FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM EST THIS MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A
* FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF INDIANA...NORTHERN KENTUCKY AND OHIO...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS..
IN NDIANA...DEARBORN...FAYETTE...FRANKLIN...OHIO...
RIPLEY...SWITZERLAND...UNION AND WAYNE.
IN NORTHERN KENTUCKY...BOONE...BRACKEN...CAMPBELL...
CARROLL...GALLATIN...GRANT...KENTON...MASON...OWEN...PENDLETON AND ROBERTSON.
IN OHIO...AUGLAIZE...BROWN...BUTLER...CHAMPAIGN...CLARK
...CLERMONT...CLINTON...DARKE...GREENE...HAMILTON...HARDIN...LOGAN...MERCER...MIAMI...MONTGOMERY...PREBLE...SHELBY AND WARREN.
* FROM 11 AM EST THIS MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING
* A COLD FRONT WILL PUSH ACROSS THE REGION TONIGHT. THE AIRMASS IN PLACE AHEAD OF THIS FRONT IS VERY MOIST. THIS WILL RESULT IN PERIODS OF WIDESPREAD RAIN TODAY AND TONIGHT. EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS WILL ALSO BE OBSERVED MAINLY EARLY THIS EVENING. RAINFALL DURING THIS PERIOD IS EXPECTED TO BE BETWEEN 1 AND 1.5
INCHES WITH LOCALLY UP TO 2 INCHES.
* THE ENVIRONMENT IS VERY MOIST AND SOILS ARE WET FROM RECENT RAINFALL. THE RAINFALL MAY RESULT IN FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS AND CREEKS AND STREAMS. LONGER TERM FLOODING OF RIVERS WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING BASED ON CURRENT FORECASTS.
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.
Address/Location
Wayne County Emergency Management Agency
401 E Main St
Richmond, IN 47374
Contact
Emergency: 9-1-1
Non-emergencies: 765-973-9399
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