Hazardous Weather Potential

[Ted Jacobson]

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
323 AM EST TUE MAR 8 2011

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS EXPANDED THE

* FLOOD WATCH TO INCLUDE PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST OHIO AND WEST
   VIRGINIA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN SOUTHEAST OHIO...
   ATHENS...GALLIA...JACKSON OH...MORGAN...MEIGS...VINTON AND
   WASHINGTON. IN WEST VIRGINIA...BARBOUR...BRAXTON...CALHOUN...
   CLAY...DODDRIDGE...GILMER...HARRISON...JACKSON WV...LEWIS...
   MASON...NICHOLAS...PLEASANTS...POCAHONTAS...RANDOLPH...
   RITCHIE...ROANE...TAYLOR...TYLER...UPSHUR...WEBSTER...WIRT AND
   WOOD.

* FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING

* RAIN AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 1.5 INCHES ARE EXPECTED...MAINLY WEDNESDAY
   AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT. DUE TO THE WET TERRAIN AND ELEVATED WATER
   LEVELS...SMALL STREAM FLOODING WILL BE POSSIBLE.

* THIS RAIN EVENT MAY ALSO EVENTUALLY LEAD TO SOME RIVER
   FLOODING. EVEN THE OHIO RIVER WILL NEED TO BE MONITORED.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

THOSE THAT LIVE ALONG FLOOD PRONE SMALL STREAMS...PLUS COUNTY AND
STATE OFFICIALS...SHOULD INCREASE YOUR WEATHER AWARENESS. MONITOR
WATER LEVELS PERIODICALLY...AND EVEN MORE OFTEN DURING PERIODS OF
HEAVIER RAIN. BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLOODING DEVELOP
OR A WARNING IS POSTED.
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TABULAR FORECAST FOR SOUTHEAST OHIO
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
437 AM EST TUE MAR 8 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    WED      THU      FRI      SAT      SUN      MON
MAR 08   MAR 09   MAR 10   MAR 11   MAR 12   MAR 13   MAR 14
======   ======   ======   ======   ======   ======   ======
PTCLDY   RAIN     SHWRS    PTCLDY   PTCLDY   PTCLDY   PTCLDY
--/54    40/51    41/45    31/47    31/53    30/49    28/54
--/10    40/100   90/50    50/10    10/20    10/10    10/10

...SYNOPSIS...

HIGH PRESSURE WILL SLIDE OFF TO THE EAST TODAY.  ALOFT...SOUTHWEST
FLOW WILL CONTINUE TO PUSH MID AND UPPER LEVEL CLOUDS ACROSS.
MILDER AIR WILL BE PULLED UP FROM THE SOUTH SO HIGHER AFTERNOON
TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TODAY.

A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL PASS WELL NORTH AND WEST OF THE AREA
LATER TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY.  THIS WILL BRING RAIN INTO THE
AREA...MAINLY AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT...THAT WILL CONTINUE THROUGH
WEDNESDAY NIGHT.  THERE COULD BRIEFLY BE A WINTRY MIX OF SNOW...
SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN IN THE MOUNTAINS EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING.

SOME OF THE RAIN WILL BE HEAVY.  WITH SATURATED GROUNDS AND HIGH
FLOWING RIVERS FROM A SERIES OF WET SYSTEMS...WATER PROBLEMS ARE
POSSIBLE EVEN IF THIS SYSTEM DOES NOT PRODUCE QUITE AS MUCH RAIN
AS ITS PREDECESSORS.

IN THE WAKE OF THE COLD FRONT...IT WILL REMAIN CLOUDY THURSDAY INTO
FRIDAY MORNING...WITH SOME RAIN SHOWERS THURSDAY.  ANY SHOWERS STILL
AROUND THURSDAY NIGHT WILL TAKE THE FORM OF SNOW...AS COLDER AIR
CONTINUES MOVING INTO THE AREA.

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