Flash Flood Watch

FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
414 PM EDT TUE MAY 21 2013

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DICKENSON-BUCHANAN-MINGO-LOGAN-MCDOWELL-WYOMING-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLINTWOOD...GRUNDY...VANSANT...
WILLIAMSON...LOGAN...CHAPMANVILLE...MAN...WELCH...GARY...WAR...
MULLENS...OCEANA...PINEVILLE
414 PM EDT TUE MAY 21 2013

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT TONIGHT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA AND
  SOUTHERN WEST VIRGINIA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN
  SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA...BUCHANAN AND DICKENSON. IN SOUTHERN WEST
  VIRGINIA...LOGAN...MCDOWELL...MINGO AND WYOMING.

* UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT TONIGHT

* SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE THROUGH THE WATCH
  AREA THIS EVENING. THE GROUND IS WET FROM PREVIOUS RAINS. THESE
  STORMS HAVE THE POTENTIAL PRODUCE RAINFALL AMOUNTS BETWEEN 1.25
  T0 1.75 INCHES IN AN HOUR. THIS WOULD BE ENOUGH RAIN TO CAUSE
  FLOODING IN MOST AREAS.

* PERSONS LIVING NEAR SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD MONITOR
  WATER LEVELS.

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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