Flood WARNING issued for Noble, Kosciusko, and LaGrange counties
Flood WATCH for portions of Northern Indiana, Southwest Michigan and Northwest Ohio until late tonight.
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.
More Information from the National Weather Service:
… 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.
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