Like tornadoes, the National Weather Service has a warning system in place for floods and flash floods. And also like tornadoes, the system for flooding uses the same terminology, and can be just ...

TOLEDO, Ohio — All of northwest Ohio is under a flood watch following heavy rain Wednesday and several flood warnings are in effect across the area. With more rain in the forecast, and flood ...

This includes a Flood Watch, Flood Warning, River Flood Warning, Areal Flood Warning, and Flash Flood Warning. There is also an alert called a Flash Flood Emergency, but this is very rare.