The National Weather Service has issued a Flood Watch in effect from February 20, 07:00 AM EST until February 21, 01:00 AM EST:
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
1128 AM EST WED FEB 19 2014…FLOODING POTENTIAL THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT…
RAIN ON THURSDAY COMBINED WITH MELTING SNOW WILL BRING A RISK FOR FLOODING TO MANY AREAS THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT. LONGER DURATION RIVER FLOODING WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE INTO THIS WEEKEND. PEOPLE LIVING IN AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING SHOULD TAKE TIME TO PREPARE NOW AND LISTEN FOR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
SNOW AND ICE CURRENTLY ON THE GROUND CONTAINS A LARGE QUANTITY OF STORED WATER…GENERALLY 1.5 TO 4.0 INCHES ACROSS THE REGION. THE GREATEST WATER CONTENT IS ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTHERN INDIANA AND SOUTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN WHERE SNOW DEPTHS REMAIN OVER A FOOT AND CLOSER TO TWO FEET IN SOME AREAS. MELTING HAS ALREADY BEGUN WITH ADDITIONAL SNOW MELT ON THURSDAY ALONG WITH MODERATE TO LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL EXPECTED.
WATER RUNOFF FROM THE COMBINED RAINFALL AND SNOW MELT OVER A DEEPLY FROZEN GROUND WILL LEAD TO A HEIGHTENED POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING IN LOW LYING AREAS…BASEMENTS…SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS. SIGNIFICANT RISES ALONG MAIN STEM RIVERS WILL LIKELY FOLLOW INTO THIS WEEKEND.
MANY STREAMS AND RIVERS ARE ALSO COVERED IN THICK ICE WHICH MAY BREAKUP AND INCREASE THE RISK FOR ICE JAMS AND RAPIDLY RISING WATER. THIS WOULD SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASE LOCAL FLOODING POTENTIAL NEAR THESE BODIES OF WATER.
STAY ALERT FOR POSSIBLE WARNINGS OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS BY VISITING WEATHER.GOV/IWX OR LISTENING TO LOCAL MEDIA BROADCASTS.
…FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING 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…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 THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE THURSDAY NIGHT
* A COMBINATION OF MELTING SNOW…MODERATE TO LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL AND A DEEPLY FROZEN GROUND MAY LEAD TO FLOODING
THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT.* RAINFALL AMOUNTS BETWEEN ONE HALF INCH AND ONE INCH ARE LIKELY THURSDAY. AN ADDITIONAL ONE TO TWO INCHES OF WATER COULD BE RELEASED FROM THE SNOW ON THE GROUND AS IT MELTS.
* MANY STORM DRAINS MAY BE BLOCKED BY DEEP SNOW AND WILL LIKELY LEAD TO POOR DRAINAGE OF WATER DURING THIS EVENT. LOW LYING AREAS AND LOCATIONS WHERE FLOODING IS TYPICAL ARE ESPECIALLY VULNERABLE. DOWNSPOUTS AROUND HOMES MAY ALSO BE BLOCKED BY SNOW AND ICE AND COULD LEAD TO WATER BACKING UP IN AND AROUND HOMES.
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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