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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
ISSUED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
1050 AM EDT WED MAY 7 2025
...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A
FLOOD WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN OHIO...
BLANCHARD RIVER AT OTTAWA AFFECTING PUTNAM COUNTY.
FOR THE BLANCHARD RIVER...INCLUDING OTTAWA...MINOR FLOODING IS
FORECAST.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE AROUND BARRICADES OR DRIVE
CARS THROUGH FLOODED AREAS.
DETAILED RIVER FORECASTS AND ADDITIONAL INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND AT
WWW.WEATHER.GOV/IWX UNDER RIVERS AND LAKES.
THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED LATE TONIGHT AT 1230 AM EDT.
OHC137-080430-
/O.NEW.KIWX.FL.W.0029.250508T0000Z-250510T0000Z/
/OTTO1.1.ER.250508T0000Z.250508T1200Z.250509T0000Z.NO/
1050 AM EDT WED MAY 7 2025
..FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING TO THURSDAY NIGHT
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...BLANCHARD RIVER AT OTTAWA.
* WHEN...FROM THIS EVENING TO THURSDAY NIGHT.
* IMPACTS...AT 23.0 FEET, LOWLAND FLOODING OCCURS MAINLY IN SOUTH
OTTAWA. FLOOD WATER ALSO GETS INTO LOW FARMLANDS.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 9:30 AM EDT WEDNESDAY THE STAGE WAS 22.3 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE
THIS EVENING TO A CREST OF 23.3 FEET TOMORROW MORNING. IT
WILL THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE TOMORROW EVENING.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 23.0 FEET.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
LAT...LON 4103 8429 4107 8429 4108 8404 4100 8401
4104 8416
CP
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