Weather July 19 2015 Flash Flood Warning Statement as of 2:46 PM EDT on July 19, 2015 The National Weather Service in northern Indiana has issued a * Flash Flood Warning for... northern Paulding County in west central Ohio... northern Putnam County in west central Ohio... southeastern Henry County in northwestern Ohio... southern Defiance County in northwestern Ohio... * until 545 PM EDT * at 243 PM EDT... Doppler radar indicated an area of thunderstorms persisting over the same locations. Radar estimates that 1 to locally over 2 inches of rain has fallen in the past hour across the warning area. Flash flooding is expected to begin shortly. An additional inch of rain or more may fall in the area through 4 PM EDT. * Some locations that will experience flooding include... Defiance... Paulding... Leipsic... Deshler... Antwerp... Payne... Continental... Holgate... Oakwood... Hamler... Latty... Cecil... Belmore... Broughton... New Bavaria... Wisterman... Ayersville... Charloe... Arthur and Pleasant Bend. Precautionary/preparedness actions... Move to higher ground now. Act quickly to protect your life. Turn around... dont drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood deaths occur in vehicles. Lat... Lon 4112 8388 4108 8480 4125 8480 4132 8388 Fisher 1052 am EDT sun Jul 19 2015 the Flood Warning has been extended for the Maumee River at Napoleon * from Monday evening to Tuesday evening. * At 7 am Sunday the stage was 7.1 feet and rising. * Minor flooding is forecast. * Flood stage is 12.0 feet. * Forecast... the river will rise to near flood stage around 8 PM Monday July 20. * At 12.0 feet... flooding of farm land and possibly some secondary roads near the river begins. * This crest compares to a previous crest of 12.3 feet which occurred on Apr 28 2011. Lat... Lon 4131 8431 4146 8407 4141 8401 4129 8415 4128 8431 1052 am EDT sun Jul 19 2015 the Flood Warning has been extended for the Maumee River near Defiance * from Monday morning to late Tuesday night. * At 10 am Sunday the stage was 8.9 feet and rising. * Minor flooding is forecast. * Flood stage is 10.0 feet. * Forecast... the river will rise above flood stage Monday morning and crest near 10.3 feet around 8 PM Monday July 20 and fall below flood stage around 5 am Tuesday July 21. * At 10.0 feet... flooding occurs in Kingsbury and Pontiac Parks. * This crest compares to a previous crest of 10.2 feet which occurred on Apr 7 2009. Lat... Lon 4121 8465 4127 8467 4131 8431 4128 8431 #weather Special Statement Statement as of 2:17 PM EDT on July 19, 2015 ... An area of strong thunderstorms will affect northern Paulding... northern Putnam... southeastern Henry and southeastern Defiance counties... At 214 PM EDT... NWS Doppler radar indicated several thunderstorms developing and expanding eastward across portions of Putnam... Henry... Defiance and Paulding counties. These storms were moving east at 40 mph. Winds in excess of 40 mph and pea size hail are possible with this storm. In addition... torrential rainfall is likely to accompany these storms with rainfall rates of 1 to 2 inches per hour possible with the stronger storms. Locations impacted include... Defiance... Paulding... Leipsic... Deshler... Antwerp... Holgate... Hamler... Cecil... Belmore... New Bavaria... North Creek... Gallup... Wisterman... Prentiss... Ayersville... Charloe... Standley... Arthur... Elery and Pleasant Bend. Frequent cloud to ground lightning is occurring with this storm. Lightning can strike 15 miles away from a thunderstorm. Seek a safe shelter inside a building or vehicle. These storms may intensify... so be certain to monitor local radio and TV stations... as well as local cable TV outlets... for additional information and possible warnings from the National Weather Service. Lat... Lon 4111 8480 4124 8479 4132 8388 4112 8388 time... Mot... loc 1814z 262deg 38kt 4119 8458