FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
320 PM EDT THU OCT 8 2009

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WAYNE-FAYETTE IN-UNION IN-FRANKLIN IN-RIPLEY-DEARBORN-HARDIN-
MERCER-AUGLAIZE-DARKE-SHELBY-LOGAN-UNION OH-DELAWARE-MIAMI-
CHAMPAIGN-CLARK-MADISON-FRANKLIN OH-LICKING-PREBLE-MONTGOMERY-
GREENE-FAYETTE OH-PICKAWAY-FAIRFIELD-BUTLER-WARREN-CLINTON-
HAMILTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RICHMOND...CONNERSVILLE...LIBERTY...
BROOKVILLE...VERSAILLES...LAWRENCEBURG...KENTON...CELINA...
WAPAKONETA...GREENVILLE...SIDNEY...BELLEFONTAINE...MARYSVILLE...
DELAWARE...PIQUA...URBANA...SPRINGFIELD...LONDON...COLUMBUS...
NEWARK...EATON...DAYTON...XENIA...WASHINGTON COURT HOUSE...
CIRCLEVILLE...LANCASTER...HAMILTON...LEBANON...WILMINGTON...
CINCINNATI
320 PM EDT THU OCT 8 2009

...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A

* FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF INDIANA AND OHIO...INCLUDING THE
FOLLOWING AREAS...IN INDIANA...DEARBORN...FAYETTE IN...
FRANKLIN IN...RIPLEY...UNION IN AND WAYNE. IN OHIO...
AUGLAIZE...BUTLER...CHAMPAIGN...CLARK...CLINTON...DARKE...
DELAWARE...FAIRFIELD...FAYETTE OH...FRANKLIN OH...GREENE...
HAMILTON...HARDIN...LICKING...LOGAN...MADISON...MERCER...
MIAMI...MONTGOMERY...PICKAWAY...PREBLE...SHELBY...UNION OH AND
WARREN.

* THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING

* WAVES OF LOW PRESSURE WILL RIPPLE ALONG A FRONTAL BOUNDARY
  DRAPED ACROSS THE OHIO RIVER VALLEY TONIGHT AND FRIDAY. THESE
  FEATURES WILL INTERACT WITH A VERY MOIST AIRMASS WHICH WILL
  RESULT IN WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS. RAIN
  WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES. THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL IS EXPECTED NORTH
  OF THE OHIO RIVER WHERE 2 TO AS MUCH AS 4 INCHES OF RAIN MAY
  OCCUR. ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS MAY BE POSSIBLE WHERE THUNDERSTORMS
  TRAIN OVER THE SAME AREA.

* RIVERS ACROSS THE AREA ARE LOW AT THIS TIME. HOWEVER...THE
  ANTICIPATED RAINFALL WILL RESULT IN RISES WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR
  ISOLATED LOCATIONS TO APPROACH FLOOD STAGE. OF EQUAL CONCERN
  WILL BE THE POTENTIAL FOR CREEKS AND STREAMS TO FLOOD AS WELL AS
  POOR DRAINAGE AREAS IN URBAN LOCATIONS.

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.

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Local Cincinnati Mesomap: http://home.fuse.net/sharonvilleweather/mesomap.htm

0.67" of rain from round one of the storm (as of 11:50pm Thursday) at my Personal Weather Station here in western Liberty Township (Butler County)

Looks like round two is about to start.

Will be interesting to see the 24 hour rain totals coming in tomorrow around 7:00am at CoCoRaHS:

http://www.cocorahs.org/ViewData/StateDailyPrecipReports.aspx?state=OH

Mike

CoCoRaHS: OH-BT-01 ("princeton" on the Local 12 iMap)