The National Weather Service has issued a Flood Watch in effect from 5 p.m. until May 31, 11 a.m.:
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
218 PM EDT SAT MAY 30 2015…FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING…
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A
* 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…MIAMI…WABASH…WELLS AND WHITLEY. IN NORTHWEST OHIO…DEFIANCE…FULTON OH…HENRY…PAULDING…VAN WERT AND WILLIAMS.
* THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING
* SEVERAL ROUNDS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING AS AN UNUSUALLY MOIST AIRMASS COMBINES WITH A FRONTAL BOUNDARY AND UPPER AIR DISTURBANCE. RAINFALL TOTALS IN THE 2 TO 3 INCH RANGE ARE EXPECTED ACROSS MUCH OF THE WATCH AREA…WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS IN EXCESS OF 4 INCHES POSSIBLE.
* ALTHOUGH ANTECEDENT CONDITIONS HAVE BEEN EXCESSIVELY DRY THIS MONTH…RAINFALL TOTALS IN EXCESS OF 2 INCHES WILL BRING A THREAT OF FLOODING…ESPECIALLY IN URBAN AREAS INCLUDING FORT WAYNE AND MARION…AS THUNDERSTORMS COULD PRODUCE TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS WHICH COULD QUICKLY LEAD TO LOCALIZED FLOODING.
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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