Full Notification

National Weather Service has issued a Flood Watch for Steuben County for Thursday, 2/20/2014.

FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
1128 AM EST WED FEB 19 2014

...FLOODING POTENTIAL THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT...

.RAIN ON THURSDAY COMBINED WITH MELTING SNOW WILL BRING A RISK FOR FLOODING TO MANY AREAS THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT. 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.