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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...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.
