Outlook: A few storms may remain in the area Thursday morning. Otherwise, cooler and partly cloudy for the remainder of the week.
Flash Flood Warning for Allen and Whitley counties.
ISSUED AT 10:21 PM EDT WED JUN 12 2013 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... KOSCIUSKO COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL INDIANA ALLEN COUNTY IN NORTHEAST INDIANA WHITLEY COUNTY IN NORTHEAST INDIANA * UNTIL 4:30 AM EDT * AT 10:15 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM WIDESPREAD THUNDERSTORMS TO PERSIST OVER THE WARNED AREA. * LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO WARSAW...WINONA LAKE...ETNA GREEN...OSWEGO...NORTH WEBSTER...LEESBURG...HUNTERTOWN...FORT WAYNE AND COLUMBIA CITY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES IS LIKELY IN THE WARNED AREA. EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING. FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS WATER COVERED BRIDGES... DIPS...OR LOW WATER CROSSINGS. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT. TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND. 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.
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH for Adams, Allen, DeKalb, Huntington, LaGrange, Noble, Steuben, Wells and Whitley counties.
ISSUED AT 5:00 PM EDT WED JUN 12 2013
THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF
NORTHEAST ILLINOIS
NORTHERN INDIANA
SOUTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN
NORTHWEST OHIO
SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN
LAKE ERIE
LAKE MICHIGAN
* EFFECTIVE THIS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND THURSDAY MORNING FROM
5 PM UNTIL 2 AM EDT.
...THIS IS A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION...
* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...
NUMEROUS SIGNIFICANT DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 80 MPH LIKELY
SEVERAL VERY LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE
A FEW TORNADOES POSSIBLE
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE
FAVORABLE FOR 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. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY
DO PRODUCE TORNADOES.
Flash Flood Watch for Adams, Allen, DeKalb, Huntington, LaGrange, Noble, Steuben, Wells and Whitley counties.
ISSUED AT 11:44 PM EDT WED JUN 12 2013
THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * PORTIONS OF NORTHERN INDIANA...SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN AND NORTHWEST OHIO.... * UNTIL 8 AM THURSDAY * RAINFALL RATES OF 1 TO 3 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH MANY OF THE THUNDERSTORMS OVERNIGHT. 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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