DAYTON — UPDATE @ 12 a.m.:
A Flood Warning has been issued for Union County, Indiana until 7 a.m. on Thursday.
A Flood Warning is in effect for Darke and Preble counties, as well as Union and Wayne counties in Indiana, until 1 p.m. on Thursday.
A Flood Watch has been extended to 11 a.m. on Friday for the entire region.
A Flood Watch for Randolph County, Indiana has been extended to 12 a.m. on Friday.
INITIAL REPORT:
A Flash Flood Emergency has been issued for Wayne County, Indiana, until 8:15 p.m.
In Indiana, Wayne County is under a Level 3 Travel Warning, Randolph County is under a Level 2 Travel Watch, and Union County is under a Level 1 Travel Advisory.
Life-threatening flash flooding is ongoing in Wayne County, Indiana. Move to higher ground and don’t travel unless absolutely necessary. This is Storm Center 7 Meteorologist Ryan Marando.
All of the Miami Valley is under some sort of flood alert. Rivers, creeks, and streams are starting to overflow. Roads may easily flood. Please don’t drive through flooded roads. Turn around, don’t drown.
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Wayne County and Union County in Indiana are seeing life-threatening flash flooding this Wednesday afternoon. Move to higher ground if you live in this area. Do not travel unless it’s absolutely necessary or if an evacuation has been ordered. Several inches of rain have fallen in this area, with even more heading through the rest of the afternoon.
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While the threat for severe weather is lower than Tuesday, a few storms may come with damaging straight-line winds. Not nearly as widespread, though. The serious concern is for continued flooding storms through the afternoon hours. This should be tapering off past 8 p.m. this evening.
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