Area bounded by green polygon is under a flood warning until 6 p.m. EDT
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 1218 PM EDT THU APR 3 2014
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A
* FLOOD WARNING FOR SMALL STREAMS IN... NORTHERN GRANT COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA SOUTHEASTERN CASS COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL INDIANA SOUTHERN MIAMI COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL INDIANA SOUTHERN WABASH COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL INDIANA SOUTHERN HUNTINGTON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST INDIANA CENTRAL WELLS COUNTY IN NORTHEAST INDIANA
* UNTIL 600 PM EDT
* AT 1211 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAIN HAD FALLEN OVER THE WARNING AREA. THE RAINFALL HAS BEEN HEAVY ENOUGH TO PRODUCE SIGNIFICANT RUNOFF AND FLOODING.
SOME TOWNS THAT MAY EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE LA FONTAINE... LINCOLNVILLE...SERVIA...SOMERSET...TREATY...MOUNT ETNA...WARREN... BANQUO...MAJENICA...LANCASTER...PLEASANT PLAIN...PLUM TREE... BUCKEYE...AMBOY...BUNKER HILL...GRISSOM AFB...MIAMI...NEAD...SANTA FE...WELLS...PEORIA...BLUFFTON...CRAIGVILLE...LIBERTY CENTER... MURRAY...NORTH OAKS...ROCKFORD...TRAVISVILLE...ONWARD...WALTON... DEACON...LINCOLN...JALAPA AND FLORA.
UP TO AN ADDITIONAL ONE HALF INCH OF RAIN IS POSSIBLE THROUGH 1 PM EDT BEFORE ENDING. HOWEVER SIGNIFICANT RUNOFF WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON AND LEAD TO ADDITIONAL LOWLAND 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.
