Afternoon high: 87.
Outlook: A few storms may remain in the area Thursday morning. Otherwise, cooler and partly cloudy for the remainder of the week.
PUBLIC SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
12:55 PM EDT WED JUN 12 2013
...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED OVER PORTIONS OF THE MIDDLE
MISSISSIPPI VALLEY EAST TO THE UPPER OHIO VALLEY AND LOWER GREAT
LAKES THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...
THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER IN NORMAN OK IS FORECASTING THE
DEVELOPMENT OF WIDESPREAD DAMAGING WINDS AND A FEW STRONG TORNADOES
OVER PARTS OF THE PORTIONS OF THE MIDDLE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY EAST TO
THE UPPER OHIO VALLEY AND LOWER GREAT LAKES THIS AFTERNOON AND
TONIGHT.
THE AREAS MOST LIKELY TO EXPERIENCE THIS ACTIVITY INCLUDE
EXTREME EASTERN IOWA
NORTHERN ILLINOIS
NORTHERN INDIANA
NORTHWEST OHIO
ELSEWHERE...SEVERE STORMS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE FROM PORTIONS OF THE
MID-ATLANTIC STATES INTO THE SOUTHEAST U.S.
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP RAPIDLY THIS AFTERNOON
OVER PORTIONS OF IOWA...NORTHWEST ILLINOIS AND SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN
WITH A THREAT FOR TORNADOES...LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. SOME OF
THE TORNADOES MAY BE STRONG. WITH TIME...THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED
TO DEVELOP INTO A FAST-MOVING SQUALL LINE WITH THE PRIMARY THREATS
BEING WIDESPREAD DAMAGING WINDS AND EMBEDDED TORNADOES. A FEW WIND
GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 75 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE AS THE LINE OF
THUNDERSTORMS MOVES RAPIDLY EAST ACROSS THE SOUTHERN GREAT LAKES AND
OHIO VALLEY REGION THIS EVENING.
ADDITIONAL SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MAY DEVELOP EASTWARD ALONG A FRONTAL
BOUNDARY INTO THE MID-ATLANTIC REGION WITH A THREAT FOR DAMAGING
WINDS AND LARGE HAIL.
STATE AND LOCAL EMERGENCY MANAGERS ARE MONITORING THIS POTENTIALLY
VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. THOSE IN THE THREATENED AREA ARE URGED TO
REVIEW SEVERE WEATHER SAFETY RULES AND TO LISTEN TO
RADIO...TELEVISION...AND NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR POSSIBLE
WATCHES...WARNINGS...AND STATEMENTS LATER TODAY.
Flash Flood Watch for Adams, Allen, DeKalb, Huntington, LaGrange, Noble, Steuben, Wells and Whitley counties.
ISSUED AT 12:02 PM EDT WED JUN 12 2013 FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHERN INDIANA...SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN AND NORTHWEST OHIO.... * FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING * RAINFALL RATES OF 1 TO 4 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH MANY OF THE THUNDERSTORMS LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO LOCALLY AS HIGH AS 5 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN SOME LOCATIONS. A COMBINATION OF WET GROUND CONDITIONS AND THE RAPID RAINFALL RATES WILL INCREASE THE THREAT FOR FLASH FLOODING ACROSS THE AREA...ESPECIALLY IN AREAS WHERE THUNDERSTORMS PERSIST FOR EXTENDED PERIODS OF TIME. * WHILE MANY RIVERS WILL RESPOND AND BEGIN TO RISE OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS FROM THE RAINFALL...SMALLER RIVERS AND CREEKS COULD RAPIDLY FLOOD AND CAUSE ADDITIONAL PROBLEMS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. IF YOU ENCOUNTER WATER...TURN AROUND...DON`T DROWN. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED.
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