Windy with heavy rain and severe thunderstorms. Risk for tornadoes in the area.
Afternoon high: 79.
Outlook: A few showers possible and windy on Friday with cooler temperatures expected to last through the weekend.
TORNADO WATCH for Adams, Allen, DeKalb, Huntington, LaGrange, Noble, Steuben, Wells and Whitley counties.
ISSUED AT 935 AM EDT THU APR 18 2013
THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF
EASTERN ILLINOIS
CENTRAL AND EASTERN INDIANA
SOUTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN
NORTHWEST OHIO OHIO
LAKE MICHIGAN
* EFFECTIVE THIS THURSDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON FROM 935 AM UNTIL
500 PM EDT.
...THIS IS A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION...
* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...
SEVERAL INTENSE TORNADOES LIKELY
SEVERAL SIGNIFICANT DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 80 MPH POSSIBLE
A FEW VERY LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE
THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 75 STATUTE
MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 65 MILES EAST NORTHEAST OF
SOUTH BEND INDIANA TO 60 MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF TERRE HAUTE
INDIANA. FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE
ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU3).
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR
TORNADOES AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH
AREA. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR
THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS
AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
_____________________________________________________________________________Wind Advisory for Adams, Allen, Huntington, Wells and Whitley counties.ISSUED AT 3:57 AM EDT THU APR 18 2013THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO8 PM THIS EVENING. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * SOUTHERLY WINDS 20 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH LATE THIS MORNING AND AFTERNOON. GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THUNDERSTORMS. IMPACTS... * DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES WILL BECOME DIFFICULT AT TIMES. * SCATTERED TREE AND POWER LINE DAMAGE IS POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 MPH...OR GUSTS OVER 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION._____________________________________________________________________________
Flood Watch for Adams, Allen, DeKalb, Huntington, LaGrange, Noble, Steuben, Wells and Whitley counties.
ISSUED AT 3:36 AM EDT THU APR 18 2013THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * PORTIONS OF NORTHERN INDIANA...SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN AND NORTHWEST OHIO.... * FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING * RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE LIKELY THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY FRIDAY MORNING...WITH SOME LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL IS EXPECTED ACROSS NORTHWEST INDIANA AND SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN. THE COMBINATION OF HEAVY RAINFALL...COMBINED WITH ALREADY SATURATED SOILS AND ELEVATED RIVER LEVELS MAY LEAD TO SIGNIFICANT FLOODING. * HEAVY RAINFALL MAY ALSO LEAD TO FLOODING OF URBAN AND LOW LYING 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.
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