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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Flood Watch

National Weather Service Northern Indiana

303 PM EDT Tue Apr 9 2024



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Lagrange-Steuben-Noble-De Kalb-Fulton IN-Whitley-Allen IN-Cass IN-

Miami-Wabash-Huntington-Wells-Adams-Grant-Blackford-Jay-Northern

Kosciusko-Southern Kosciusko-Williams-Fulton OH-Defiance-Henry-

Paulding-Putnam-Van Wert-Allen OH-

Including the cities of Wabash, Van Wert, Royal Center, Angola,

Garrett, Berne, Bryan, North Manchester, Lagrange, Continental,

Fort Wayne, Milford, South Whitley, Gas City, Archbold, Portland,

Hartford City, Peru, Napoleon, Defiance, Albion, Leipsic,

Decatur, Columbus Grove, Shipshewana, Spencerville, Huntington,

Mexico, Paulding, Winona Lake, Pandora, Silver Lake, Akron,

Ossian, Fremont, Leesburg, Delta, Syracuse, Mentone, Ottawa,

Upland, Payne, Edgerton, Bluffton, Warsaw, Wauseon, Liberty

Center, Sherwood, Montpelier, Roanoke, Logansport, Marion,

Dunkirk, Kendallville, Rochester, Ligonier, Hicksville, New

Haven, Topeka, Swanton, Lima, Antwerp, Deshler, North Webster,

Auburn, Tri-Lakes, Columbia City, Grissom AFB, and Ohio City

303 PM EDT Tue Apr 9 2024



...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY 

MORNING...



* WHAT...Flooding caused by excessive rainfall is possible. 1.5 to 

  2.25 inches of rain is likely with locally higher amounts possible.



* WHERE...Portions of northern Indiana, including the following 

  areas, Adams, Allen IN, Blackford, Cass IN, De Kalb, Fulton IN, 

  Grant, Huntington, Jay, Lagrange, Miami, Noble, Northern 

  Kosciusko, Southern Kosciusko, Steuben, Wabash, Wells and Whitley 

  and northwest Ohio, including the following areas, Allen OH, 

  Defiance, Fulton OH, Henry, Paulding, Putnam, Van Wert and 

  Williams.



* WHEN...From Wednesday evening through Friday morning.



* IMPACTS...Excessive runoff may result in flooding of rivers, 

  creeks, streams, and other low-lying and flood-prone locations. 

  Creeks and streams may rise out of their banks. High water is also 

  possible in low-lying ditches, fields, and roads.



* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...

  - http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...



You should monitor later forecasts and be alert for possible Flood 

Warnings. Those living in areas prone to flooding should be prepared 

to take action should flooding develop.



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Johnson