The National Weather Service has issued a Flash Flood Watch commencing tonight at 6 p.m. until December 28th at 6 p.m.:
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
1052 AM EST SAT DEC 26 2015INZ008-009-012>018-020-022>027-032>034-OHZ001-002-004-005-015-016-
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/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/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…SPENCERVILLE1052 AM EST SAT DEC 26 2015 /952 AM CST SAT DEC 26 2015/
…FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM EST /5 PM CST/ THIS EVENING THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON…
THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES 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 6 PM EST /5 PM CST/ THIS EVENING THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON
* PERIODS OF HEAVY RAINFALL ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE A TOTAL OF 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN BY MONDAY NIGHT. LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS MAY BE POSSIBLE.
* THIS HEAVY RAINFALL MAY RESULT IN FLASH FLOODING OF LOW LYING OR POOR DRAINAGE AREAS…AND SMALLER CREEKS AND STREAMS. SIGNIFICANT RISES ON LARGER STREAMS AND RIVERS ARE EXPECTED.
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.