SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 575 REMAINS VALID UNTIL 5 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS IN INDIANA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 10 COUNTIES IN NORTH CENTRAL INDIANA KOSCIUSKO IN NORTHERN INDIANA ADAMS BLACKFORD GRANT HUNTINGTON JAY MIAMI WABASH WELLS WHITLEY THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF BERNE, BLUFFTON, COLUMBIA CITY, DECATUR, DUNKIRK, GAS CITY, GRISSOM AFD, HARTFORD CITY, HUNTINGTON, MARION, MEXICO, MONTPELIER, NORTH MANCHESTER, OSSIAN, PERU, PORTLAND, ROANOKE, SOUTH WHITLEY, TRI-LAKES, UPLAND, WABASH, WARSAW, AND WINONA LAKE.

At 121 PM EDT /1221 PM CDT/, Doppler radar and automated rain gauges indicated thunderstorms producing heavy rain from Royal Center to near Grissom Air Reserve Base. Between 3 and 4 inches of rain have fallen. Additional rainfall amounts of 0.5 to 1 inch are possible in the warned area. Flash flooding is already occurring. HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms. SOURCE...Radar and automated gauges. IMPACT...Flash flooding of small creeks and streams, urban areas, highways, streets and underpasses as well as other poor drainage and low-lying areas. Some locations that will experience flash flooding include... Marion, Logansport, Peru, Wabash, Bluffton, Portland, Hartford City, Rochester, Gas City, Upland, Knox, Fairmount, Winamac, Dunkirk, Grissom Afb, Albany, Montpelier, North Judson, Jonesboro and Culver. The heaviest rainfall will be ending over the warning area through 3 pm EDT, but runoff will continue to pose a threat of flash flooding.

...The National Weather Service in Northern Indiana has issued a Flood Warning for the following rivers in Indiana... Mississinewa River near Marion affecting Wabash, Grant and Miami Counties. Salamonie River below Warren affecting Jay, Huntington, Blackford, Wabash and Wells Counties. .Heavy rainfall has fell across portions of the Upper Wabash basin over the past 24 to 48 hours. Additional rainfall is expected. For the Mississinewa River...including Marion...Minor flooding is forecast. For the Salamonie River...including Warren, Portland...Minor flooding is forecast. * WHAT...Minor flooding is forecast. * WHERE...Salamonie River below Warren. * WHEN...From this afternoon to Friday evening. * IMPACTS...At 12.0 feet, The river reaches flood stage with minor flooding of low agricultural land and roads nearest the river. Belleville Road and East Flowing Well Road northwest of Warren become impassable and isolated nearby residences. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS... - At 10:45 AM EDT Wednesday the stage was 10.5 feet. - Forecast...The river is expected to rise above flood stage late this afternoon to a crest of 13.1 feet just after midnight tonight. It will then fall below flood stage tomorrow evening. - Flood stage is 12.0 feet. - http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 575 IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM EDT /4 PM CDT/ THIS AFTERNOON FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS IN INDIANA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 17 COUNTIES IN NORTH CENTRAL INDIANA KOSCIUSKO IN NORTHERN INDIANA ADAMS BLACKFORD CASS IN FULTON IN GRANT HUNTINGTON JAY LA PORTE MARSHALL MIAMI PULASKI STARKE WABASH WELLS WHITE WHITLEY THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF AKRON, BASS LAKE, BERNE, BLUFFTON, BREMEN, BROOKSTON, COLUMBIA CITY, CULVER, DECATUR, DUNKIRK, FRANCESVILLE, GAS CITY, GRISSOM AFD, HARTFORD CITY, HUNTINGTON, KNOX, LA PORTE, LOGANSPORT, MARION, MEDARYVILLE, MEXICO, MICHIGAN CITY, MONON, MONTICELLO, MONTPELIER, NORTH JUDSON, NORTH MANCHESTER, OSSIAN, PERU, PLYMOUTH, PORTLAND, ROANOKE, ROCHESTER, ROYAL CENTER, SOUTH WHITLEY, TRI-LAKES, UPLAND, WABASH, WARSAW, WINAMAC, AND WINONA LAKE.

* WHAT...Flooding caused by excessive rainfall continues to be possible. * WHERE...Portions of northern Indiana, including the following areas, Adams, Allen IN, Blackford, Cass IN, Fulton IN, Grant, Huntington, Jay, Marshall, Miami, Northern Kosciusko, Pulaski, Southern Kosciusko, Southern La Porte, Starke, Wabash, Wells and Whitley and northwest Ohio, including the following areas, Allen OH and Van Wert. * WHEN...Until 11 PM EDT /10 PM CDT/ this evening. * IMPACTS...Excessive runoff may result in flooding of rivers, creeks, streams, and other low-lying and flood-prone locations. Flooding may occur in poor drainage and urban areas. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS... - 2 to 5 inches of rain fell across much of the area yesterday with isolated pockets of over 6 inches. Additional heavy rain is possible later this morning and again during the afternoon. Rainfall rates of 1 to 2 inches per hour are possible in thunderstorms. This may lead to additional flooding, especially in areas that received very heavy rain yesterday. - http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood