The National Weather Service has issued a Flood Watch for our area:
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
336 AM EDT THU APR 18 2013…FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING…
PERIODS OF HEAVY RAINFALL CAN BE EXPECTED MAINLY THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT. THIS HEAVY RAINFALL COMBINED WITH ALREADY SATURATED SOILS AND ELEVATED RIVER LEVELS WILL LIKELY LEAD TO SIGNIFICANT RIVER FLOODING THROUGH THE UPCOMING WEEKEND.
…FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM EDT /1 PM CDT/ THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING…
THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES 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…WILLIAMS.
* FROM 2 PM EDT /1 PM CDT/ THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING
* RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE LIKELY THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY FRIDAY MORNING…WITH SOME LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL IS EXPECTED ACROSS NORTHWEST INDIANA AND SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN. THE COMBINATION OF HEAVY RAINFALL…COMBINED WITH ALREADY SATURATED SOILS AND ELEVATED RIVER LEVELS MAY LEAD TO SIGNIFICANT FLOODING.
* HEAVY RAINFALL MAY ALSO LEAD TO FLOODING OF URBAN AND LOW LYING AREAS.
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.
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