Hazardous Wether Potential

[Ted Jacobson]

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
404 AM EDT THU APR 21 2011

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING
    THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A

* ROUNDS OF SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED FRIDAY INTO SATURDAY. DUE TO
   RECENT RAINS...THE GROUND REMAINS WET.  STREAM LEVELS ARE
   ELEVATED IN MANY COUNTIES.  RAIN AMOUNTS OF OVER AN INCH MAY
   CAUSE RENEWED SMALL STREAM FLOODING.

* DURING AND AFTER THIS RAIN EVENT...SOME RIVERS MAY ALSO BE
   VULNERABLE TO FLOODING. EVEN THE OHIO RIVER IS NOT IMMUNE.

THE HOCKING RIVER IN ATHENS COUNTY WILL REMAIN JUST ABOVE FLOOD
STAGE INTO THE AFTERNOON. ROADS NEAR THE RIVER MAY HAVE STANDING
WATER OR FLOWING WATER ACROSS THEM. OBEY ANY ROAD CLOSURES...
DO NOT DRIVE AROUND BARRICADES.
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TABULAR FORECAST FOR SOUTHEAST OHIO
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
604 AM EDT THU APR 21 2011

ROWS INCLUDE...
DAILY PREDOMINANT DAYTIME WEATHER 6AM-6PM
FORECAST TEMPERATURES...EARLY MORNING LOW/DAYTIME HIGH
PROBABILITY OF PRECIPITATION NIGHTTIME 6PM-6AM/DAYTIME 6AM-6PM

FCST     FCST     FCST     FCST     FCST     FCST     FCST
TODAY    FRI      SAT      SUN      MON      TUE      WED
APR 21   APR 22   APR 23   APR 24   APR 25   APR 26   APR 27
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PTCLDY   TSTRMS   TSTRMS   TSTRMS   PTCLDY   PTCLDY   MOCLDY
--/60    44/57    54/75    54/72    53/78    58/81    57/78
--/00    40/90    70/70    50/50    40/30    40/20    20/30

...SYNOPSIS...

A COOLER AIRMASS IS IN PLACE FOR TODAY...AS HIGH PRESSURE KEEPS US
DRY.  MORNING LOW CLOUDS WILL GIVE WAY TO SOME SUNSHINE.

CLOUDS WILL LOWER AND THICKEN THIS EVENING...AS A WARM FRONT
APPROACHES FROM THE TENNESSEE VALLEY.  RAIN SHOWERS WILL START TO
APPEAR FROM SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST AFTER MIDNIGHT.

THE WARM FRONT WILL GRADUALLY LIFT NORTH FRIDAY AFTERNOON INTO
FRIDAY NIGHT...AS A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM LIFTS INTO THE GREAT LAKE
STATES.  THE ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT WILL LIKELY BECOME NEARLY
STATIONARY IN THE OHIO VALLEY FOR SATURDAY INTO SUNDAY.

AS A RESULT...CONVECTIVE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS REMAIN IN THE
FORECAST.  AT LEAST...THE WARMER TEMPERATURES ON SATURDAY...SHOULD
CONTINUE ON EASTER SUNDAY...AND INTO THE NEW WORK WEEK.

WE WILL AGAIN HAVE TO MONITOR RAIN AMOUNTS ON FRIDAY INTO SATURDAY
FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF FLOODING...ESPECIALLY ACROSS OHIO AND THE
NORTHERN HALF OF WEST VIRGINIA.

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