Areal Flood Watch

FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 339 PM EST SUN JAN 13 2013 LUCAS-WOOD-OTTAWA-SANDUSKY-ERIE OH-HANCOCK-SENECA-HURON-WYANDOT- CRAWFORD-MARION- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TOLEDO...BOWLING GREEN...PORT CLINTON... FREMONT...SANDUSKY...FINDLAY...TIFFIN...NORWALK... UPPER SANDUSKY...CAREY...BUCYRUS...MARION 339 PM EST SUN JAN 13 2013 ...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING... THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL OHIO AND NORTHWEST OHIO...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN NORTH CENTRAL OHIO...CRAWFORD...ERIE OH...HURON AND MARION. IN NORTHWEST OHIO...HANCOCK...LUCAS... OTTAWA...SANDUSKY...SENECA...WOOD AND WYANDOT. * UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING * ANOTHER ROUND OF MODERATE RAIN WILL OVERSPREAD THE AREA THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. MOST OF NORTHWEST OHIO WILL SEE AN ADDITIONAL QUARTER TO HALF INCH OF RAIN WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. THIS ADDITIONAL RAINFALL ON TOP OF SOILS THAT ARE SATURATED FROM SNOW MELT AND ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN THAT FELL LAST NIGHT...COULD LEAD TO LOCALIZED FLOODING. * LOW LYING AREAS AND SMALL STREAMS ARE ALREADY EXPERIENCING HIGH WATER IN MANY PLACES. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL COULD LEAD TO RISES INTO EARLY EVENING. FLOODING MAY DEVELOP IN LOW-LYING AREAS AND SMALL STREAMS AND EVENTUALLY SPREAD INTO LARGER CREEKS AND RIVERS. RESIDENTS AND BUSINESSES NEAR WATERWAYS SHOULD BE ON THE ALERT FOR RISING WATER INTO THIS EVENING. 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