Interactive NWS Alert Information New Event for Webster County Flash Flood Watch valid from Jul 20 2:00 PM to Jul 21 2:00 PM EDT Sent to E-Mail at Jul 20 4:21 AM EDT Radar Time: Jul 20 2013 6:45 AM EDT 000 WGUS61 KRLX 200821 FFARLX URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 421 AM EDT SAT JUL 20 2013 OHZ066-067-075-076-083>086-WVZ007>011-014>020-027>032-037>040-046- 047-201630- /O.NEW.KRLX.FF.A.0011.130720T1800Z-130721T1800Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ PERRY-MORGAN-ATHENS-WASHINGTON-JACKSON OH-VINTON-MEIGS-GALLIA- MASON-JACKSON WV-WOOD-PLEASANTS-TYLER-PUTNAM-KANAWHA-ROANE-WIRT- CALHOUN-RITCHIE-DODDRIDGE-CLAY-BRAXTON-GILMER-LEWIS-HARRISON- TAYLOR-NICHOLAS-WEBSTER-UPSHUR-BARBOUR-POCAHONTAS-RANDOLPH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEW LEXINGTON...CROOKSVILLE... SOMERSET...MCCONNELSVILLE...STOCKPORT...ATHENS...MARIETTA... BELPRE...JACKSON...WELLSTON...OAK HILL...MCARTHUR...HAMDEN... POMEROY...GALLIPOLIS...POINT PLEASANT...NEW HAVEN...RAVENSWOOD... RIPLEY...PARKERSBURG...VIENNA...ST. MARYS...BELMONT... PADEN CITY...SISTERSVILLE...MIDDLEBOURNE...TEAYS VALLEY... HURRICANE...CHARLESTON...SOUTH CHARLESTON...SAINT ALBANS... SPENCER...ELIZABETH...GRANTSVILLE...HARRISVILLE...PENNSBORO... WEST UNION...CLAY...SUTTON...GASSAWAY...BURNSVILLE...GLENVILLE... WESTON...CLARKSBURG...BRIDGEPORT...GRAFTON...SUMMERSVILLE... RICHWOOD...CRAIGSVILLE...WEBSTER SPRINGS...BUCKHANNON... PHILIPPI...BELINGTON...MARLINTON...ELKINS 421 AM EDT SAT JUL 20 2013 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST OHIO AND WEST VIRGINIA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN SOUTHEAST OHIO... ATHENS...GALLIA...JACKSON OH...MORGAN...MEIGS...PERRY... VINTON AND WASHINGTON. IN WEST VIRGINIA...BARBOUR...BRAXTON... CALHOUN...CLAY...DODDRIDGE...GILMER...HARRISON...JACKSON WV... KANAWHA...LEWIS...MASON...NICHOLAS...PLEASANTS...POCAHONTAS... PUTNAM...RANDOLPH...RITCHIE...ROANE...TAYLOR...TYLER... UPSHUR...WEBSTER...WIRT AND WOOD. * FROM 2 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON *A FRONTAL SYSTEM WILL SLOWLY SAG SOUTH TODAY AND TONIGHT INTO NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE AREA. THE SLOW MOVEMENT OF THE FRONT...HIGH MOISTURE CONTENT...SATURATED SOILS WITH LOW FLASH FLOOD GUIDANCE VALUES...SPELL A GOOD CHANCE FOR FLOODING PROBLEMS ACROSS EXTREME SOUTHEAST OHIO AND THE NORTHERN HALF OF WEST VIRGINIA FROM THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. THUNDERSTORMS COULD EASILY PRODUCE A QUICK INCH OR TWO IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. THE BEST CHANCE OF FLOODING PROBLEMS THIS AFTERNOON WILL INITIALLY BE ACROSS THE NORTH...THEN SINKING SOUTHWARD INTO CENTRAL PORTIONS OF WEST VIRGINIA TONIGHT AND SUNDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED. &&
Posted on: Sat, 20 Jul 2013 10:53:09 +0000
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