Audra Streetman of WFFT-TV (audrastreetman) tweeted this photo of flooding at the intersection of Clinton St. and Elizabeth St. near downtown fort Wayne.

Only a tiny part of Indiana (a sliver in the southeastern corner) has a slight risk of severe thunderstorms today, according to the Day 1 Convective Outlook that the Storm Prediction Center issued at 12:08 p.m. EDT. All of Ohio, including counties served by the northern Indiana National Weather Service office, have a slight risk until 8 a.m. EDT tomorrow. The northern Indiana office, however, does not anticipate SKYWARN spotter activation today anywhere its county warning area (see this morning’s Hazardous Weather Outlook).

The big weather story for the Fort Wayne and surrounding area today is flooding, caused by last night’s heavy rain, with more rain forecast to arrive today. The NWS issued a new flood warning for the Fort Wayne area at noon that’s in effect until 6 p.m. EDT. According to the statement, Police in the area were reporting widespread flooding across the north side of the Fort Wayne metro area and  across much of central Allen and central Whitley counties. Areas of high water will continue to slowly recede through this afternoon.

The Fort Wayne Children’s Zoo (@fwkidszoo) tweeted this photo of flooding that closed the Zoo for the day. The tweet indicated that all animals and staff are OK.