MODERATE FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR CALHOUN AND REGION THURSDAY NIGHT

(05/29/2020)
Calhoun County

Moderate Flash Flood Watch

Thu, May 28, 2020, 11:00 PM EDT

FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING.

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA... NORTHEAST WEST VIRGINIA...NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA...SOUTHEAST WEST VIRGINIA AND SOUTHERN WEST VIRGINIA, INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS, IN CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA, BRAXTON, CALHOUN, CLAY, GILMER, JACKSON WV AND ROANE. IN NORTHEAST WEST VIRGINIA, NORTHWEST WEBSTER AND SOUTHEAST WEBSTER. IN NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA, DODDRIDGE, LEWIS, RITCHIE AND WIRT. IN SOUTHEAST WEST VIRGINIA, NORTHWEST FAYETTE, NORTHWEST NICHOLAS, NORTHWEST RALEIGH, SOUTHEAST FAYETTE, SOUTHEAST NICHOLAS AND SOUTHEAST RALEIGH. IN SOUTHERN WEST VIRGINIA, BOONE, KANAWHA, MCDOWELL AND WYOMING.

THE REMNANTS OF TROPICAL STORM BERTHA WILL MOVE NORTH ACROSS WEST VIRGINIA TONIGHT. THIS WILL RESULT IN A SURGE OF DEEP TROPICAL MOISTURE ACROSS THE AREA AND A BRIEF WINDOW OF LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. ALTHOUGH THE EXACT PATH OF WHERE THE HEAVIEST RAIN WILL FALL IS STILL A LITTLE UNCERTAIN, PORTIONS OF THE WATCH AREA CAN EXPECT TO RECEIVE 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN IN ONLY A FEW HOURS, WITH ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. THE COMBINATION OF THE HEAVY RAINFALL OCCURRING IN A RELATIVELY SHORT AMOUNT OF TIME, AND FALLING ON ALREADY WET SOILS, MAY RESULT IN FLASH FLOODING OVERNIGHT.