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Flood Warning Issued by NWS NorthernIndiana (Northern Indiana and Northeastern Ohio)

Indiana Target Area: Adams, Allen, Blackford, Grant, Huntington, Jay, Miami, Wabash, and Wells Counties.

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS EXTENDED THE FLOOD WARNING FOR URBAN AREAS AND SMALL STREAMS IN ADAMS COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN INDIANA, ALLEN COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN INDIANA, NORTHERN BLACKFORD COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL INDIANA, NORTHERN GRANT COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA, HUNTINGTON COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN INDIANA, NORTHERN JAY COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL INDIANA,  MIAMI COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL INDIANA, WABASH COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL INDIANA, AND WELLS COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN INDIANA UNTIL 600 AM EDT/500 AM CDT TUESDAY.

AT 816 PM EDT DOPPLER RADAR AND AUTOMATED RAIN GAUGES INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN WERE MOVING BACK OVER THE AREA WHICH WILL EXACERBATE ONGOING FLOODING. UP TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAVE ALREADY FALLEN THIS AFTERNOON WITH AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES AND LOCALLY HIGHER LIKELY THROUGH MIDNIGHT. ALREADY ELEVATED RIVER AND STREAM LEVELS COUPLED WITH WET SOILS WILL RESULT IN SIGNIFICANT FLOODING IN SOME AREAS.

SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE FORT WAYNE, MARION, HUNTINGTON, NEW HAVEN, PERU, WABASH, BLUFFTON, DECATUR, NORTH MANCHESTER, BERNE, OSSIAN, GRISSOM AFB, MONTPELIER, GENEVA, MONROEVILLE, SWEETSER, ANDREWS, MARKLE, BUNKER HILL AND LA FONTAINE.

Instructions: EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES IN URBAN AREAS. ADDITIONALLY THE COUNTRY ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS, STREAMS AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.

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