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FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 1110 AM EST THU FEB 20 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A * FLOOD WARNING FOR URBAN AREAS AND SMALL STREAMS IN... DEKALB COUNTY IN NORTHEAST INDIANA
STEUBEN COUNTY IN NORTHEAST INDIANA
DEFIANCE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST OHIO
FULTON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST OHIO
HENRY COUNTY IN NORTHWEST OHIO
WILLIAMS COUNTY IN NORTHWEST OHIO
HILLSDALE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN
BRANCH COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN

* UNTIL 1100 AM EST FRIDAY

* AT 1059 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED THAT BETWEEN 0.50 TO 1.25 INCHES OF LIQUID EQUIVALENT PRECIPITATION HAD FALLEN ACROSS THE WARNING AREA THIS MORNING. AN ADDITIONAL QUARTER INCH OF RAINFALL IS EXPECTED THROUGH 1 PM EST BEFORE RAIN
COVERAGE BECOMES MORE SCATTERED. SOME LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS ARE POSSIBLE. AT 1056 AM EST...STEUBEN COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED SEVERAL FLOODED ROADS ACROSS THE COUNTY. IN ADDITION TO THE PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL...RISING
TEMPERATURES TODAY WILL RESULT IN SIGNIFICANT SNOWMELT THAT WILL LEAD TO ADDITIONAL RUNOFF THROUGH THIS EVENING. PILES OF SNOW CONTINUE TO BLOCK MANY STORM DRAINAGE AREAS ACROSS THE AREA WHICH
WILL EXACERBATE FLOOD CONCERNS ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. THERE WILL BE A HEIGHTENED POTENTIAL OF FLOODING OF LOW-LYING AREAS...BASEMENTS...SMALL CREEKS...AND STREAMS THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. MOST FLOODING DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. TURN AROUND DON'T DROWN!

A FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT.

TO REPORT FLOODING...POST YOUR INFORMATION ON THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA FACEBOOK PAGE...OR YOU CAN POST ON TWITTER WITH THE HASHTAG...#NWSIWX.

Instructions:

Use extreme caution when driving. DO NOT attempt to drive through standing or moving water.