The flash flood watch below covers all 37 counties of the IMO SKYWARN area.
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
1202 PM EDT WED JUN 12 2013
...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH
TONIGHT...
.ONE OR MORE ROUNDS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED
FROM LATE AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT ACROSS THE WATCH AREA. MANY OF
THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE TORRENTIAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS...WITH RATES
OF 1 TO 4 INCHES PER HOUR POSSIBLE. GIVEN MOIST GROUND CONDITIONS
IN MANY AREAS...THE RISK FOR FLASH FLOODING WILL INCREASE
DRAMATICALLY TONIGHT. TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO LOCALLY AS
MUCH AS 5 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE.
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LA PORTE-ST. JOSEPH IN-ELKHART-LAGRANGE-STEUBEN-NOBLE-DE KALB-
STARKE-PULASKI-MARSHALL-FULTON IN-KOSCIUSKO-WHITLEY-ALLEN IN-
WHITE-CASS IN-MIAMI-WABASH-HUNTINGTON-WELLS-ADAMS-GRANT-BLACKFORD-
JAY-BERRIEN-CASS MI-ST. JOSEPH MI-BRANCH-HILLSDALE-WILLIAMS-
FULTON OH-DEFIANCE-HENRY-PAULDING-PUTNAM-VAN WERT-ALLEN OH-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MICHIGAN CITY...LA PORTE...SOUTH BEND...
MISHAWAKA...NEW CARLISLE...WALKERTON...ELKHART...GOSHEN...
NAPPANEE...LAGRANGE...TOPEKA...SHIPSHEWANA...ANGOLA...FREMONT...
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...NILES...
BENTON HARBOR...ST. JOSEPH...BUCHANAN...DOWAGIAC...CASSOPOLIS...
MARCELLUS...STURGIS...THREE RIVERS...WHITE PIGEON...MENDON...
COLDWATER...BRONSON...HILLSDALE...LITCHFIELD...JONESVILLE...
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...
SPENCERVILLE
1202 PM EDT WED JUN 12 2013 /1102 AM CDT WED JUN 12 2013/
...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM EDT /5 PM CDT/ THIS
EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHERN INDIANA...SOUTHWEST
MICHIGAN AND NORTHWEST OHIO...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...
IN NORTHERN INDIANA...ADAMS...ALLEN IN...BLACKFORD...CASS IN...
DE KALB...ELKHART...FULTON IN...GRANT...HUNTINGTON...JAY...
KOSCIUSKO...LA PORTE...LAGRANGE...MARSHALL...MIAMI...NOBLE...
PULASKI...ST. JOSEPH IN...STARKE...STEUBEN...WABASH...WELLS...
WHITE AND WHITLEY. IN SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN...BERRIEN...BRANCH...
CASS MI...HILLSDALE AND ST. JOSEPH MI. IN NORTHWEST OHIO...
ALLEN OH...DEFIANCE...FULTON OH...HENRY...PAULDING...PUTNAM...
VAN WERT AND WILLIAMS.
* FROM 6 PM EDT /5 PM CDT/ THIS EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING
* RAINFALL RATES OF 1 TO 4 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH MANY OF
THE THUNDERSTORMS LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. TOTAL
RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO LOCALLY AS HIGH AS 5 INCHES ARE
POSSIBLE IN SOME LOCATIONS. A COMBINATION OF WET GROUND
CONDITIONS AND THE RAPID RAINFALL RATES WILL INCREASE THE THREAT
FOR FLASH FLOODING ACROSS THE AREA...ESPECIALLY IN AREAS WHERE
THUNDERSTORMS PERSIST FOR EXTENDED PERIODS OF TIME.
* WHILE MANY RIVERS WILL RESPOND AND BEGIN TO RISE OVER THE NEXT
COUPLE OF DAYS FROM THE RAINFALL...SMALLER RIVERS AND CREEKS COULD
RAPIDLY FLOOD AND CAUSE ADDITIONAL PROBLEMS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD
TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. IF
YOU ENCOUNTER WATER...TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN.
YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION
SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED.