDREN TO PLAY IN OR NEAR FLOOD WATERS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS AND UPDATED FORECASTS.

DETAILED RIVER FORECASTS AND MORE INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND ON THE INTERNET AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/IWX. RIVER INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND UNDER THE LEFT MENU BAR UNDER CURRENT CONDITIONS RIVERS AND LAKES AHPS.

ALL TIMES ARE IN EASTERN STANDARD TIME. THIS STATEMENT WILL BE UPDATED IN ABOUT 24 HOURS… SOONER IF NECESSARY.

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834 PM EST SAT FEB 14 2009

THE FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN EXTENDED FOR THE SAINT MARYS RIVER AT MULDOON BRIDGE

• UNTIL LATE SUNDAY NIGHT…OR UNTIL THE WARNING IS CANCELLED.
• AT 7 PM SATURDAY THE STAGE WAS 14.9 FEET AND FALLING.
• MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
• FLOOD STAGE IS 14.0 FEET.
• FORECAST…THE RIVER WILL FALL BELOW THE 14.0 FOOT FLOOD STAGE AROUND 4 AM SUNDAY FEBRUARY 15.
• AT 15.0 FEET…FLOODING OCCURS ON THE LOWEST UNPROTECTED CITY STREETS, PARK DRIVES, AND COUNTY ROADS.

Remember, “Turn around, don’t drown!”