The National Weather Service has issued a Flash Flood Watch in effect from September 10, 02:00 PM EDT until September 11, 12:00 AM EDT:
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
403 AM EDT WED SEP 10 2014…FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING…
A WARM FRONT LIFTING INTO THE REGION TODAY WILL DRAW ABUNDANT LOW LEVEL MOISTURE NORTHWARD. THIS INCREASED MOISTURE WILL COMBINE WITH A SERIES OF UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES AND COLD FRONTAL BOUNDARY TO PRODUCE THE POTENTIAL OF SOME LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL…MAINLY THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING.
…FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THIS EVENING…
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHERN INDIANA AND NORTHWEST OHIO…INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS…IN NORTHERN INDIANA…ADAMS…ALLEN IN…BLACKFORD…CASS IN…DE KALB… GRANT…HUNTINGTON…JAY…LAGRANGE…MIAMI…NOBLE…STEUBEN…WABASH…WELLS AND WHITLEY. IN NORTHWEST OHIO… ALLEN OH…DEFIANCE…FULTON OH…HENRY…PAULDING…PUTNAM…VAN WERT AND WILLIAMS.
* FROM 2 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THIS EVENING
* SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL OVERSPREAD THE REGION THIS MORNING THROUGH MIDDAY…AND MAY BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES FROM EARLY AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE EVENING. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE AREA…WITH LOCALIZED AMOUNTS IN THE HEAVIER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN EXCESS OF 4 INCHES POSSIBLE.
* FLASH FLOODING MAY CAUSE ROADS TO BE CLOSED AND IMPASSABLE. RISES ON AREA RIVERS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION.
YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED.
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