Full Notification

FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM EDT THIS EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL INDIANA AND OHIO...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...

IN EAST CENTRAL INDIANA...
FAYETTE IN...UNION IN AND WAYNE IN

OHIO...
AUGLAIZE...BUTLER...CHAMPAIGN...CLARK...CLINTON...DARKE...
DELAWARE...FAIRFIELD...FAYETTE OH...FRANKLIN OH... GREENE... HARDIN...HIGHLAND...HOCKING...LICKING...
LOGAN...MADISON...MERCER...MIAMI...MONTGOMERY...PICKAWAY...PIKE...PREBLE... ROSS...SHELBY...UNION OH AND WARREN.

* FROM 10 PM EDT THIS EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON

* SEVERAL CLUSTERS OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH TORRENTIAL RAINFALL RATES ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE ACROSS THE WATCH AREA TONIGHT...AND POSSIBLY AGAIN THURSDAY AFTERNOON. RAINFALL AMOUNTS FROM TWO TO THREE INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN A VERY SHORT AMOUNT OF TIME WHICH WILL LEAD TO THE POTENTIAL FOR FLASH FLOODING. LOCALIZED RAINFALL AMOUNTS IN EXCESS OF 4 INCHES CANNOT BE RULED OUT FOR ANY LOCATION SEEING LONGER DURATION
THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY.

* GIVEN THIS RAINFALL WILL OCCUR DURING THE NIGHT WHEN THE IMPACTS OF FLASH FLOODING ARE MORE DIFFICULT TO SEE...THOSE LIVING NEAR SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS WHICH RESPOND QUICKLY TO HEAVY RAIN NEED TO MONITOR RAINFALL AND STREAM LEVELS DURING THE NIGHT.

THOSE TRAVELING ARE ENCOURAGED TO BE ALERT FOR WATER OVER ROAD WHICH MAY BE DIFFICULT TO SEE...AND TURN AROUND IF WATER IS INDEED FLOWING OVER THE ROAD.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

PEOPLE IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD KEEP AN EYE ON THE WEATHER AND BE PREPARED FOR IMMEDIATE ACTION SHOULD HEAVY RAINS AND FLOODING OCCUR OR A FLASH FLOOD WARNING BE ISSUED. AVOID LOW-LYING AREAS,
AND BE CAREFUL WHEN APPROACHING HIGHWAY DIPS AND UNDERPASSES.