HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
433 AM EST TUE FEB 4 2014
 
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON
   TO 10 AM EST WEDNESDAY...
...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH
   WEDNESDAY MORNING...
 
Athens OH 7-Day Forecast (updates 4-5 times daily):
http://climate.athens.oh.us/Athens-7Day/
 
(Full Text and Updates to the following bulletins will be
available throughout this event at the link above)
 
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
413 AM EST TUE FEB 4 2014
 
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON
   TO 10 AM EST WEDNESDAY...
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN...WHICH IS IN EFFECT
FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 10 AM EST WEDNESDAY.
 
* LOCATIONS...PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST OHIO AND
  NORTH CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA.
* HAZARD TYPES...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN.
* ICE ACCUMULATIONS...ONE TO TWO TENTHS OF AN INCH.
* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...UP TO 1 INCH.
* TIMING...PRECIPITATION WILL BEGIN IN THE LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND
  EARLY EVENING.
* IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE DUE TO
  REDUCED VISIBILITIES AND SNOW...SLEET AND ICE
  ACCUMULATIONS...ESPECIALLY ON UNTREATED ROADS.
* WINDS...NORTHEAST 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 20 MPH.
* TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER 30S.
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
 
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR
FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY
ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES... AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.
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FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
355 AM EST TUE FEB 4 2014
 
...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING
   THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING...
 
THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR
 
* PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST KENTUCKY...SOUTHEAST OHIO...SOUTHWEST
  VIRGINIA 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...VINTON AND WASHINGTON. IN
  SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA...BUCHANAN AND DICKENSON. IN WEST
  VIRGINIA...BARBOUR...BOONE...BRAXTON...CABELL...CALHOUN...
  CLAY...DODDRIDGE...FAYETTE...GILMER...HARRISON...JACKSON WV...
  KANAWHA...LEWIS...LINCOLN...LOGAN...MASON...MCDOWELL...MINGO...
  NICHOLAS...PLEASANTS...POCAHONTAS...PUTNAM...RALEIGH...
  RANDOLPH...RITCHIE...ROANE...TAYLOR...TYLER...UPSHUR...WAYNE...
  WEBSTER...WIRT...WOOD AND WYOMING.
 
* FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING
* THE GROUND IS SATURATED AT THE SURFACE AND FROZEN FURTHER DOWN.
  A STORM SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO MOVE ACROSS THE REGION TUESDAY
  NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY. THIS STORM HAS THE POSSIBILITY OF
  PRODUCING RAINFALL AMOUNTS BETWEEN 1.0 AND 1.5
  INCHES...STARTING TUESDAY NIGHT AND CONTINUING INTO WEDNESDAY
  MORNING. RECENT SNOWS IN SOME AREAS COULD MELT AND ADD TO THE
  RUNOFF. THERE IS STILL SOME ICE ON THE STREAMS...CREEKS AND
  RIVERS IN THE HIGHEST ELEVATIONS. IF THIS RAIN IS REALIZED...
  SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS COULD FLOOD FIRST LEADING TO STRONG
  RISES ON THE RIVERS.
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
 
A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING BASED ON
CURRENT FORECASTS.
 
YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE
FLOOD WARNINGS. THOSE LIVING IN AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING SHOULD BE
PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLOODING DEVELOP.
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..DISCUSSION...
 
A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVES IN FROM THE SOUTHWEST AND BRINGS MAINLY
RAIN...POSSIBLY HEAVY...LATER THIS AFTERNOON INTO EARLY WEDNESDAY.
SOME ICE IS POSSIBLE IN PARTS OF THE NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA
MOUNTAINS TONIGHT...WHILE SIGNIFICANT SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS
ARE POSSIBLE IN PARTS OF OUR SOUTHEAST OHIO COUNTIES
TONIGHT...ESPECIALLY PERRY COUNTY OHIO.
 
A COLD FRONT SWEEPS THROUGH ON WEDNESDAY WITH FALLING AFTERNOON
TEMPERATURES...AND WITH SCATTERED RAIN SHOWERS CHANGING TO SNOW
SHOWERS MAINLY NORTHEAST WEST VIRGINIA. HIGH PRESSURE WITH DRY AND
 
COLD CONDITIONS BUILDS IN THURSDAY AND FRIDAY.
 
NEXT STORM SYSTEM WITH SNOW OR RAIN IS EXPECTED THIS WEEKEND.
 
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