Hazardous Weather Potential

[Ted Jacobson]

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
350 AM EDT TUE JUN 17 2014

ROUNDS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED FOR WEDNESDAY
NIGHT INTO SUNDAY. INITIALLY...THE HIGHER CHANCES OF RAIN START
IN EASTERN OHIO AND NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA OVERNIGHT WEDNESDAY
NIGHT...BUT SPREAD FURTHER SOUTH THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT. SOME
OF THE STORMS OVERNIGHT WEDNESDAY NIGHT MAY HAVE STRONG WIND GUSTS.

IF THIS CONVECTION BECOMES REPETITIVE OVER THE SAME AREA...
FLASH FLOODING MAY OCCUR ON SMALL STREAMS.

IF THE THREAT OF FLASH FLOODING INCREASES...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH
WOULD BE POSTED FOR THE MOST VULNERABLE COUNTIES.

Athens OH 7-Day Forecast (updates 4-5 times daily):
http://climate.athens.oh.us/Athens-7Day/

...DISCUSSION...

TEMPERATURES CONTINUE TO HEAT UP TODAY...WITH A SCATTERED
THUNDERSHOWER POSSIBLE ACROSS THE NORTHERN AND MOUNTAINOUS COUNTIES
OF WEST VIRGINIA. THE HEAT AND HUMIDITY CONTINUES ON WEDNESDAY.
THE PATTERN TURNS UNSETTLED WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THE WEEKEND...
WITH ROUNDS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. THE MUGGY AIR WILL REMAIN
CAMPED OUT HERE. ANY OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS COULD CONTAIN A DOWNPOUR
AND GUSTY WINDS. REPETITIVE ROUNDS OF CONVECTION WILL ELEVATE THE
FLASH FLOOD THREAT.

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