NWS issues flash flood watch for northern Indiana

Flash flood watch map
 
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
925 AM EDT WED JUN 26 2013

......HEAVY RAINFALL MAY LEAD TO ADDITIONAL FLOODING TODAY INTO
THIS EVENING...

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STARKE-PULASKI-MARSHALL-FULTON IN-KOSCIUSKO-WHITLEY-ALLEN IN-
WHITE-CASS IN-MIAMI-WABASH-HUNTINGTON-WELLS-ADAMS-GRANT-BLACKFORD-
JAY-
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
925 AM EDT WED JUN 26 2013 /825 AM CDT WED JUN 26 2013/

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR A PORTION OF NORTHERN INDIANA... INCLUDING
THE FOLLOWING AREAS...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.

* THROUGH THIS EVENING

* RAINFALL RATES OF 1 TO 3 INCHES PER HOUR WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
THUNDERSTORMS TODAY INTO THIS EVENING. ADDITIONAL LOCALIZED
RAINFALL TOTALS BETWEEN 3 AND 5 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE...WITH
SOME LOCATIONS NORTH OF THE HIGHWAY 30 CORRIDOR ALREADY
RECEIVING MORE THAN 4 INCHES OF RAIN AND FLOODING.

* 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.