Flash Flood Watch August 22 at 3:43PM EDT until August 23 at 11:00AM EDT from NWS Charleston (West Virginia) Alert for Barbour; Boone; Braxton; Cabell; Calhoun; Clay; Doddridge; Gilmer; Harrison; Jackson; Kanawha; Lewis; Lincoln; Mason; Pleasants; Putnam; Randolph; Ritchie; Roane; Taylor; Tyler; Upshur; Webster; Wirt; Wood (West Virginia) Urgency is Expected Severity is Severe Certainty is Possible FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING, THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR • PORTIONS OF CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA, NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA, SOUTHERN WEST VIRGINIA AND WESTERN WEST VIRGINIA, INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS, IN CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA, BRAXTON, CALHOUN, CLAY, GILMER, JACKSON WV, ROANE, TAYLOR AND WEBSTER. IN NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA, BARBOUR, DODDRIDGE, HARRISON, LEWIS, PLEASANTS, RANDOLPH, RITCHIE, TYLER, UPSHUR, WIRT AND WOOD. IN SOUTHERN WEST VIRGINIA, BOONE, KANAWHA, LINCOLN AND PUTNAM. IN WESTERN WEST VIRGINIA, CABELL AND MASON. • THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING • SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCED HEAVY RAIN ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE WATCH AREA YESTERDAY, WITH SOME AREAS SEEING ALMOST 2 INCHES OF RAIN. ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND STORMS HAVE DEVELOPED ACROSS THE REGION, AND THE THREAT OF HEAVY RAIN MAY CONTINUE THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. 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. 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: Thu, 22 Aug 2013 23:33:42 +0000
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