As if this is a surprise, a Flood Warning from the National Weather Service:
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
643 PM EDT SUN APR 25 2010
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A
* FLOOD WARNING FOR URBAN AREAS AND SMALL STREAMS IN…
KOSCIUSKO COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL INDIANA
ALLEN COUNTY IN NORTHEAST INDIANA
DE KALB COUNTY IN NORTHEAST INDIANA
NOBLE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST INDIANA
STEUBEN COUNTY IN NORTHEAST INDIANA
WHITLEY COUNTY IN NORTHEAST INDIANA
DEFIANCE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST OHIO
FULTON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST OHIO
HENRY COUNTY IN NORTHWEST OHIO
WILLIAMS COUNTY IN NORTHWEST OHIO
PAULDING COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL OHIO
PUTNAM COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL OHIO* UNTIL 630 AM EDT MONDAY
* AT 634 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAIN IS FALLING OVER THE WARNING AREA. PERIODS OF ONE TO THREE INCHES OF RAINFALL THROUGH 630 PM SUNDAY EVENING HAVE BEEN WIDESPREAD THROUGHOUT THE AREA AND HAVE THOROUGHLY SATURATED THE SOIL. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL SUNDAY EVENING INTO EARLY MONDAY MORNING OF AROUND TWO INCHES IS POSSIBLE AS A STORM SYSTEM MOVES SLOWLY EAST-NORTHEAST THROUGH INDIANA AND INTO WEST CENTRAL OHIO BY DAYBREAK MONDAY. THIS ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL CONTRIBUTE TO EXCESS RUNOFF THAT WILL BE HEAVY ENOUGH TO PRODUCE FLOODING… ESPECIALLY IN LOW-LYING AREAS AND CITY STREETS.
SOME TOWNS THAT MAY EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE ARCHBOLD…BRYAN…DEFIANCE…HICKSVILLE…MONTPELIER…NAPOLEON…OTTAWA…SWANTON…WAUSEON…ANGOLA…AUBURN…BUTLER…COLUMBIA CITY…FORT WAYNE…GARRETT…KENDALLVILLE…LIGONIER…NEW HAVEN…SYRACUSE…TRI-LAKES…WARSAW AND WINONA LAKE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. MOST FLOODING DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. TURN AROUND DON`T DROWN!
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODS.
A FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT.