A Flood Watch was issued by the National Weather Service yesterday:
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
432 PM EDT WED MAY 12 2010
…FLOOD WATCH FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING…
.A STRONG UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM WILL SUPPORT SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS INTO THE REGION LATE TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY…AS A
WARM FRONT SLOWLY LIFTS NORTH. AMPLE LOW LEVEL MOISTURE SOUTH OF THE FRONT WILL SUPPORT A HEAVY RAINFALL THREAT…ESPECIALLY GIVEN THE POTENTIAL FOR TRAINING CELLS. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE IN PLACES MOST IMPACTED…WITH LOCALLY
HIGHER AMOUNTS CERTAINLY POSSIBLE. A SECOND ROUND OF RAINFALL IS EXPECTED THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING AS A COLD FRONT PUSHES THROUGH THE AREA…WITH ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN POSSIBLE. THE THREAT FOR HEAVY RAIN COMBINED WITH NEAR SATURATED SOIL CONDITIONS AT MANY LOCATIONS WILL SUPPORT THE POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING…ESPECIALLY LOW LYING AREAS…AND LOCATIONS NEAR CREEKS…STREAMS AND RIVERS. PERSONS WHO LIVE IN FLOOD PRONE AREAS SHOULD TAKE PRECAUTIONS. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR LATER UPDATES ON THIS SITUATION.[…] …FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM EDT /1 AM CDT/ THURSDAY THROUGH LATE THURSDAY NIGHT…
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A
* FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHERN INDIANA…SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN AND NORTHWEST OHIO…INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS…
IN NORTHERN INDIANA…ADAMS…ALLEN IN…BLACKFORD…CASS IN… DE KALB…ELKHART…FULTON IN…GRANT…HUNTINGTON…JAY… KOSCIUSKO…LA PORTE…LAGRANGE…MARSHALL…MIAMI…NOBLE… PULASKI…ST. JOSEPH IN…STARKE…STEUBEN…WABASH…WELLS… WHITE AND WHITLEY. IN SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN…BERRIEN…BRANCH… CASS MI…HILLSDALE AND ST. JOSEPH MI. IN NORTHWEST OHIO… ALLEN OH…DEFIANCE…FULTON OH…HENRY…PAULDING…PUTNAM… VAN WERT AND WILLIAMS.* FROM 2 AM EDT /1 AM CDT/ THURSDAY THROUGH LATE THURSDAY NIGHT
* RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES…WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS WILL SUPPORT AN INCREASED FLOOD THREAT…GIVEN SATURATED SOIL
CONDITIONS AT MANY LOCATIONS.* FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS WILL BE POSSIBLE IN ADDITION TO LOCATIONS NEAR CREEKS…STREAMS…AND RIVERS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING BASED ON CURRENT FORECASTS.
YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE FLOOD WARNINGS. THOSE LIVING IN AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING SHOULD BE
PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLOODING DEVELOP.