Flash Flood Watch thru Weds Morning

[Ted Jacobson]

FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
820 AM EST TUE NOV 22 2011

GREENUP-CARTER-BOYD-LAWRENCE KY-PERRY-MORGAN-ATHENS-WASHINGTON-
JACKSON OH-VINTON-MEIGS-GALLIA-LAWRENCE OH-WAYNE-CABELL-MASON-
JACKSON WV-LINCOLN-PUTNAM-KANAWHA-BOONE-CLAY-NICHOLAS-

INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FLATWOODS...GREENUP...GRAYSON...
OLIVE HILL...ASHLAND...LOUISA...NEW LEXINGTON...CROOKSVILLE...
SOMERSET...MCCONNELSVILLE...STOCKPORT...ATHENS...MARIETTA...
BELPRE...JACKSON...WELLSTON...OAK HILL...MCARTHUR...HAMDEN...
POMEROY...GALLIPOLIS...IRONTON...SOUTH POINT...KENOVA...CEREDO...
WAYNE...HUNTINGTON...POINT PLEASANT...NEW HAVEN...RAVENSWOOD...
RIPLEY...HARTS...ALUM CREEK...HAMLIN...TEAYS VALLEY...HURRICANE...
CHARLESTON...SOUTH CHARLESTON...SAINT ALBANS...MADISON...CLAY...
SUMMERSVILLE...RICHWOOD...CRAIGSVILLE
820 AM EST TUE NOV 22 2011

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS EXPANDED THE

* FLASH FLOOD WATCH TO INCLUDE 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...PERRY...VINTON AND
  WASHINGTON. IN WEST VIRGINIA...BOONE...CABELL...CLAY...JACKSON
  WV...KANAWHA...LINCOLN...MASON...NICHOLAS...PUTNAM AND WAYNE.

* THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING

* A WARM FRONT WILL MOVE NORTH TODAY...FOLLOWED BY A COLD FRONT
  THIS EVENING. THE GROUND IS ALREADY SATURATED FROM PREVIOUS
  RAINS. RAINS OF OVER 1.5 INCHES COULD CAUSE SMALL STREAMS TO
  OVERFLOW. THE RAIN WILL DIMINISH AFTER THE COLD FRONTAL PASSAGE.
  HOWEVER...LARGER STREAMS AND RIVERS MAY STILL BE RISING LATE
  TONIGHT. STRONG RISES ON RIVERS MAY CONTINUE ON WEDNESDAY TOO.

* TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE EXPECTED.
  YET...LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS ARE POSSIBLE WITH EMBEDDED HEAVIER
  SHOWERS OR THUNDERSTORMS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD
TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION.

IF YOU LIVE OR DRIVE ALONG A FLOOD PRONE STREAM...INCREASE WEATHER
AWARENESS NOW. MONITOR WATER LEVELS PERIODICALLY THROUGH TONIGHT.

YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION
SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED.

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FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
820 AM EST TUE NOV 22 2011

WOOD-PLEASANTS-TYLER-ROANE-WIRT-CALHOUN-RITCHIE-DODDRIDGE-BRAXTON-
GILMER-LEWIS-HARRISON-TAYLOR-WEBSTER-UPSHUR-BARBOUR-POCAHONTAS-
RANDOLPH-

INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PARKERSBURG...VIENNA...ST. MARYS...
BELMONT...PADEN CITY...SISTERSVILLE...MIDDLEBOURNE...SPENCER...
ELIZABETH...GRANTSVILLE...HARRISVILLE...PENNSBORO...WEST UNION...
SUTTON...GASSAWAY...BURNSVILLE...GLENVILLE...WESTON...
CLARKSBURG...BRIDGEPORT...GRAFTON...WEBSTER SPRINGS...
BUCKHANNON...PHILIPPI...BELINGTON...MARLINTON...ELKINS
820 AM EST TUE NOV 22 2011

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING...

THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR

* PORTIONS OF WEST VIRGINIA...CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA AND NORTHERN
  WEST VIRGINIA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN WEST
  VIRGINIA...POCAHONTAS. IN CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA...BRAXTON...
  CALHOUN...GILMER...ROANE...TAYLOR AND WEBSTER. IN NORTHERN
  WEST VIRGINIA...BARBOUR...DODDRIDGE...HARRISON...LEWIS...
  PLEASANTS...RANDOLPH...RITCHIE...TYLER...UPSHUR...WIRT AND
  WOOD.

* THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING

* A WARM FRONT WILL MOVE NORTH ACROSS CENTRAL AND NORTHERN WEST
  VIRGINIA THIS AFTERNOON. RAIN IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TO
  INCREASE IN INTENSITY ALONG THIS FRONT TODAY AS AN UPPER LEVEL
  WAVE PASSES. AFTER THE WARM FRONT PASSES NORTH OF THE AREA...
  THE RAIN WILL COME TO AN END AND THERE WILL BE A BRIEF RESPITE
  IN THE RAIN THIS AFTERNOON. A STRONG COLD FRONT IS EXPECTED TO
  PASS THROUGH TONIGHT...BRINGING ANOTHER ROUND OF SHOWERS ALONG
  WITH A FEW THUNDERSTORMS.

* TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED TO BE HEAVIEST ACROSS NORTH-
  CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA WHERE 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN IS EXPECTED.
  LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS ARE POSSIBLE WITH THUNDERSTORMS WHEN THE
  COLD FRONT MOVES ACROSS. THE GROUND IS ALREADY SATURATED IN
  AREAS THAT ARE COVERED BY THIS WATCH. ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL
  OCCURRING IN A SHORT TIME FRAME OF 3 HOURS OR LESS COULD CAUSE
  FLASH FLOODING ALONG SMALLER CREEKS AND STREAMS IN THE FLASH
  FLOOD WATCH AREA. THE LARGER RIVERS WILL STILL BE RISING ON WEDNESDAY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD
TO FLASH FLOODING ALONG STREAMS. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY
DANGEROUS SITUATION.

IF YOU LIVE OR DRIVE ALONG A FLOOD PRONE STREAM...INCREASE WEATHER
AWARENESS NOW. MONITOR WATER LEVELS PERIODICALLY THROUGH TONIGHT.

YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION
SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED.