...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING... The Flash Flood Watch continues for * Portions of Indiana, Kentucky, and Ohio, including the following areas, in Indiana, Dearborn, Fayette IN, Franklin IN, Ohio, Ripley, Switzerland, Union IN, and Wayne. In Kentucky, Boone, Bracken, Campbell, Carroll, Gallatin, Grant, Kenton, Lewis, Mason, Owen, Pendleton, and Robertson. In Ohio, Adams, Auglaize, Brown, Butler, Champaign, Clark, Clermont, Clinton, Darke, Delaware, Fairfield, Fayette OH, Franklin OH, Greene, Hamilton, Hardin, Highland, Hocking, Licking, Logan, Madison, Mercer, Miami, Montgomery, Pickaway, Pike, Preble, Ross, Scioto, Shelby, Union OH, and Warren. * Through Thursday evening * Scattered showers and thunderstorms will continue at times through Thursday afternoon. Although coverage of storms may briefly decrease later tonight, runoff from earlier excessive rainfall will continue to lead to flooding through the overnight period. Renewed storm activity late Thursday morning may act to worsen existing flooding across the region. * Additional showers and thunderstorms are expected on Thursday, and the risk for flash flooding will continue through Thursday evening, with up to an additional inch possible through this time period.

The National Weather Service in Wilmington has extended the * Flash Flood Warning for... Northern Shelby County in west central Ohio... Auglaize County in west central Ohio... Mercer County in west central Ohio... * Until 130 AM EDT Thursday. * At 730 PM EDT, radar indicated that two to four inches of rain have fallen in the warning area. Local emergency management is reporting that several roads have closed due to high water. Additional thunderstorms will produce heavy rainfall this evening, leading to continued flash flooding. * Some locations that will experience flooding include... Botkins, Jackson Center, Kettlersville, New Bremen, New Knoxville, Bulkhead, Wabash, Montezuma, Chickasaw, Maria Stein, Minster, McCartyville, Tama, Chattanooga, Coldwater, St. Henry, St. Marys, Moulton, Fryburg, Anna and Lake Loramie State Park.