FLASH FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 908 AM EDT WED AUG 28 2013 PERRY-MORGAN-ATHENS-WASHINGTON-MEIGS-MASON-JACKSON WV-WOOD- PLEASANTS-TYLER-PUTNAM-KANAWHA-ROANE-WIRT-CALHOUN-RITCHIE- DODDRIDGE-CLAY-BRAXTON-GILMER-LEWIS-HARRISON-TAYLOR-FAYETTE- NICHOLAS-WEBSTER-UPSHUR-BARBOUR-POCAHONTAS-RANDOLPH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEW LEXINGTON...CROOKSVILLE... SOMERSET...MCCONNELSVILLE...STOCKPORT...ATHENS...MARIETTA... BELPRE...POMEROY...POINT PLEASANT...NEW HAVEN...RAVENSWOOD... RIPLEY...PARKERSBURG...VIENNA...ST. MARYS...BELMONT... PADEN CITY...SISTERSVILLE...MIDDLEBOURNE...TEAYS VALLEY... HURRICANE...CHARLESTON...SOUTH CHARLESTON...SAINT ALBANS... SPENCER...ELIZABETH...GRANTSVILLE...HARRISVILLE...PENNSBORO... WEST UNION...CLAY...SUTTON...GASSAWAY...BURNSVILLE...GLENVILLE... WESTON...CLARKSBURG...BRIDGEPORT...GRAFTON...OAK HILL... FAYETTEVILLE...SUMMERSVILLE...RICHWOOD...CRAIGSVILLE... WEBSTER SPRINGS...BUCKHANNON...PHILIPPI...BELINGTON...MARLINTON... ELKINS 908 AM EDT WED AUG 28 2013 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST OHIO AND WEST VIRGINIA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN SOUTHEAST OHIO... ATHENS...MORGAN...MEIGS...PERRY AND WASHINGTON. IN WEST VIRGINIA...BARBOUR...BRAXTON...CALHOUN...CLAY...DODDRIDGE... FAYETTE...GILMER...HARRISON...JACKSON WV...KANAWHA...LEWIS... MASON...NICHOLAS...PLEASANTS...POCAHONTAS...PUTNAM... RANDOLPH...RITCHIE...ROANE...TAYLOR...TYLER...UPSHUR... WEBSTER...WIRT AND WOOD. * THROUGH THIS EVENING * SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCED HEAVY RAIN ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE WATCH AREA THIS MORNING...WITH SOME AREAS SEEING ALMOST 3 INCHES OF RAIN. ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AS A COLD FRONT MOVES INTO THE AREA. THE HEAVY RAIN...FALLING ON THE ALREADY SATURATED GROUND...COULD RESULT IN FLASH FLOODING. * RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES IN LESS THAN 3 HOURS COULD INITIATE WATER PROBLEMS. OF COURSE...LESSER AMOUNTS OF RAIN WILL STILL CAUSE THE USUAL STREET AND POOR DRAINAGE FLOODING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED. &&
Posted on: Wed, 28 Aug 2013 13:36:45 +0000
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