...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 this afternoon will become more numerous this evening and tonight. With the ground already saturated and rivers and streams running high, the potential for flash flooding will be high. Thunderstorms could produce rainfall rates of 1 to 2 inches per hour. * Additional showers and thunderstorms are expected on Thursday, and the risk for flash flooding will continue through Thursday evening.

The National Weather Service in Wilmington has issued a * Flash Flood Warning for... Northern Shelby County in west central Ohio... Auglaize County in west central Ohio... Mercer County in west central Ohio... * Until 830 PM EDT. * At 431 PM EDT, radar indicated that thunderstorms had produced two to three inches of rain in the warned area. Heavy rain continues to fall over areas that have already received significant rainfall over the past several days. Runoff from this excessive rainfall will cause flash flooding to occur. * Some locations that will experience flooding include... Botkins, 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.