The northern Indiana office of the national weather service issued the above YouTube briefing this morning regarding the coming storm system. Below is the latest official flood watch. To stay up to date on the latest #holidaystorm information, visit www.weather.gov/iwx, or follow @nwsiwx on Twitter or monitor the northern Indiana NWS Facebook page.

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
340 AM EST SAT DEC 21 2013

...HEAVY RAINFALL AND POTENTIAL FLOODING THIS WEEKEND...

.HEAVY RAINFALL IS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT AS A STRONG
LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM TRACKS NORTHEAST FROM TEXAS TO INDIANA. THIS
HEAVY RAINFALL COMBINED WITH RECENT SNOW MELT AND SATURATED FROZEN
SOILS WILL LEAD TO EFFICIENT RUN-OFF AND POSSIBLY CAUSE FLOODING
OF RIVERS AND CREEKS ALONG WITH LOW LYING AREAS. FLOODING ALONG
RIVERS IN THE MAUMEE AND WABASH BASINS DUE TO THIS WEEKENDS HEAVY
RAINFALL... WILL LIKELY CONTINUE INTO NEXT WEEK.

STEUBEN-HILLSDALE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ANGOLA...FREMONT...HILLSDALE...
LITCHFIELD...JONESVILLE
340 AM EST SAT DEC 21 2013

...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH
SUNDAY MORNING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS EXPANDED THE

* FLOOD WATCH TO INCLUDE PORTIONS OF NORTHERN INDIANA AND
  SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN
  NORTHERN INDIANA...STEUBEN. IN SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN...HILLSDALE.

* FROM 1 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING

* RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL AND SNOW MELT WILL INCREASE THE THREAT
  FOR FLOODING. RAINFALL TOTALS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. THE
  HEAVIEST RAINFALL WILL OCCUR THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING.

* IMPACTS INCLUDE FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS AS WELL AS STREAMS
  AND CREEKS.

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.

NOBLE-DE KALB-STARKE-PULASKI-MARSHALL-FULTON IN-KOSCIUSKO-WHITLEY-
ALLEN IN-WHITE-CASS IN-MIAMI-WABASH-HUNTINGTON-WELLS-ADAMS-GRANT-
BLACKFORD-JAY-WILLIAMS-FULTON OH-DEFIANCE-HENRY-PAULDING-PUTNAM-
VAN WERT-ALLEN OH-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...KENDALLVILLE...LIGONIER...ALBION...
AUBURN...GARRETT...KNOX...NORTH JUDSON...BASS LAKE...WINAMAC...
FRANCESVILLE...MEDARYVILLE...PLYMOUTH...BREMEN...CULVER...
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
340 AM EST SAT DEC 21 2013 /240 AM CST SAT DEC 21 2013/

...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM EST /NOON CST/ THIS
AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING...

THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR

* PORTIONS OF NORTHERN INDIANA AND NORTHWEST OHIO...INCLUDING
  THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN NORTHERN INDIANA...ADAMS...ALLEN IN...
   BLACKFORD...CASS IN...DE KALB...FULTON IN...GRANT...
  HUNTINGTON...JAY...KOSCIUSKO...MARSHALL...MIAMI...NOBLE...
  PULASKI...STARKE...WABASH...WELLS...WHITE AND WHITLEY. IN
  NORTHWEST OHIO...ALLEN OH...DEFIANCE...FULTON OH...HENRY...
  PAULDING...PUTNAM...VAN WERT AND WILLIAMS.

* FROM 1 PM EST /NOON CST/ THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING

* RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL AND SNOW MELT WILL INCREASE THE THREAT
  FOR FLOODING. RAINFALL TOTALS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE EXPECTED WITH
  HIGHEST AMOUNTS SOUTH OF US 24. THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL WILL OCCUR
  THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

* IMPACTS INCLUDE FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS AS WELL AS STREAMS
  AND CREEKS. MAIN STEM RIVER LEVELS WILL SEE SIGNIFICANT RISES
  AND POTENTIAL FLOODING INTO NEXT WEEK.

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.