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NWS: Flash Flood Watch in effect June 27th, 10:00 AM

 

 

The National Weather Service has issued a Flash Flood Watch in effect from June 26, 02:00 PM EDT until June 27, 10:00 AM EDT:

Flash Flood Watch in effect June 27th, 10:00 AM

FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
421 AM EDT FRI JUN 26 2015

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ALLEN IN-CASS IN-MIAMI-WABASH-HUNTINGTON-WELLS-ADAMS-GRANT-
BLACKFORD-JAY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF…FORT WAYNE…NEW HAVEN…LOGANSPORT…
ROYAL CENTER…PERU…GRISSOM AFB…MEXICO…WABASH…
NORTH MANCHESTER…HUNTINGTON…ROANOKE…BLUFFTON…OSSIAN…
DECATUR…BERNE…MARION…GAS CITY…UPLAND…HARTFORD CITY…
MONTPELIER…PORTLAND…DUNKIRK
421 AM EDT FRI JUN 26 2015

…FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING…

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR A PORTION OF NORTHERN INDIANA…INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS…ADAMS…ALLEN IN…BLACKFORD…CASS IN…GRANT…HUNTINGTON…JAY…MIAMI…WABASH AND WELLS.

* FROM 2 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING

* SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. THE POTENTIAL FOR LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN ON SATURATED SOILS WITH RIVER AND RESERVOIR LEVELS STILL RUNNING HIGH COULD LEAD TO RAPID RUNOFF AND FLASH FLOODING…PARTICULARLY IN LOW LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS.

* PEOPLE LIVING NEAR STREAMS…RIVERS…AND IN URBAN AREAS ARE ESPECIALLY SUSCEPTIBLE TO FLASH FLOODING.

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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