HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
1121 AM EDT WED JUN 5 2013
 
SEVERAL ROUNDS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS INTO FRIDAY NIGHT.
LOCAL DOWNPOURS ARE POSSIBLE.
 
IF REPETITIVE SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED TO FAVOR THE SAME AREAS...
FLASH FLOOD WATCHES WOULD BE POSTED...FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF
FLASH FLOODING ALONG SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS.
 
STRONG RISES ON HEADWATER RIVERS COULD THEN OCCUR FRIDAY
INTO SATURDAY.
 
Athens OH 7-Day Forecast (updates 4-5 times daily):
http://climate.athens.oh.us/Athens-7Day/
 
,.DISCUSSION...
 
CLOUDS AND HUMIDITY WILL BE ON THE INCREASE TODAY. SHOWER AND
THUNDERSTORM CHANCES ALSO INCREASE...THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS
EVENING...THEN PERSISTS THROUGH TONIGHT.
 
A FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL SET UP OVER SOUTHEASTERN OHIO AND
NORTHWESTERN WEST VIRGINIA OVERNIGHT TONIGHT.  SO THE HIGHER
PROBABILITIES OF RAIN FAVOR THE OHIO VALLEY COUNTIES OVERNIGHT
TONIGHT...INCLUDING SOUTHEAST OHIO...NORTHEAST KENTUCKY AND
WESTERN WEST VIRGINIA.
 
THAT FRONT THEN CREEPS SOUTHEAST...DURING THURSDAY AFTERNOON
THROUGH FRIDAY. THE FRONT SHOULD EXIT OUR AREA BY SATURDAY.
 
THIS SYSTEM...COMBINED WITH MUGGY AIR...WILL BRING ROUNDS OF SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS...MOST WIDESPREAD THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY.
INITIALLY...MANY COUNTIES NEED THE RAIN.  HOWEVER...DOWNPOURS ARE
POSSIBLE AT TIMES. IF REPETITIVE SHOWERS START FAVORING A SPECIFIC
AREA...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH WOULD BE POSTED FOR THOSE VULNERABLE
COUNTIES.
 
DRIER HIGH PRESSURE WILL MOVE IN DURING THE WEEKEND...BUT ANOTHER
SYSTEM BRINGS MORE SHOWERS SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY.
 
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