Hazardous Weather Potential
Ted Jacobson
skywarn at frognet.net
Tue Mar 8 07:21:17 EST 2011
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
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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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