HE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A

* FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL OHIO...NORTHEAST
 OHIO AND NORTHWEST OHIO...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN
 NORTH CENTRAL OHIO...ASHLAND...CRAWFORD...KNOX...MARION...
 MORROW AND RICHLAND. IN NORTHEAST OHIO...HOLMES...MAHONING...
 MEDINA...PORTAGE...STARK...SUMMIT...TRUMBULL AND WAYNE. IN
 NORTHWEST OHIO...HANCOCK AND WYANDOT.

* THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING

* RAINFALL IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP FROM WEST TO EAST ACROSS
  NORTHERN OHIO THIS EVENING. THE RAINFALL WILL INCREASE IN
  INTENSITY OVERNIGHT AND CONTINUE INTO THE DAYLIGHT HOURS FRIDAY.
  WIDESPREAD AMOUNTS OF TWO TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN ARE EXPECTED
  WITHIN THE WATCH AREA BY FRIDAY EVENING. ISOLATED AREAS
  EXCEEDING FOUR INCHES ARE POSSIBLE. THE RAIN WILL BECOME
  INTERMITTENT FRIDAY AFTERNOON...BEFORE COMING TO AN END BY FRIDAY
  EVENING.

* SOIL MOISTURE IS NEAR NORMAL FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR ACROSS THE
  AREA. FLOODING WILL BE MOST LIKELY IN AREAS THAT RECEIVE MORE
  THAN THREE INCHES OF RAINFALL OVERNIGHT. BASED ON CURRENT
  FORECASTS... THE GREATEST RISK EXCEEDING THREE INCHES OF RAIN IS
  ALONG AND SOUTH OF US ROUTE 30.

FLOODING OF CREEKS...SMALL STREAMS...AND LOW LYING ROADWAYS IS
POSSIBLE OVERNIGHT AND FRIDAY. FLOODING MAY BE POSSIBLE ALONG
LARGER RIVERS FRIDAY. RIVERS INCLUDED IN THE WATCH AREA INCLUDE
THE BLANCHARD RIVER...UPPER SCIOTO RIVER...HEADWATERS OF THE
MUSKINGUM RIVER BASIN INCLUDING KILLBUCK CREEK...AND THE MAHONING
RIVER.

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. STAY TUNED TO WEATHER RADIO OR OTHER RADIO AND TV
STATIONS FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES