For my @953MNC listeners: An inch of rain is possible today, and that could lead to flooding when combined with melting from snow packs that are still a foot deep.
FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 130 AM EST THU FEB 20 2014 ...FLOODING POTENTIAL TODAY AND TONIGHT... .RAIN TODAY COMBINED WITH MELTING SNOW WILL BRING A RISK FOR FLOODING TO THE AREA TODAY INTO TONIGHT. LONGER DURATION RIVER FLOODING WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE INTO THIS WEEKEND. PEOPLE LIVING IN AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING SHOULD TAKE TIME TO PREPARE NOW AND LISTEN FOR POSSIBLE WARNINGS. SNOW AND ICE CURRENTLY ON THE GROUND CONTAINS A LARGE QUANTITY OF STORED WATER...GENERALLY 1.5 TO 4.0 INCHES ACROSS THE REGION. THE GREATEST WATER CONTENT IS ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTHERN INDIANA AND SOUTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN WHERE SNOW DEPTHS REMAIN OVER A FOOT AND CLOSER TO TWO FEET IN SOME AREAS. MELTING HAS ALREADY BEGUN WITH ADDITIONAL SNOW MELT ON THURSDAY ALONG WITH MODERATE TO LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL EXPECTED. WATER RUNOFF FROM THE COMBINED RAINFALL AND SNOW MELT OVER A DEEPLY FROZEN GROUND WILL LEAD TO A HEIGHTENED POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING IN LOW LYING AREAS...BASEMENTS...SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS. SIGNIFICANT RISES ALONG MAIN STEM RIVERS WILL LIKELY FOLLOW INTO THIS WEEKEND. MANY STREAMS AND RIVERS ARE ALSO COVERED IN THICK ICE WHICH MAY BREAKUP AND INCREASE THE RISK FOR ICE JAMS AND RAPIDLY RISING WATER. THIS WOULD SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASE LOCAL FLOODING POTENTIAL NEAR THESE BODIES OF WATER. STAY ALERT FOR POSSIBLE WARNINGS OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS BY VISITING WEATHER.GOV/IWX OR LISTENING TO LOCAL MEDIA BROADCASTS. INZ003>009-012>018-020-022>027-032>034-MIZ077>081-OHZ001-002-004- 005-015-016-024-025-201430- /O.CON.KIWX.FA.A.0001.140220T1200Z-140221T0600Z/ /00000.0.RS.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ LA PORTE-ST. JOSEPH IN-ELKHART-LAGRANGE-STEUBEN-NOBLE-DE KALB- STARKE-PULASKI-MARSHALL-FULTON IN-KOSCIUSKO-WHITLEY-ALLEN IN- WHITE-CASS IN-MIAMI-WABASH-HUNTINGTON-WELLS-ADAMS-GRANT-BLACKFORD- JAY-BERRIEN-CASS MI-ST. JOSEPH MI-BRANCH-HILLSDALE-WILLIAMS- FULTON OH-DEFIANCE-HENRY-PAULDING-PUTNAM-VAN WERT-ALLEN OH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MICHIGAN CITY...LA PORTE...SOUTH BEND... MISHAWAKA...NEW CARLISLE...WALKERTON...ELKHART...GOSHEN... NAPPANEE...LAGRANGE...TOPEKA...SHIPSHEWANA...ANGOLA...FREMONT... KENDALLVILLE...LIGONIER...ALBION...AUBURN...GARRETT...KNOX... NORTH JUDSON...BASS LAKE...WINAMAC...FRANCESVILLE...MEDARYVILLE... PLYMOUTH...BREMEN...CULVER...ROCHESTER...AKRON...WARSAW... WINONA LAKE...SYRACUSE...MENTONE...COLUMBIA CITY...TRI-LAKES... SOUTH WHITLEY...FORT WAYNE...NEW HAVEN...MONTICELLO...BROOKSTON... MONON...LOGANSPORT...ROYAL CENTER...PERU...GRISSOM AFB...MEXICO... WABASH...NORTH MANCHESTER...HUNTINGTON...ROANOKE...BLUFFTON... OSSIAN...DECATUR...BERNE...MARION...GAS CITY...UPLAND... HARTFORD CITY...MONTPELIER...PORTLAND...DUNKIRK...NILES... BENTON HARBOR...ST. JOSEPH...BUCHANAN...DOWAGIAC...CASSOPOLIS... MARCELLUS...STURGIS...THREE RIVERS...WHITE PIGEON...MENDON... COLDWATER...BRONSON...HILLSDALE...LITCHFIELD...JONESVILLE... BRYAN...WAUSEON...ARCHBOLD...FAYETTE...SWANTON...DEFIANCE... SHERWOOD...HICKSVILLE...NAPOLEON...DESHLER...LIBERTY CENTER... PAULDING...ANTWERP...MELROSE...OTTAWA...PANDORA...KALIDA... FORT JENNINGS...VAN WERT...DELPHOS...OHIO CITY...LIMA... SPENCERVILLE 130 AM EST THU FEB 20 2014 /1230 AM CST THU FEB 20 2014/ ...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM EST /6 AM CST/ THIS MORNING THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * PORTIONS OF NORTHERN INDIANA...SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN AND NORTHWEST OHIO...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN NORTHERN INDIANA...ADAMS...ALLEN IN...BLACKFORD...CASS IN...DE KALB... ELKHART...FULTON IN...GRANT...HUNTINGTON...JAY...KOSCIUSKO... LA PORTE...LAGRANGE...MARSHALL...MIAMI...NOBLE...PULASKI...ST. JOSEPH IN...STARKE...STEUBEN...WABASH...WELLS...WHITE AND WHITLEY. IN SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN...BERRIEN...BRANCH...CASS MI... HILLSDALE AND ST. JOSEPH MI. IN NORTHWEST OHIO...ALLEN OH... DEFIANCE...FULTON OH...HENRY...PAULDING...PUTNAM...VAN WERT AND WILLIAMS. * FROM 7 AM EST /6 AM CST/ THIS MORNING THROUGH LATE TONIGHT * A COMBINATION OF MELTING SNOW...MODERATE TO LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL AND A DEEPLY FROZEN GROUND MAY LEAD TO FLOODING TODAY AND TONIGHT. * RAINFALL AMOUNTS BETWEEN ONE HALF INCH AND ONE INCH ARE EXPECTED TODAY INTO THIS EVENING. AN ADDITIONAL ONE TO TWO INCHES OF WATER COULD BE RELEASED FROM THE SNOW ON THE GROUND AS IT MELTS. 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.
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