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Ripley County Emergency Management Agency
Friday September 9th, 2016 :: 03:51 p.m. EDT

Advisory

New event. "Flash Flood Watch" from 9/9/2016 8:00 PM to 9/10/2016 6:00 AM EDT for (including) Ripley County:

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
3:46 PM EDT FRI SEP 9 2016

...LOCALLY HEAVY POSSIBLE TONIGHT...

.THE ENVIRONMENT IS EXTREMELY MOIST WHICH IS SUPPORTIVE OF INTENSE RAINFALL RATES. AS A WARM FRONT LIFTS NORTH ACROSS THE WATCH AREA SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL OCCUR. THE GROUND IS VERY MOIST FROM RECENT RAINFALL. WHERE STRONG OR PROLONGED THUNDERSTORMS OCCUR...FLASH FLOODING WILL BE POSSIBLE.
INZ050-058-059-066-073-074-OHZ026-034-035-042;044-051;053-060;062-
070-071-077-100400-
/O.NEW.KILN.FF.A.0007.160910T0000Z-160910T1000Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
WAYNE-FAYETTE IN-UNION IN-FRANKLIN IN-RIPLEY-DEARBORN-HARDIN-
MERCER-AUGLAIZE-DARKE-SHELBY-LOGAN-MIAMI-CHAMPAIGN-CLARK-PREBLE-
MONTGOMERY-GREENE-BUTLER-WARREN-HAMILTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RICHMOND...CONNERSVILLE...LIBERTY...
WEST COLLEGE CORNER...BROOKVILLE...BATESVILLE...MILAN...
VERSAILLES...LAWRENCEBURG...AURORA...KENTON...ADA...CELINA...COLDWATER...WAPAKONETA...ST. MARYS...GREENVILLE...SIDNEY...
BELLEFONTAINE...TROY...PIQUA...TIPP CITY...URBANA...SPRINGFIELD...
EATON...CAMDEN...DAYTON...KETTERING...BEAVERCREEK...FAIRBORN...XENIA...HAMILTON...MIDDLETOWN...FAIRFIELD...OXFORD...MASON...LEBANON...SPRINGBORO...CINCINNATI
3:46 PM EDT FRI SEP 9 2016

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING THROUGH LATE TONIGHT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF INDIANA AND OHIO...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN INDIANA...DEARBORN...FAYETTE IN...
FRANKLIN IN...RIPLEY...UNION IN AND WAYNE. IN OHIO...
AUGLAIZE...BUTLER...CHAMPAIGN...CLARK...DARKE...GREENE...
HAMILTON...HARDIN...LOGAN...MERCER...MIAMI...MONTGOMERY...
PREBLE...SHELBY AND WARREN.

* FROM 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING THROUGH LATE TONIGHT

* SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR AT TIMES THROUGH THE NIGHT. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES IN A SHORT AMOUNT OF TIME ARE POSSIBLE FOR PARTS OF THE AREA...WITH
LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS IN THE STRONGEST STORMS OR IN AREAS WHERE STORMS PERSIST.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

PEOPLE IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD KEEP AN EYE ON THE WEATHER AND BE PREPARED FOR IMMEDIATE ACTION SHOULD HEAVY RAINS AND FLOODING OCCUR OR A FLASH FLOOD WARNING BE ISSUED. AVOID LOW-LYING AREAS, AND BE CAREFUL WHEN APPROACHING HIGHWAY DIPS AND UNDERPASSES.

Further updates at: www.weather.Gov/iln

Address/Location
Ripley County Emergency Management Agency
210 N Monroe St
Versailles, IN 47042

Contact
Emergency: 9-1-1
Non-emergencies: 812-689-0505

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