Flood watch in effect

January 07, 2008 06:58 am

— 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.

FOR MORE INFORMATION VISIT OUR WEB SITE AT WEATHER.GOV/IWX