Forecast for Wednesday 09.10: UPDATE

• Tornado Watch until 9pm...
• Flash Flood Watch until midnight...

Cloudy and breezy. Occasional rain with heavy downpours likely. Some thunderstorms in the area may be severe.
Afternoon high: 76.


A strong storm system will approach the area from the west on Wednesday with a cold front moving through late Wednesday. Thunderstorms are possible along the front and could bring strong wind and flooding rain. There is also the potential for some tornadoes across the region during the afternoon and evening. Temperatures will be cooler behind the front on Thursday and Friday and into this weekend with more fall-like weather expected.

ISSUED AT 155 PM EDT WED SEP 10 2014

   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

   * TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
     WEST CENTRAL THROUGH EASTERN INDIANA
     SOUTHEAST LOWER MICHIGAN
     WESTERN AND NORTHERN OHIO
     LAKE ERIE

   * EFFECTIVE THIS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 155 PM
     UNTIL 900 PM EDT.

   * PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...
     A FEW TORNADOES LIKELY
     SCATTERED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE

   PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

   REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR
   TORNADOES AND 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.

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ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AT 159 PM EDT WED SEP 10 2014

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT
TONIGHT...

THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR

* PORTIONS OF NORTHERN INDIANA AND NORTHWEST OHIO...INCLUDING
  THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN NORTHERN INDIANA...ADAMS...ALLEN IN...
   BLACKFORD...CASS IN...DE KALB...GRANT...HUNTINGTON...JAY...
  LAGRANGE...MIAMI...NOBLE...STEUBEN...WABASH...WELLS AND
  WHITLEY. IN NORTHWEST OHIO...ALLEN OH...DEFIANCE...FULTON OH...
   HENRY...PAULDING...PUTNAM...VAN WERT AND WILLIAMS.

* UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT TONIGHT

* SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL TAPER OFF INTO THE EARLY
  AFTERNOON HOURS. ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE
  EXPECTED TO DEVELOP LATER THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING.
  RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE
  AREA...WITH LOCALIZED AMOUNTS IN THE HEAVIER SHOWERS AND
  THUNDERSTORMS IN EXCESS OF 4 INCHES POSSIBLE.

* FLASH FLOODING MAY CAUSE ROADS TO BE CLOSED AND IMPASSABLE.
  RISES ON AREA RIVERS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE.

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.