Forecast for Wednesday 06.26: Update


Occasional heavy rain and thunderstorms.
Afternoon high: 85.


Outlook: Chance for rain and a few storms continues on Thursday and Friday with temperatures in the lower 80s.



Flash Flood Watch for Adams, Allen, DeKalb, Huntington, LaGrange, Noble, Steuben, Wells and Whitley counties.
ISSUED AT 9:25 AM EDT WED JUN 26 2013

FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR A PORTION OF NORTHERN INDIANA...

* THROUGH THIS EVENING

* RAINFALL RATES OF 1 TO 3 INCHES PER HOUR WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
  THUNDERSTORMS TODAY INTO THIS EVENING. ADDITIONAL LOCALIZED
  RAINFALL TOTALS BETWEEN 3 AND 5 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE...WITH
  SOME LOCATIONS NORTH OF THE HIGHWAY 30 CORRIDOR ALREADY
  RECEIVING MORE THAN 4 INCHES OF RAIN AND FLOODING.

* 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.

YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION
SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED.

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