Hazardous Weather Potential

[Ted Jacobson]

SPECIAL NOTE TO SUBSCRIBERS:

As we prepare for the traditional Spring Flood Season, USGS and
its partners have rolled out two new stream monitoring products:

(1) WaterAlert: which allows you to receive text or email when a given
     stream reaches or exceeds a Stage or Flow value you specify; and
(2) StreaMail: which allows you to query a specific stream gauge
     by text or email to request its most recent Stage & Flow values.

These two services are now available nationwide for select river gauges,
including 6 in the Hocking River watershed.  Additional details at:
http://climate.athens.oh.us/WaterAlert.html
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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
423 AM EST WED FEB 23 2011

...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY EVENING THROUGH
    FRIDAY MORNING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A

* FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST KENTUCKY...SOUTHEAST
  OHIO AND WEST VIRGINIA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN
  NORTHEAST KENTUCKY...BOYD...CARTER...GREENUP AND LAWRENCE KY.
  IN SOUTHEAST OHIO...ATHENS...GALLIA...JACKSON OH...LAWRENCE
  OH...MORGAN...MEIGS...VINTON AND WASHINGTON. IN WEST
  VIRGINIA...CABELL...DODDRIDGE...HARRISON...JACKSON WV...
  MASON...PLEASANTS...PUTNAM...RITCHIE...TYLER...WAYNE...WIRT
  AND WOOD.

* FROM THURSDAY EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING

* A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE OVER THE REGION THURSDAY NIGHT
   AND FRIDAY MORNING. THIS SYSTEM WILL BRING 1 TO 3 INCHES OF
   RAIN. WITH THE GROUND ALREADY SATURATED FROM PREVIOUS
   RAINS...FLOODING IS POSSIBLE.

* THE SHADE RIVER...HOCKING RIVER...LITTLE SANDY RIVER...RACCOON
   CREEK...MONDAY CREEK...AND SYMMES CREEK ARE ESPECIALLY
   VULNERABLE TO FLOODING.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING BASED ON
CURRENT FORECASTS.

YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE
FLOOD WARNINGS. THOSE LIVING IN AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING SHOULD BE
PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLOODING DEVELOP.
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TABULAR FORECAST FOR SOUTHEAST OHIO
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
437 AM EST WED FEB 23 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    THU      FRI      SAT      SUN      MON      TUE
FEB 23   FEB 24   FEB 25   FEB 26   FEB 27   FEB 28   MAR 01
======   ======   ======   ======   ======   ======   ======
PTCLDY   RAIN     RNSNOW   PTCLDY   MOCLDY   MOCLDY   PTCLDY
--/46    36/46    36/41    26/45    31/50    37/51    35/48
--/00    10/100  100/70    10/10    30/40    30/40    40/20

...SYNOPSIS...

STUBBORN LOW CLOUDS WILL GRADUALLY ERODE AWAY BY EARLY AFTERNOON
WITH WARMER TEMPERATURES. THIS WILL BE A BRIEF RESPITE BEFORE THE
NEXT WET SYSTEM APPROACHES.

AN APPROACHING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL SPREAD RAIN OVER THE REGION
ON THURSDAY. BY THE TIME THE RAIN PULLS OUT EARLY FRIDAY...ONE TO
TWO INCHES OF RAIN MAY FALL ACROSS THE AREA.  WITH THE WET GROUND IN
SOME AREAS...PLUS THE ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN...HIGH WATER MAY BECOME
AN ISSUE.

ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES CAN BE EXPECTED THIS WEEKEND INTO EARLY
NEXT WEEK.  ONE DISTURBANCE PASSING TO THE NORTH MAY BRING RAIN OR A
LITTLE SNOW SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY...WHILE ANOTHER LARGE AND WET
SYSTEM MAY ARRIVE BY MONDAY.

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