...FLASH FLOOD WATCH NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... The Flash Flood Watch is now in effect for * Portions of East Central Indiana and Ohio, including the following areas, in East Central Indiana, Fayette IN, Union IN, and Wayne. In Ohio, Auglaize, Champaign, Darke, Delaware, Hardin, Logan, Mercer, Miami, Preble, Shelby, and Union OH. * Until 8 PM EDT this evening * With the ground already saturated, additional scattered showers and thunderstorms this afternoon and evening could result in new instances of flash flooding. Localized rainfall of 1 to 2 inches will be possible in the heaviest storm activity. This may result in flash flooding with lighter rainfall amounts than would otherwise be expected.

The National Weather Service in Wilmington has issued a * Flood Warning for... Shelby County in west central Ohio... Logan County in west central Ohio... Central Auglaize County in west central Ohio... Hardin County in west central Ohio... Northern Union County in central Ohio... * Until 500 PM EDT Tuesday. * At 852 AM EDT, local law enforcement reported flooding is occurring in Hardin, Shelby, Logan, and Union Counties. Several roads are closed or have high water. Up to two inches of rain have already fallen. Radar indicated that additional very slow moving moderate to at times heavy rainfall will move across the area this morning. An additional inch to upwards of two inches will be possible this morning. Runoff from this excessive rainfall will cause flooding to continue to occur. * Some locations that will experience flooding include... Sidney, Bellefontaine, Kenton, New Bremen, Minster, Richwood, Newport, Anna, Fort Loramie, Jackson Center, Russells Point, De Graff, Botkins, Lakeview, New Knoxville, Waynesfield, Belle Center, West Mansfield, Chippewa Park and Hardin.