Occasional heavy rain and a chance for thunderstorms.
Overnight low: 43.
Outlook: A few showers possible and breezy on Friday with cooler temperatures expected to last through the weekend.
Flood Warning for Adams, Allen, Huntington, Wells and Whitley counties.
ISSUED AT 9:50 PM EDT THU APR 18 2013 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A * FLOOD WARNING FOR URBAN AREAS AND SMALL STREAMS IN... GRANT COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA BLACKFORD COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL INDIANA JAY COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL INDIANA CASS COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL INDIANA FULTON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL INDIANA SOUTHERN KOSCIUSKO COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL INDIANA MIAMI COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL INDIANA WABASH COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL INDIANA ADAMS COUNTY IN NORTHEAST INDIANA ALLEN COUNTY IN NORTHEAST INDIANA HUNTINGTON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST INDIANA WELLS COUNTY IN NORTHEAST INDIANA SOUTHERN WHITLEY COUNTY IN NORTHEAST INDIANA WHITE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST INDIANA * UNTIL 9:45 AM EDT FRIDAY * AT 9:45 PM EDT... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED WIDESPREAD RAIN...HEAVY AT TIMES...CONTINUING ACROSS THE REGION. SOME MINOR FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS HAVE ALREADY BEEN REPORTED...AND THE ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OVERNIGHT WILL ONLY SERVE TO CREATE NEW AND MORE WIDESPREAD FLOODING AND FURTHER EXACERBATE ONGOING FLOODING. NUMEROUS SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS...INCLUDING SPY RUN IN THE FORT WAYNE METRO AREA...WILL LIKELY OVERFLOW THEIR BANKS. NUMEROUS ROADWAYS WILL BECOME IMPASSABLE DUE TO WATER FLOWING ACROSS THE ROAD...AND DEEP PONDED WATER IN POORLY DRAINED SECTIONS. SOME TOWNS THAT MAY EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE ROCHESTER...FORT WAYNE...NEW HAVEN...NORTH MANCHESTER...WABASH...HUNTINGTON...GRISSOM AFB...PERU...BERNE...DECATUR...BLUFFTON...OSSIAN...LOGANSPORT... MONTICELLO...FAIRMOUNT...GAS CITY...MARION...UPLAND...DUNKIRK... PORTLAND AND HARTFORD CITY. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OVERNIGHT OF 1 TO 2 INCHES WILL BRING STORM TOTAL RAINFALL INTO THE 2 TO 5 INCH RANGE ACROSS THE ENTIRE WARNED AREA. THIS AMOUNT OF WIDESPREAD...EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL LEAD TO ADDITIONAL FLOODING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. MOST FLOODING DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. TURN AROUND DON`T DROWN! BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. A FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. TO REPORT FLOODING...POST YOUR INFORMATION ON THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA FACEBOOK PAGE...OR YOU CAN POST ON TWITTER WITH THE HANDLE...@NWSIWX.
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Flood Watch for Adams, Allen, DeKalb, Huntington, LaGrange, Noble, Steuben, Wells and Whitley counties.
ISSUED AT 10:22 PM EDT THU APR 18 2013THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * PORTIONS OF NORTHERN INDIANA...SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN AND NORTHWEST OHIO.... * THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING * STORM TOTAL RAINFALL OF 2 TO 5 INCHES WILL BE COMMON BY LATE FRIDAY MORNING THROUGHOUT THE WATCH AREA. THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL IS EXPECTED ACROSS ALL OF NORTHERN 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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