India, July 22 -- A flash flood warning is in effect for parts of Ohio as heavy rain and severe storms move through the region with tornado reports also coming in from nearby areas.

According to the weather alert, a flash flood warning remains in effect until 5:30pm EDT this afternoon for southwestern Guernsey, Muskingum and northwestern Noble counties. At 4:03pm EDT, Doppler radar showed thunderstorms producing heavy rain across the warned area, with between 1.5 and 3 inches of rain already having fallen. Additional rainfall of 0.5 to 1.5 inches is possible in the warned area, and flash flooding is already happening, the alert said.

Flash Flood Warning for Morgan, OH, Perry, OH & Washington, OH until 8:00pm EDT.

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