HYDROLOGIC OUTLOOKNATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
NORTHERN INDIANA714 AM EDT WED APR 9 2008..
.HEAVY RAINFALL THURSDAY AFTERNOON INTO FRIDAY MORNING MAYCAUSE FLOODING...HEAVY RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAYMORNING. WIDESPREAD ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN IS EXPECTED ACROSSMUCH OF THE AREA...WITH SOME SPOTS RECEIVING AS MUCH AS 3 TO 4INCHES DURING THIS PERIOD. THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL IS EXPECTED TOOCCUR THURSDAY NIGHT...WHICH MAY RESULT IN FLOODING ON SMALLSTREAMS...CREEKS...ROADS AND LOW LYING AREAS.A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE FROM THE SOUTHERN PLAINS WEDNESDAYEVENING TO CENTRAL IOWA BY FRIDAY MORNING. WARM AND EXTREMELYMOIST AIR WILL MOVE NORTH IN ADVANCE OF THIS LOW INTO THE SOUTHERNGREAT LAKES WITH SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS BECOMING MORE PROBABLE THROUGHOUT THE DAY ON THURSDAY. WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH HEAVY RAINFALL...WILL CONTINUE THURSDAYNIGHT. THE STORMS WILL END FROM WEST TO EAST FRIDAY MORNING AS ACOLD FRONT SWEEPS ACROSS THE AREA. THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF RAIN DURINGTHIS RELATIVE SHORT PERIOD OF TIME MAY RESULT IN SUFFICIENT RUNOFFFOR FLOODING OF RIVERS...CREEKS...STREAMS AND LOW LYING AREASEASILY PRONE TO FLOODING. RENEWED FLOODING OF LARGER RIVERS ISALSO POSSIBLE BY THIS WEEKEND.FOR CURRENT RIVER LEVELS AND RIVER FORECAST INFORMATION ACROSSNORTHERN INDIANA...SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN AND NORTHWESTOHIO...