Flash Flood Watch until 05:00PM Monday
Periods of moderate to heavy rain through Monday afternoon. The Flash Flood Watch is now in effect for
* 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, Gallia and Lawrence OH. In West Virginia, Barbour, Boone, Braxton, Cabell, Calhoun, Clay, Doddridge, Gilmer, Harrison, Jackson WV, Kanawha, Lewis, Lincoln, Logan, Mason, Mingo, Northwest Fayette, Northwest Nicholas, Northwest Pocahontas, Northwest Raleigh, Northwest Randolph, Northwest Webster, Putnam, Ritchie, Roane, Southeast Fayette, Southeast Nicholas, Southeast Pocahontas, Southeast Raleigh, Southeast Randolph, Southeast Webster, Taylor, Upshur, Wayne, Wirt, and Wyoming.
* Through Monday afternoon
* Soils across the area are nearly saturated due to previous rainfall. Additional showers and thunderstorms, some with heavy rain, are expected to affect the area through Monday afternoon.
* Flash flooding of creeks, streams and low lying areas will be possible.
* AFFECTED AREAS: MINGO ... CLAY ... NORTHWEST RALEIGH ... WYOMING ... NORTHWEST WEBSTER ... NORTHWEST RANDOLPH ... SOUTHEAST RALEIGH ... CABELL ... PUTNAM ... ROANE ... SOUTHEAST FAYETTE ... BOYD ... CARTER ... HARRISON ... MASON ... LAWRENCE ... LAWRENCE ... NORTHWEST NICHOLAS ... BRAXTON ... SOUTHEAST NICHOLAS ... BARBOUR ... SOUTHEAST WEBSTER ... SOUTHEAST POCAHONTAS ... WIRT ... KANAWHA ... BOONE ... SOUTHEAST RANDOLPH ... NORTHWEST FAYETTE ... WAYNE ... UPSHUR ... DODDRIDGE ... GREENUP ... NORTHWEST POCAHONTAS ... GILMER ... CALHOUN ... LEWIS ... LINCOLN ... LOGAN ... RITCHIE ... JACKSON ... GALLIA ... TAYLOR
Instructions:
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.
Address/Location
Pocahontas County Emergency Management
1008 Jury St
Marlinton, WV 24954
Contact
Emergency: 9-1-1
Non-emergencies: 304-799-4567
TEXT-A-TIP - Text TIP PCEMA followed by your message, to 888777
Alert Details
- Severity:
- Severe - Significant threat to life or property
- Urgency:
- Future - Responsive action SHOULD be taken in the near future
- Certainty:
- Possible (p <= ~50%)
- Category:
- Meteorological (inc. flood)
- Event:
- Flash Flood Watch