The National Weather Service has issued a Flood Watch for our area, in effect from July 8, 08:00 PM EDT until July 9, 11:00 AM EDT:
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
335 AM EDT WED JUL 8 2015INZ008-009-012>018-020-022>027-032>034-OHZ001-002-004-005-015-016-
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NOBLE-DE KALB-STARKE-PULASKI-MARSHALL-FULTON IN-KOSCIUSKO-WHITLEY-ALLEN IN-WHITE-CASS IN-MIAMI-WABASH-HUNTINGTON-WELLS-ADAMS-GRANT-BLACKFORD-JAY-WILLIAMS-FULTON OH-DEFIANCE-HENRY-PAULDING-PUTNAM-VAN WERT-ALLEN OH-INCLUDING THE CITIES OF…KENDALLVILLE…LIGONIER…ALBION…AUBURN…GARRETT…KNOX…NORTH JUDSON…BASS LAKE…WINAMAC…FRANCESVILLE…MEDARYVILLE…PLYMOUTH…BREMEN…CULVER…ROCHESTER…AKRON…WARSAW…WINONA LAKE…SYRACUSE…MENTONE…COLUMBIA CITY…TRI-LAKES…SOUTH WHITLEY…FORT WAYNE…NEW HAVEN…MONTICELLO…BROOKSTON…MONON…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…BRYAN…WAUSEON…ARCHBOLD…FAYETTE…SWANTON…DEFIANCE…SHERWOOD…HICKSVILLE…NAPOLEON…DESHLER…LIBERTY CENTER…PAULDING…ANTWERP…MELROSE…OTTAWA…PANDORA…KALIDA…FORT JENNINGS…VAN WERT…DELPHOS…OHIO CITY…LIMA…SPENCERVILLE335 AM EDT WED JUL 8 2015
…FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY 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…FULTON IN… GRANT…HUNTINGTON…JAY…KOSCIUSKO…MARSHALL…MIAMI…NOBLE…PULASKI…STARKE…WABASH…WELLS…WHITE AND WHITLEY.
IN NORTHWEST OHIO…ALLEN OH…DEFIANCE…FULTON OH…HENRY…PAULDING…PUTNAM…VAN WERT AND WILLIAMS.
* FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING
* THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR WIDESPREAD RAINFALL OF 1 TO 2 INCHES THIS EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING ACROSS THE WATCH AREA. THIS AMOUNT OF RAINFALL…ONTO ALREADY VERY WET GROUND…WILL LIKELY CREATE SUFFICIENT RUNOFF FOR FLOODING OF ROADWAYS…SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS…BASEMENTS AND OTHER 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.