A flash flood watch for Butler County and most of the region is in effect Thursday from 11 a.m. to 11 p.m., according to the National Weather Service in Pittsburgh. The watch extends through east central Ohio to western Pennsylvania and northern West Virginia.

Hundreds of area homeowners are already tending to damaged properties. And municipal street departments and utility workers are making assorted repairs, while weary emergency crews catch up on well-deserved rest in the aftermath of flooding over the past two days.

But more storms are predicted today.

Only scattered homes and businesses remain without electricity in the county. West Penn Power's outage map showed a combined 103 customers — in or around Connoquenessing and Summit townships and in the Cabot area — had no service as of 8:20 a.m.

Central Electric Cooperative reported no outages.

Countless roads, especially those in the southern part of the county, that were closed during the peak of the flooding have since reopened. But a number of them need significant repairs.

Weather watchers reported portions of southern Butler County received up to 5 inches of rain between the latter half of Tuesday and early Wednesday. A much smaller amount of rain fell later Wednesday, but mercifully moved out early.

The weather service says showers and storms will develop once again today, with the chance that some storms will contain heavy rain.

Officials warn that because the ground is already saturated, it will take little additional rainfall to cause flooding

The forecast for Friday looks generally precipitation free, but rain is slated to return Saturday.

The Eagle will keep readers up to date on any developments throughout the day.