The National Weather Service has issued a Flood Warning for our area, effective until 9:45 pm Friday, April 19th:
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
950 PM EDT THU APR 18 2013
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A
* FLOOD WARNING FOR URBAN AREAS AND SMALL STREAMS IN…
GRANT COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA
BLACKFORD COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL INDIANA
JAY COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL INDIANA
CASS COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL INDIANA
FULTON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL INDIANA
SOUTHERN KOSCIUSKO COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL INDIANA
MIAMI COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL INDIANA
WABASH COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL INDIANA
ADAMS COUNTY IN NORTHEAST INDIANA
ALLEN COUNTY IN NORTHEAST INDIANA
HUNTINGTON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST INDIANA
WELLS COUNTY IN NORTHEAST INDIANA
SOUTHERN WHITLEY COUNTY IN NORTHEAST INDIANA
WHITE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST INDIANA* UNTIL 945 AM EDT FRIDAY/845 AM CDT FRIDAY/
* AT 945 PM EDT/845 PM CDT/ NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED WIDESPREAD RAIN…HEAVY AT TIMES…CONTINUING ACROSS THE REGION. SOME MINOR FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS HAVE ALREADY BEEN REPORTED…AND THE ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OVERNIGHT WILL ONLY SERVE TO CREATE NEW AND MORE WIDESPREAD FLOODING AND FURTHER EXACERBATE
ONGOING FLOODING. NUMEROUS SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS…INCLUDING SPY RUN IN THE FORT WAYNE METRO AREA…WILL LIKELY OVERFLOW THEIR BANKS. NUMEROUS ROADWAYS WILL BECOME IMPASSABLE DUE TO WATER FLOWING ACROSS THE ROAD…AND DEEP PONDED WATER IN POORLY DRAINED SECTIONS.SOME TOWNS THAT MAY EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE ROCHESTER…FORT WAYNE…NEW HAVEN…NORTH MANCHESTER…WABASH…HUNTINGTON…GRISSOM AFB…PERU…BERNE…DECATUR…BLUFFTON…OSSIAN…LOGANSPORT…MONTICELLO…FAIRMOUNT…GAS CITY…MARION…UPLAND…DUNKIRK…PORTLAND AND HARTFORD CITY.
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OVERNIGHT OF 1 TO 2 INCHES WILL BRING STORM TOTAL RAINFALL INTO THE 2 TO 5 INCH RANGE ACROSS THE ENTIRE WARNED AREA. THIS AMOUNT OF WIDESPREAD…EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL LEAD TO ADDITIONAL FLOODING.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
NEVER 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 AND FLASH FLOODS.
A FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT.
TO REPORT FLOODING…POST YOUR INFORMATION ON THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA FACEBOOK PAGE…OR YOU CAN POST ON TWITTER WITH THE HANDLE…@NWSIWX.