FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 820 AM EST TUE NOV 22 2011 GREENUP-CARTER-BOYD-LAWRENCE KY-PERRY-MORGAN-ATHENS-WASHINGTON- JACKSON OH-VINTON-MEIGS-GALLIA-LAWRENCE OH-WAYNE-CABELL-MASON- JACKSON WV-LINCOLN-PUTNAM-KANAWHA-BOONE-CLAY-NICHOLAS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FLATWOODS...GREENUP...GRAYSON... OLIVE HILL...ASHLAND...LOUISA...NEW LEXINGTON...CROOKSVILLE... SOMERSET...MCCONNELSVILLE...STOCKPORT...ATHENS...MARIETTA... BELPRE...JACKSON...WELLSTON...OAK HILL...MCARTHUR...HAMDEN... POMEROY...GALLIPOLIS...IRONTON...SOUTH POINT...KENOVA...CEREDO... WAYNE...HUNTINGTON...POINT PLEASANT...NEW HAVEN...RAVENSWOOD... RIPLEY...HARTS...ALUM CREEK...HAMLIN...TEAYS VALLEY...HURRICANE... CHARLESTON...SOUTH CHARLESTON...SAINT ALBANS...MADISON...CLAY... SUMMERSVILLE...RICHWOOD...CRAIGSVILLE 820 AM EST TUE NOV 22 2011 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS EXPANDED THE * FLASH FLOOD WATCH TO INCLUDE PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST KENTUCKY... SOUTHEAST OHIO 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...PERRY...VINTON AND WASHINGTON. IN WEST VIRGINIA...BOONE...CABELL...CLAY...JACKSON WV...KANAWHA...LINCOLN...MASON...NICHOLAS...PUTNAM AND WAYNE. * THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING * A WARM FRONT WILL MOVE NORTH TODAY...FOLLOWED BY A COLD FRONT THIS EVENING. THE GROUND IS ALREADY SATURATED FROM PREVIOUS RAINS. RAINS OF OVER 1.5 INCHES COULD CAUSE SMALL STREAMS TO OVERFLOW. THE RAIN WILL DIMINISH AFTER THE COLD FRONTAL PASSAGE. HOWEVER...LARGER STREAMS AND RIVERS MAY STILL BE RISING LATE TONIGHT. STRONG RISES ON RIVERS MAY CONTINUE ON WEDNESDAY TOO. * TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. YET...LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS ARE POSSIBLE WITH EMBEDDED HEAVIER SHOWERS OR THUNDERSTORMS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. IF YOU LIVE OR DRIVE ALONG A FLOOD PRONE STREAM...INCREASE WEATHER AWARENESS NOW. MONITOR WATER LEVELS PERIODICALLY THROUGH TONIGHT. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED. ------------------------------------------------------------------- FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 820 AM EST TUE NOV 22 2011 WOOD-PLEASANTS-TYLER-ROANE-WIRT-CALHOUN-RITCHIE-DODDRIDGE-BRAXTON- GILMER-LEWIS-HARRISON-TAYLOR-WEBSTER-UPSHUR-BARBOUR-POCAHONTAS- RANDOLPH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PARKERSBURG...VIENNA...ST. MARYS... BELMONT...PADEN CITY...SISTERSVILLE...MIDDLEBOURNE...SPENCER... ELIZABETH...GRANTSVILLE...HARRISVILLE...PENNSBORO...WEST UNION... SUTTON...GASSAWAY...BURNSVILLE...GLENVILLE...WESTON... CLARKSBURG...BRIDGEPORT...GRAFTON...WEBSTER SPRINGS... BUCKHANNON...PHILIPPI...BELINGTON...MARLINTON...ELKINS 820 AM EST TUE NOV 22 2011 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * PORTIONS OF WEST VIRGINIA...CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA AND NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN WEST VIRGINIA...POCAHONTAS. IN CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA...BRAXTON... CALHOUN...GILMER...ROANE...TAYLOR AND WEBSTER. IN NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA...BARBOUR...DODDRIDGE...HARRISON...LEWIS... PLEASANTS...RANDOLPH...RITCHIE...TYLER...UPSHUR...WIRT AND WOOD. * THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING * A WARM FRONT WILL MOVE NORTH ACROSS CENTRAL AND NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA THIS AFTERNOON. RAIN IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TO INCREASE IN INTENSITY ALONG THIS FRONT TODAY AS AN UPPER LEVEL WAVE PASSES. AFTER THE WARM FRONT PASSES NORTH OF THE AREA... THE RAIN WILL COME TO AN END AND THERE WILL BE A BRIEF RESPITE IN THE RAIN THIS AFTERNOON. A STRONG COLD FRONT IS EXPECTED TO PASS THROUGH TONIGHT...BRINGING ANOTHER ROUND OF SHOWERS ALONG WITH A FEW THUNDERSTORMS. * TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED TO BE HEAVIEST ACROSS NORTH- CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA WHERE 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN IS EXPECTED. LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS ARE POSSIBLE WITH THUNDERSTORMS WHEN THE COLD FRONT MOVES ACROSS. THE GROUND IS ALREADY SATURATED IN AREAS THAT ARE COVERED BY THIS WATCH. ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL OCCURRING IN A SHORT TIME FRAME OF 3 HOURS OR LESS COULD CAUSE FLASH FLOODING ALONG SMALLER CREEKS AND STREAMS IN THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH AREA. THE LARGER RIVERS WILL STILL BE RISING ON WEDNESDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING ALONG STREAMS. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. IF YOU LIVE OR DRIVE ALONG A FLOOD PRONE STREAM...INCREASE WEATHER AWARENESS NOW. MONITOR WATER LEVELS PERIODICALLY THROUGH TONIGHT. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED.
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