CALHOUN FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA,
NORTHEAST WEST VIRGINIA, AND NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA, INCLUDING
THE FOLLOWING AREAS, IN CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA, BRAXTON,
CALHOUN, GILMER, AND TAYLOR. IN NORTHEAST WEST VIRGINIA,
NORTHWEST POCAHONTAS, NORTHWEST RANDOLPH, NORTHWEST WEBSTER,
SOUTHEAST RANDOLPH, AND SOUTHEAST WEBSTER. IN NORTHERN WEST
VIRGINIA, BARBOUR, DODDRIDGE, HARRISON, LEWIS, PLEASANTS,
RITCHIE, TYLER, UPSHUR, WIRT, AND WOOD.
THROUGH LATE TONIGHT
THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP INTO THIS AFTERNOON, WITH THE
POTENTIAL FOR 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN IN A VERY SHORT PERIOD OF
TIME. THIS, COMBINED WITH A NEARLY SATURATED WET GROUND, COULD
RESULT IN FLASH FLOODING. THE BEST CHANCE FOR FLASH FLOODING
WILL BE LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING, WHEN STORMS WILL BE
MORE NUMEROUS.
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