...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS
EVENING...
THE FLASH 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,
MEIGS, MORGAN, PERRY, VINTON, AND WASHINGTON. IN SOUTHWEST
VIRGINIA, BUCHANAN AND DICKENSON. IN WEST VIRGINIA, BARBOUR,
BOONE, BRAXTON, CABELL, CALHOUN, CLAY, DODDRIDGE, GILMER,
HARRISON, JACKSON WV, KANAWHA, LEWIS, LINCOLN, LOGAN, MASON,
MCDOWELL, MINGO, NORTHWEST RALEIGH, PLEASANTS, PUTNAM,
RITCHIE, ROANE, SOUTHEAST RALEIGH, TAYLOR, TYLER, UPSHUR,
WAYNE, WIRT, WOOD, AND WYOMING.
* UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING
* ROUNDS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH THIS EVENING,
COMBINED WITH RECENT RAINFALL AMOUNTS, WILL INCREASE THE THREAT
FOR FLASH FLOODING. THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR REPETITIVE SHOWERS
AND STORMS THROUGH THIS EVENING...EXACERBATING THIS THREAT.
* FLOODING OF URBAN AND OTHER POOR DRAINAGE AREAS, AS WELL AS
CREEK AND SMALL STREAM FLOODING, IS POSSIBLE. PEOPLE RESIDING
NEAR CREEKS AND SMALL STREAMS SHOULD MONITOR THE LATEST
FORECASTS, AND PREPARE TO TAKE IMMEDIATE ACTION SHOULD
FLOODING OCCUR, OR IF A FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS ISSUED.
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.
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