Flash flood watch canceled for some counties, continued for others

The National Weather Service canceled the flash flood watch for the following Indiana counties at 3:05 p.m. EDT: St. Joseph, Elkhart, Lagrange, Steuben, Noble and DeKalb. The flash flood watch remains in effect for other Indiana counties listed in the announcement below.

FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
305 PM EDT WED JUN 26 2013

......HEAVY RAINFALL MAY LEAD TO LOCALIZED FLOODING LATE THIS
AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING... 
...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT /11 PM
CDT/ TONIGHT...

THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR

* A PORTION OF NORTHERN INDIANA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING
AREAS...ADAMS...ALLEN IN...BLACKFORD...CASS IN...FULTON IN...
GRANT...HUNTINGTON...JAY...KOSCIUSKO...LA PORTE...MARSHALL...
MIAMI...PULASKI...STARKE...WABASH...WELLS...WHITE AND WHITLEY.

* UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT /11 PM CDT/ TONIGHT

* RAINFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING.
LOCALIZED RAINFALL TOTALS BETWEEN 2 AND 4 INCHES WILL BE
POSSIBLE.

* 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.

YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION
SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED.