Forecast for Wednesday 04.24

• Flood Warning through midday...

Much colder with light rain or snow possible.
Morning low: 37.
Afternoon high: 47.


Outlook: Still cool on Thursday, but warming up into the 60s by Friday and the weekend.



Flood Warning for Allen, DeKalb, Huntington, LaGrange, Noble, Steuben, Wells and Whitley counties.

ISSUED AT 12:23 AM EDT WED APR 24 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
  CASS COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL INDIANA
  FULTON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL INDIANA
  KOSCIUSKO COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL INDIANA
  MIAMI COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL INDIANA
  WABASH COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL INDIANA
  ALLEN COUNTY IN NORTHEAST INDIANA
  DE KALB COUNTY IN NORTHEAST INDIANA
  HUNTINGTON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST INDIANA
  LAGRANGE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST INDIANA
  NOBLE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST INDIANA
  STEUBEN COUNTY IN NORTHEAST INDIANA
  WELLS COUNTY IN NORTHEAST INDIANA
  WHITLEY COUNTY IN NORTHEAST INDIANA
  PULASKI COUNTY IN NORTHWEST INDIANA
  WHITE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST INDIANA

* UNTIL 12:15 PM WEDNESDAY

* AT 12:20 AM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER
  RADAR INDICATED WIDESPREAD RAIN CONTINUING TO FALL ACROSS THE
  WARNING AREA. PROLONGED RAINFALL WILL LIKELY PRODUCE 24 HOUR
  TOTALS ENDING NOON WEDNESDAY OF 1 TO 3 INCHES. THIS AMOUNT OF RAIN
  FALLING UPON SATURATED GROUND WILL BE SUFFICIENT TO PRODUCE
  FLOODING...ESPECIALLY IN AREAS THAT EXPERIENCED FLOODING
  LAST WEEKEND.

SOME TOWNS THAT MAY EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE ROCHESTER...
LAGRANGE...ANGOLA...KENDALLVILLE...LIGONIER...AUBURN...BUTLER...
GARRETT...WARSAW...WINONA LAKE...FORT WAYNE...NEW HAVEN...COLUMBIA
CITY...TRI-LAKES...WINAMAC...NORTH MANCHESTER...WABASH...
HUNTINGTON...GRISSOM AFB...PERU...BLUFFTON...OSSIAN...LOGANSPORT...
MONTICELLO...FAIRMOUNT...GAS CITY...MARION...UPLAND AND HARTFORD
CITY.

PERSISTENT RAINFALL OVERNIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING WILL
GENERATE EXCESS RUNOFF THAT WILL LEAD TO FLOODING OF STREETS...
SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS...BASEMENTS AND OTHER LOW-LYING AREAS.

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.

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.