Flooding Concerns for Several States

Anticipating around an inch or more of rain in some areas for Thursday, the National Weather Service has a Flood Watch issued for counties in Northern Missouri, Northern and Central Illinois, Northern Indiana, Southern Michigan (five counties), Northern Ohio, Northwest Pennsylvania (Crawford and Erie counties), and Western and Northern New York (counties around Lake Erie and Lake Ontario). Of course, the many inches of snow on the ground will not easily allow the rain to reach the ground, and higher-than-normal temperatures in some areas will definitely help to create large puddles from the melted snow.