NWS issues areal flood advisory

FLOOD ADVISORY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
1200 PM EDT THU APR 3 2014

DE KALB IN-ALLEN IN-ADAMS IN-WELLS IN-JAY IN-BLACKFORD IN-PUTNAM OH-
HENRY OH-VAN WERT OH-PAULDING OH-DEFIANCE OH-WILLIAMS OH-FULTON OH-
ALLEN OH-

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED AN

* URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY FOR...
BLACKFORD COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL INDIANA
JAY COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL INDIANA
ADAMS COUNTY IN NORTHEAST INDIANA
ALLEN COUNTY IN NORTHEAST INDIANA
DE KALB COUNTY IN NORTHEAST INDIANA
WELLS COUNTY IN NORTHEAST INDIANA
DEFIANCE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST OHIO
FULTON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST OHIO
HENRY COUNTY IN NORTHWEST OHIO
WILLIAMS COUNTY IN NORTHWEST OHIO
ALLEN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL OHIO
PAULDING COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL OHIO
PUTNAM COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL OHIO
VAN WERT COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL OHIO

* UNTIL 300 PM EDT

* AT 1157 AM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 10
MILES WEST OF CORUNNA TO 3 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MILL GROVE...OR ALONG A
LINE EXTENDING FROM 4 MILES WEST OF KENDALLVILLE TO 5 MILES SOUTHEAST
OF HARTFORD CITY MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

WIDESPREAD ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN THROUGH THIS MORNING
WITH AN ADDITIONAL ONE HALF TO ONE INCH LIKELY THROUGH 2 PM EDT
BEFORE THE RAIN DIMINSHES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THESE STORMS WILL CAUSE MINOR FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...
COUNTRY ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS AND
OTHER LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO MINOR FLOODING.

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.