Area enclosed by green polygon is under a flood warning until 6 p.m. EDT
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 1226 PM EDT THU APR 3 2014
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A
* FLOOD WARNING FOR SMALL STREAMS IN... EASTERN DEFIANCE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST OHIO HENRY COUNTY IN NORTHWEST OHIO ALLEN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL OHIO EASTERN PAULDING COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL OHIO PUTNAM COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL OHIO EASTERN VAN WERT COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL OHIO
* UNTIL 600 PM EDT
* AT 1225 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAIN IS FALLING OVER THE WARNING AREA. THE RAINFALL HAS BEEN HEAVY ENOUGH TO PRODUCE SIGNIFICANT RUNOFF AND LOCALIZED FLOODING.
SOME TOWNS THAT MAY EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE BELMORE... CLOVERDALE...COLUMBUS GROVE...CONTINENTAL...DUPONT...FORT JENNINGS... GILBOA...GLANDORF...KALIDA...LEIPSIC...MILLER CITY...OTTAWA... OTTOVILLE...PANDORA...WEST LEIPSIC...PRENTISS...NORTH CREEK... KIEFERVILLE...RIMER...RUSHMORE...VAUGHNSVILLE...WISTERMAN... DESHLER...FLORIDA...HAMLER...HOLGATE...LIBERTY CENTER...MALINTA... MCCLURE...NAPOLEON...NEW BAVARIA...COLTON...ELERY...GRELTON... OKOLONA...PLEASANT BEND...TEXAS...GALLUP...DELPHOS...ELGIN...MIDDLE POINT...OHIO CITY...VAN WERT...VENEDOCIA...CAVETT...JONESTOWN... MONTICELLO...WETZEL...BROUGHTON...CECIL...GROVER HILL...HAVILAND... LATTY...MELROSE...PAULDING...SCOTT...ARTHUR...CHARLOE...MANDALE... OAKWOOD...ROSELMS...DEFIANCE...AYERSVILLE...BRUNERSBURG... INDEPENDENCE...JEWELL...SHERWOOD...THE BEND...STANDLEY...BEAVERDAM... BLUFFTON...CAIRO...ELIDA...FORT SHAWNEE...HARROD...LAFAYETTE... LIMA...SPENCERVILLE...CONANT...GOMER...HUME...KEMP...NEEDMORE... ROCKPORT...ROUSCULP...SLABTOWN...SOUTHWORTH...YODER AND WESTMINSTER.
AN ADDITIONAL ONE HALF TO ONE INCH OF RAINFALL IS EXPECTED THROUGH 2 PM BEFORE THE RAIN ENDS. THIS WILL LEAD TO ADDITIONAL MORE WIDESPREAD FLOODING.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. MOST FLOODING DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. TURN AROUND DON'T DROWN!
TO REPORT FLOODING...POST YOUR INFORMATION ON THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA FACEBOOK PAGE...OR YOU CAN POST ON TWITTER WITH THE HASHTAG...#NWSIWX.
