HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
436 AM EDT TUE AUG 6 2013
 
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINFALL ARE EXPECTED
WEDNESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY NIGHT. INITIALLY THE GROUND WILL BE ABLE
TO ABSORB THE RAIN...BUT SHOULD MULTIPLE STORMS MOVE ACROSS THE
SAME AREA...LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING ALONG SMALL STREAMS IS
POSSIBLE AND A FLASH FLOOD WATCH OR WARNING MAY BE NEEDED.
 
ADDITIONAL ROUNDS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED
THURSDAY INTO SATURDAY. SOME WEST TO EAST TRAINING MAY CAUSE
REPETITIVE SHOWERS. IF THE SAME AREAS ARE FAVORED...ADDITIONAL
FLASH FLOODING ALONG SMALL STREAMS IS POSSIBLE.
 
Athens OH 7-Day Forecast (updates 4-5 times daily):
http://climate.athens.oh.us/Athens-7Day/
 
..DISCUSSION...
 
THE LAST OF THE DRY...COMFORTABLE AIR PACKED UP AND
LEFT TOWN OVERNIGHT.
 
AN INITIAL DISTURBANCE STREAKED EAST...THROUGH THE MID OHIO VALLEY
LATE LAST NIGHT. IT SHOULD EXIT THE CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA MOUNTAIN
COUNTIES BY DAWN. IT TRIGGERED SOME LIGHT SHOWERS.
 
MOST COUNTIES SHOULD REMAIN DRY TODAY...WITH WARMER AFTERNOON
TEMPERATURES. A FEW SHOWERS OR STORMS COULD REDEVELOP OVER THE
MOUNTAIN COUNTIES OF WEST VIRGINIA THIS AFTERNOON.
 
WITH INCREASING MOISTURE OVERNIGHT...A SHOWER OR THUNDERSTORM COULD
FORM ACROSS EASTERN KENTUCKY...THE SOUTHERN HALF OF WEST
VIRGINIA...AND EXTREME SOUTHERN OHIO.
 
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY WEDNESDAY AS MOISTURE CONTINUES
TO INCREASE AND AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE PASSES THROUGH. WITH
ABUNDANT MOISTURE TO WORK WITH...THESE SHOWERS AND STORMS WILL BE
CAPABLE OF HEAVY RAINFALL WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON INTO WEDNESDAY NIGHT.
THIS HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BEGIN TO SATURATE THE GROUND.
 
ADDITIONAL UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES WILL PASS THROUGH THURSDAY
THROUGH THE END OF THE WEEK...PRODUCING REPETITIVE SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS. WITH THIS RAIN FALLING ON INCREASINGLY SATURATED
SOIL...CONCERNS ABOUT RISES ON SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS CONTINUES
INTO SATURDAY AND A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MAY BE NEEDED.
 
A COLD FRONT IS EXPECTED TO GRADUALLY SINK SOUTH FROM THE LOWER
GREAT LAKES THIS WEEKEND. ONCE THAT FRONT PASSES...THE CHANCE OF
SHOWERS AND STORMS WILL DECREASE.
 
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