Northern Ohio Flood Watch for June 12, 2013

FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
335 AM EDT WED JUN 12 2013

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN HEADED TOWARD THE AREA
TONIGHT...

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LUCAS-WOOD-OTTAWA-SANDUSKY-ERIE OH-LORAIN-HANCOCK-SENECA-HURON-
WYANDOT-CRAWFORD-RICHLAND-ASHLAND-MARION-MORROW-KNOX-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TOLEDO...BOWLING GREEN...PORT CLINTON...
FREMONT...SANDUSKY...LORAIN...FINDLAY...TIFFIN...NORWALK...
UPPER SANDUSKY...CAREY...BUCYRUS...MANSFIELD...ASHLAND...MARION...
MOUNT GILEAD...MOUNT VERNON
335 AM EDT WED JUN 12 2013

...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY
AFTERNOON...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A

• FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL OHIO AND NORTHWEST
  OHIO...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN NORTH CENTRAL OHIO...
  ASHLAND...CRAWFORD...ERIE OH...HURON...KNOX...LORAIN...
  MARION...MORROW AND RICHLAND. IN NORTHWEST OHIO...HANCOCK...
  LUCAS...OTTAWA...SANDUSKY...SENECA...WOOD AND WYANDOT.

• FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON

• LOW PRESSURE MOVING ALONG A STALLED FRONT OVER THE AREA WILL
  PRODUCE NUMEROUS STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN FROM THIS
  EVENING INTO EARLY THURSDAY. MUCH OF THE AREA SHOULD SEE AN INCH
  AND A HALF TO 3 INCHES OF RAINFALL FROM THIS SYSTEM.

• MANY AREAS MAY START TO SEE FLOODING FROM THE REPEATED
  THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING. FLOODING PROBLEMS
  WILL LIKELY DEVELOP IN LOW LYING AND URBAN AREAS FIRST THEN
  PROGRESS TO LARGER STREAMS AND THEN TO THE RIVERS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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. STAY TUNED TO WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR
UPDATES

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