Published: January 07, 2008 06:58 am      

Flood watch in effect

Flood Watch

FLOOD WATCH

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA

Issued at 4 a.m. Monday, Jan. 7



...HEAVY RAINFALL AND FLOODING POSSIBLE...



.A SLOW MOVING COLD FRONT WILL BE THE FOCUS FOR SHOWERS AND

THUNDERSTORMS MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY. HEAVY RAINFALL WILL

BE LIKELY WITH THIS SYSTEM AS GULF OF MEXICO MOISTURE SURGES

NORTH AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF OVER ONE INCH

ARE LIKELY WITH THIS SYSTEM. SATURATED SOIL CONDITIONS AND RISING

RIVER LEVELS DUE TO THE RECENT SNOW MELT...WILL EXACERBATE THE

POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING. PERSONS LIVING IN FLOOD PRONE AREAS SHOULD

BE PREPARED FOR THE POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING THROUGH THIS PERIOD.



The following counties are under the flood watch advisory: 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-BERRIEN-CASS MI-

ST. JOSEPH MI-BRANCH-HILLSDALE-WILLIAMS-FULTON OH-DEFIANCE-HENRY-

PAULDING-

INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MICHIGAN CITY...LA PORTE...SOUTH BEND...

MISHAWAKA...ELKHART...GOSHEN...LAGRANGE...TOPEKA...ANGOLA...

KENDALLVILLE...LIGONIER...AUBURN...GARRETT...KNOX...

NORTH JUDSON...WINAMAC...FRANCESVILLE...PLYMOUTH...BREMEN...

ROCHESTER...WARSAW...WINONA LAKE...COLUMBIA CITY...

SOUTH WHITLEY...FORT WAYNE...MONTICELLO...BROOKSTON...

LOGANSPORT...PERU...WABASH...NORTH MANCHESTER...HUNTINGTON...

NILES...BENTON HARBOR...ST. JOSEPH...BUCHANAN...DOWAGIAC...

CASSOPOLIS...STURGIS...THREE RIVERS...COLDWATER...HILLSDALE...

BRYAN...MONTPELIER...WAUSEON...ARCHBOLD...DEFIANCE...NAPOLEON...

PAULDING...ANTWERP





...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH

TUESDAY EVENING...



THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR



* PORTIONS OF NORTHERN INDIANA...SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN AND

NORTHWEST OHIO...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN NORTHERN

INDIANA...ALLEN IN...CASS IN...DE KALB...ELKHART...FULTON IN...

HUNTINGTON...KOSCIUSKO...LA PORTE...LAGRANGE...MARSHALL...

MIAMI...NOBLE...PULASKI...ST. JOSEPH IN...STARKE...STEUBEN...

WABASH...WHITE AND WHITLEY. IN SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN...BERRIEN...

BRANCH...CASS MI...HILLSDALE AND ST. JOSEPH MI. IN NORTHWEST

OHIO...DEFIANCE...FULTON OH...HENRY...PAULDING AND WILLIAMS.



* FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING



* HEAVY RAINFALL EXPECTED MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY WILL CREATE

AN INCREASED RISK FOR FLOODING.



* RIVERS AND STREAMS MAY EXCEED THEIR BANKS AND FLOOD IN FLOOD

PRONE LOCATIONS.



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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