Counties outlined in green are under a flood watch (below) until 11 a.m. EDT Friday
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 234 PM EDT THU APR 3 2014
...HEAVY RAINFALL POSSIBLE AGAIN TONIGHT...
.WIDESPREAD HEAVY RAINFALL OF ONE TO THREE INCHES FELL THIS MORNING INTO EARLY THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS MUCH OF NORTHERN INDIANA AND NORTHWEST OHIO AND HAS RESULTED IN LOCALIZED FLOODING. ADDITIONAL CONVECTION DEVELOPING THIS AFTERNOON OVER MISSOURI IS EXPECTED TO BRING ANOTHER ROUND OF POTENTIALLY HEAVY RAIN TO THE AREA OVERNIGHT INTO EARLY FRIDAY MORNING...WHICH WOULD LEAD TO MORE WIDESPREAD LOWLAND FLOODING.
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ELKHART...GOSHEN...NAPPANEE... LAGRANGE...TOPEKA...SHIPSHEWANA...ANGOLA...FREMONT... KENDALLVILLE...LIGONIER...ALBION...AUBURN...GARRETT...WINAMAC... FRANCESVILLE...MEDARYVILLE...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...BRYAN... WAUSEON...ARCHBOLD...FAYETTE...SWANTON...DEFIANCE...SHERWOOD... HICKSVILLE...NAPOLEON...DESHLER...LIBERTY CENTER...PAULDING... ANTWERP...MELROSE...OTTAWA...PANDORA...KALIDA...FORT JENNINGS... VAN WERT...DELPHOS...OHIO CITY...LIMA...SPENCERVILLE
...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A
* FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHERN INDIANA AND NORTHWEST OHIO...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN NORTHERN INDIANA... ADAMS...ALLEN IN...BLACKFORD...CASS IN...DE KALB...ELKHART... FULTON IN...GRANT...HUNTINGTON...JAY...KOSCIUSKO...LAGRANGE... MIAMI...NOBLE...PULASKI...STEUBEN...WABASH...WELLS...WHITE AND WHITLEY. IN NORTHWEST OHIO...ALLEN OH...DEFIANCE...FULTON OH... HENRY...PAULDING...PUTNAM...VAN WERT AND WILLIAMS.
* THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING
* ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF ONE TO TWO INCHES IS POSSIBLE FROM OVERNIGHT INTO EARLY FRIDAY MORNING WHICH MAY LEAD TO MORE SIGNIFICANT AND EXTENSIVE FLOODING.
* WIDESPREAD AREAL FLOODING AND SIGNIFICANT RIVER FLOODING MAY RESULT AND IMPACT NUMEROUS ROADS...AGRICULTURAL LANDS AND POSSIBLY RESIDENTIAL AREAS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING BASED ON CURRENT FORECASTS.
YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE FLOOD WARNINGS. THOSE LIVING IN AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING SHOULD BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLOODING DEVELOP.
