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... OHZ003-006>010-017>019-027>030-036-037-047-121545- /O.NEW.KCLE.FA.A.0004.130612T2200Z-130613T1700Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ 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 &&