Areal flooding usually happens more than six hours after rain begins to fall, and results in a gradual buildup of water in low-lying areas, the NWS said. Areal flooding can still threaten life and ...

A Flood Watch is issued when conditions are favorable for flooding within the next 36 hours. A Flood Advisory is issued when ...

Flooding is one of the most dangerous natural disasters that we don't think about as often as tornadoes.For Thursday of Indiana's Severe Weather Prepardness Wee ...

The first of these is Flash Flooding. This usually happens very quickly from rapidly rising water levels in stream and runoffs. Then there’s Areal Flooding. This is the gradual build of water levels ...

Parts of Chicago area under Flood Warning, boil water alerts Parts of the Chicago area are under flood alerts and boil water orders on Sunday.

As of midnight Sunday, Anderson, Loudon, McMinn, Meigs and Roane Counties are under an Areal Flood Warning until 4:30 a.m. A Flood Warning is in effect for Rhea, Meigs and Bledsoe counties until 4 ...