URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 323 AM EST TUE MAR 8 2011 ...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS EXPANDED THE * FLOOD WATCH TO INCLUDE PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST OHIO AND WEST VIRGINIA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN SOUTHEAST OHIO... ATHENS...GALLIA...JACKSON OH...MORGAN...MEIGS...VINTON AND WASHINGTON. IN WEST VIRGINIA...BARBOUR...BRAXTON...CALHOUN... CLAY...DODDRIDGE...GILMER...HARRISON...JACKSON WV...LEWIS... MASON...NICHOLAS...PLEASANTS...POCAHONTAS...RANDOLPH... RITCHIE...ROANE...TAYLOR...TYLER...UPSHUR...WEBSTER...WIRT AND WOOD. * FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING * RAIN AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 1.5 INCHES ARE EXPECTED...MAINLY WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT. DUE TO THE WET TERRAIN AND ELEVATED WATER LEVELS...SMALL STREAM FLOODING WILL BE POSSIBLE. * THIS RAIN EVENT MAY ALSO EVENTUALLY LEAD TO SOME RIVER FLOODING. EVEN THE OHIO RIVER WILL NEED TO BE MONITORED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING BASED ON CURRENT FORECASTS. THOSE THAT LIVE ALONG FLOOD PRONE SMALL STREAMS...PLUS COUNTY AND STATE OFFICIALS...SHOULD INCREASE YOUR WEATHER AWARENESS. MONITOR WATER LEVELS PERIODICALLY...AND EVEN MORE OFTEN DURING PERIODS OF HEAVIER RAIN. BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLOODING DEVELOP OR A WARNING IS POSTED. _________________________________ TABULAR FORECAST FOR SOUTHEAST OHIO NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 437 AM EST TUE MAR 8 2011 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 WED THU FRI SAT SUN MON MAR 08 MAR 09 MAR 10 MAR 11 MAR 12 MAR 13 MAR 14 ====== ====== ====== ====== ====== ====== ====== PTCLDY RAIN SHWRS PTCLDY PTCLDY PTCLDY PTCLDY --/54 40/51 41/45 31/47 31/53 30/49 28/54 --/10 40/100 90/50 50/10 10/20 10/10 10/10 ...SYNOPSIS... HIGH PRESSURE WILL SLIDE OFF TO THE EAST TODAY. ALOFT...SOUTHWEST FLOW WILL CONTINUE TO PUSH MID AND UPPER LEVEL CLOUDS ACROSS. MILDER AIR WILL BE PULLED UP FROM THE SOUTH SO HIGHER AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TODAY. A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL PASS WELL NORTH AND WEST OF THE AREA LATER TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY. THIS WILL BRING RAIN INTO THE AREA...MAINLY AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT...THAT WILL CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT. THERE COULD BRIEFLY BE A WINTRY MIX OF SNOW... SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN IN THE MOUNTAINS EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. SOME OF THE RAIN WILL BE HEAVY. WITH SATURATED GROUNDS AND HIGH FLOWING RIVERS FROM A SERIES OF WET SYSTEMS...WATER PROBLEMS ARE POSSIBLE EVEN IF THIS SYSTEM DOES NOT PRODUCE QUITE AS MUCH RAIN AS ITS PREDECESSORS. IN THE WAKE OF THE COLD FRONT...IT WILL REMAIN CLOUDY THURSDAY INTO FRIDAY MORNING...WITH SOME RAIN SHOWERS THURSDAY. ANY SHOWERS STILL AROUND THURSDAY NIGHT WILL TAKE THE FORM OF SNOW...AS COLDER AIR CONTINUES MOVING INTO THE AREA. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Hocking River at Athens OH: Current Stage and Flow values Formatted for web-enabled wireless devices: http://w8kvk.com/hr ===================================================================== The "StormFlood" Listserv is a regional preparedness and planning partnership made possible by funding from Ohio University Environmental Health and Safety. Affiliated web services: Southeast Ohio Flood Potential Monitoring page: http://seorf.ohiou.edu/xx073/floodprep.html Athens Ohio Climatological Data Archive: http://climate.athens.oh.us/ Subscribe/Un-subscribe this mailing list: http://listserv.ohio.edu/mailman/listinfo/stormflood =====================================================================
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