Monroe Chat

Issued by The National Weather Service
Cincinnati/Wilmington, OH
3:48 pm EDT, Wed., Jun. 10, 2009

... FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A

* FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST INDIANA... KENTUCKY AND OHIO... INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS... IN SOUTHEAST INDIANA...
DEARBORN... FRANKLIN IN... OHIO... RIPLEY AND SWITZERLAND. IN KENTUCKY... BOONE... BRACKEN... CAMPBELL... CARROLL... GALLATIN...
GRANT... KENTON... LEWIS... MASON... OWEN... PENDLETON AND ROBERTSON. IN OHIO... ADAMS... BROWN... BUTLER... CLERMONT...
CLINTON... HAMILTON... HIGHLAND... PIKE... SCIOTO AND WARREN.

* FROM 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING

* A MOIST ENVIRONMENT COMBINED WITH A STATIONARY FRONT IN THE OHIO VALLEY AND A SERIES OF UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES WILL BRING PERIODS OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN TO THE AREA. THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR THUNDERSTORMS TO MOVE REPEATEDLY OVER THE SAME AREAS AND PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN AND FLOODING TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY 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.