FLASH FLOOD WATCH

FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
712 AM EDT SAT SEP 26 2009

...HEAVY RAIN EXPECTED OVER PARTS OF THE OHIO VALLEY TODAY...

.A SLOW MOVING FRONTAL SYSTEM COMBINED WITH A MOISTURE LADEN
AIRMASS WILL PRODUCE SHOWERS AND EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS
THE OHIO VALLEY REGION TODAY. THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR HEAVY RAIN
TO OCCUR WHICH MAY LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING.

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ROBERTSON-MASON-LEWIS-ADAMS-SCIOTO-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOUNT OLIVET...MAYSVILLE...VANCEBURG...
WEST UNION...PORTSMOUTH
712 AM EDT SAT SEP 26 2009

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING...

THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR

* PORTIONS OF KENTUCKY AND SOUTH CENTRAL OHIO...INCLUDING THE
 FOLLOWING AREAS...IN KENTUCKY...LEWIS...MASON AND ROBERTSON.
 IN SOUTH CENTRAL OHIO...ADAMS AND SCIOTO.

* THROUGH 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING

* SHOWERS AND EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS WILL OVERSPREAD THE REGION
 THIS MORNING. RAIN WILL BE LOCALLY HEAVY AT TIMES. 1 TO 2
 INCHES OF RAIN WILL LIKELY FALL THROUGH THIS EVENING...WITH
 LOCAL HIGHER AMOUNTS ALSO POSSIBLE. THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR
 FLASH FLOODING TO OCCUR...ESPECIALLY WHERE HEAVIER SHOWERS AND
 STORMS MOVE REPEATEDLY OVER THE SAME AREA.



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT FLOODING OF SMALL STREAMS...
CREEKS AND OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS IS POSSIBLE WITHIN THE WATCH
AREA. PEOPLE IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD KEEP AN EYE ON THE WEATHER
AND BE PREPARED FOR IMMEDIATE ACTION SHOULD HEAVY RAINS AND
FLOODING OCCUR OR A FLASH FLOOD WARNING BE ISSUED.

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