FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
629 AM EST FRI MAR 12 2010
 
GREENUP-BOYD-ATHENS-WASHINGTON-MEIGS-GALLIA-LAWRENCE OH-WAYNE-
CABELL-MASON-JACKSON WV-WOOD-PLEASANTS-TYLER-
 
...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING
   THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING...
 
THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR
 
* PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST KENTUCKY...SOUTHEAST OHIO AND WEST
  VIRGINIA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN NORTHEAST
  KENTUCKY...BOYD AND GREENUP. IN SOUTHEAST OHIO...ATHENS...
  GALLIA...LAWRENCE OH...MEIGS AND WASHINGTON. IN WEST
  VIRGINIA...CABELL...JACKSON WV...MASON...PLEASANTS...TYLER...
  WAYNE AND WOOD.
 
* FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING
 
* A STORM SYSTEM WILL BRING RAIN TO THE REGION TONIGHT THROUGH THE
  WEEKEND. THIS WILL CAUSE RISES ON THE SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS.
  AT THE SAME TIME...WATER FLOWING OUT OF THE WEST VIRGINIA AND
  PENNSYLVANIA MOUNTAINS FROM RAIN AND SNOW MELT WILL BE COMING
  DOWN THE OHIO RIVER.
 
  THE OHIO RIVER HAS SEEN STRONG RISES...AND THIS TREND IS
  EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY. ANY STREAMS THAT
  FLOW INTO THE OHIO RIVER WILL ALSO SEE BACKWATER PROBLEMS.
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
 
A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING BASED ON
CURRENT FORECASTS.
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TABULAR FORECAST FOR SOUTHEAST OHIO
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
437 AM EST FRI MAR 12 2010
 
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    SAT      SUN      MON      TUE      WED      THU
MAR 12   MAR 13   MAR 14   MAR 15   MAR 16   MAR 17   MAR 18
======   ======   ======   ======   ======   ======   ======
PTCLDY   SHWRS    MOCLDY   MOCLDY   SUNNY    PTCLDY   PTCLDY
--/68    45/56    40/51    36/53    33/56    32/55    32/55
--/20    90/80    60/40    20/20    10/10    10/10    10/10
 
...SYNOPSIS...
 
CLOUDS WITH A FEW SHOWERS...AND POSSIBLY EVEN A THUNDERSTORM OR
TWO...WILL DOMINATE THE WEATHER TODAY...WITH MORE ORGANIZED RAIN
LATE THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT. BREEZY CONDITIONS WILL EXIST ACROSS
THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS TONIGHT.
 
A LARGE UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL SLOWLY DRIFT EASTWARD
ACROSS THE REGION THROUGH THE WEEKEND. DISTURBANCES ROTATING AROUND
THIS SYSTEM WILL PROVIDE SEVERAL ROUNDS OF SHOWERS THROUGHOUT THE
WEEKEND.
 
THE UPPER LOW WILL MOVE OFF THE EAST COAST MONDAY TO KICK OFF
A DRYING TREND NEXT WEEK WITH SEASONAL TEMPERATURES.
 
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