Outlook: A few storms may remain in the area Thursday morning. Otherwise, cooler and partly cloudy for the remainder of the week.
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 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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