{
  "schema_version": 1,
  "slug": "flood-watch",
  "title": "Flood Watch",
  "canonical_url": "https://signalmeaning.com/signals/flood-watch/",
  "json_url": "https://signalmeaning.com/data/signals/flood-watch.json",
  "summary": "Multiple regional weather outlets reporting issued flood watches and storm threats (flooding, damaging winds, tornado risk).",
  "why_now": "Recent storm reports and official flood watches/warnings published by multiple local outlets created immediate, clustered coverage that produced the spike.",
  "evidence_summary": "- News cluster about storms bringing threat of floods, damaging winds and tornadoes (NBC New York). - Local updates showing Flood Watch issued for Logan and Champaign Counties (Peak of Ohio). - Live updates and Flood Warning issuance in multiple counties (WHIO TV). - Why this is trending text explicitly ties trending to these flood-related news items.",
  "caveat": "Signal Type: Local News / Civic Event",
  "collected_at": "Thu, 20 Aug 2026 02:40:00 -0700",
  "signal_type": "Local News / Civic Event",
  "score": 88.0,
  "score_field": "adjusted_score",
  "state": "PUBLISH",
  "evidence": [
    "Storms to bring threat of floods, damaging winds, even tornadoes to part of tri-state - NBC New York",
    "UPDATE: Flood Watch issued for Logan and Champaign Counties - Peak of Ohio"
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "label": "Storms to bring threat of floods, damaging winds, even tornadoes to part of tri-state - NBC New York",
      "source": "NBC New York",
      "url": "https://news.google.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?oc=5"
    }
  ],
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