Flash Flood Warning 48, NWS Charleston, WV

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND SHORT TERM FORECAST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BECKLEY WV
940 PM EST WED MAR 9 1994

...FLOOD WATCH TONIGHT FOR SOUTHERN WEST VIRGINIA...
...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY UNTIL MIDNIGHT FOR SOUTHERN MOUNTAINS AND
   GREENBRIER VALLEY OF WEST VIRGINIA...

WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWS A LARGE AREA OF PRECIPITATION COVERING
THE STATE OF WEST VIRGINIA, WHICH EXTENDS SOUTH INTO THE GULF OF
MEXICO. MOST OF THIS IS FALLING IN THE FORM OF LIGHT RAIN, WITH SOME
POCKETS OF FREEZING RAIN NOTED OVER THE GREENBRIER VALLEY AND THE
SOUTHERN MOUNTAINS OF WEST VIRGINIA INTO PORTIONS OF EXTREME SOUTHWEST
VIRGINIA.

THE FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED TO LINGER TO AROUND MIDNIGHT, IN THE
ADVISED AREA, UNTIL WARMER AIR MOVES UP FROM THE SOUTH. THIS WILL
CHANGE ANY FREEZING PRECIPITATION BACK OVER TO RAIN. WHEREAS IN THE
THE WESTERN LOWLANDS, THE LIGHT RAIN WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE
OVERNIGHT HOURS THAT MAY BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES. THIS STEADY
PRECIPITATION; ALONG WITH THE ALREADY SATURATED GROUNDS AND AFTERNOON
AND EVENING RAINS, WILL KEEP THE FLOOD THREAT VERY POSSIBLE OVERNIGHT.

RECENT REPORTS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAVE INDICATED THAT NO
FLOODING PROBLEMS HAVE YET DEVELOPED OVER THE WATCH AREA SO
FAR THIS EVENING.

MOTORISTS DRIVING THROUGH THE ADVISORY AREA THIS EVENING, ARE URGED TO
USE CAUTION AND WATCH FOR ICY SPOTS.

ALSO, MOTORISTS SHOULD USE CAUTION WHEN DRIVING ACROSS WEST VIRGINIA
TONIGHT, AS THE DEPTH OF WATER OVER ROADWAYS CAN BE HARD TO JUDGE
WHICH COULD LEAD TO A POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS SITUATION.

TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO HOLD NEARLY STEADY THIS EVENING BEFORE
SLOWLY WARMING OVERNIGHT INTO THE UPPER 30S TO NEAR 40 OVER
MOST LOCATIONS SHORTLY AFTER MIDNIGHT.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND
EVENING WEATHER STORY FOR THE MOUNTAINS AND WESTERN
SLOPES OF WEST VIRGINIA AND EXTREME SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
1030 PM EST WED MAR 9 1993

        ...FLOOD WATCH TONIGHT FOR THE ENTIRE REGION....
...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY UNTIL MIDNIGHT FOR SOUTHEASTERN WEST VIRGINIA
   AND THE NEW RIVER VALLEY IN VIRGINIA...

RAIN CONTINUED ACROSS MUCH OF THE REGION DURING THE EVENING. THE
INTENSITY PICKED UP OVER SOUTHWESTERN VIRGINIA WEST OF THE NEW RIVER
VALLEY AND THE WESTERN HALF OF WEST VIRGINIA. IN SOUTHEASTERN WEST
VIRGINIA AND THE NEW RIVER VALLEY IN VIRGINIA POCKETS OF FREEZING RAIN
PERSISTED. TEMPERATURES RANGED FROM THE LOW TO MID 30S ALONG THE OHIO
RIVER AND SOUTHEASTERN PORTIONS OF WEST VIRGINIA AND THE NEW RIVER
VALLEY IN VIRGINIA, TO THE MID 40S IN CENTRAL AND SOUTHWESTERN WEST
VIRGINIA TO THE LOWER 50S NEAR THE TENNESSEE BORDER IN FAR SOUTHWESTERN
VIRGINIA.
WYTHEVILLE IN SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA REPORTED ICE ACCUMULATIONS UP TO ONE
HALF INCH. BRIDGES ON I-64 IN EASTERN GREENBRIER COUNTY WEST VIRGINIA
REPORTED ICY AREAS.

THE EVENING WEATHER MAP SHOW A STORM OVER SOUTHEASTERN KENTUCKY WITH A
COLD FRONT TRAILING SOUTH INTO THE GULF OF MEXICO. A WARM FRONT EXTENDS
NORTHEAST FROM THE STORM TO NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA, THEN LOOPS SOUTH
ALONG THE MOUNTAINS AS A STATIONARY FRONT INTO THE NORTH CAROLINA
MOUNTAINS. HIGH PRESSURE WAS OVER THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN PLAINS
STATES.

THE STORM WILL RACE NORTH TO WESTERN NEW YORK BY THURSDAY MORNING. A
QUICK SURGE OF WARMER AIR WILL PUSH ACROSS MUCH OF THE REGION TO THE
EAST OF THE STORM DURING THE NIGHT. THE THREAT FOR HEAVY RAIN WILL
CONTINUE PAST MIDNIGHT. HOWEVER, THE TRAILING COLD FRONT WILL PUSH
ACROSS THE WESTERN LOWLANDS TO NEAR THE MOUNTAINS BY SUNRISE ALLOWING A
RETURN TO COLDER AIR IN THE WEST BY THAT TIME.

RIVERS ARE ALSO RUNNING HIGH IN SOUTHWESTERN AND CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA.
RIVERS IN THIS AREA ARE LIKELY TO REACH THREE QUARTER TO NEAR BANKFULL
LATE TONIGHT AND THURSDAY AS A RESULT OF THIS RAIN.

COLDER AIR WILL PUSH ACROSS THE REGION THURSDAY MORNING AS THE TRAILING
COLD FRONT MOVES EAST OF THE MOUNTAINS WELL BEFORE NOON. THE LIGHT RAIN
IS EXPECTED TO CHANGE INTO SNOW SHOWERS DURING THE DAY WITH POSSIBLE
ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES IN WEST VIRGINIA, MAINLY IN THE NORTH
AND MOUNTAIN AREAS.

A FEW SNOW FLURRIES MAY LINGER THURSDAY EVENING IN THE NORTHERN AREAS
OF WEST VIRGINIA. OTHERWISE SKIES ARE FORECAST TO BECOME PARTLY CLOUDY.
ON FRIDAY HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD ACROSS THE AREA BRINGING SUNSHINE,
BUT TEMPERATURES WILL STILL REMAIN SOME 5 TO 10 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL.
DRY WEATHER AND MODERATING TEMPERATURES ARE FORECAST FOR THE WEEKEND.

...HAZARDOUS WEATHER POTENTIAL THROUGH MONDAY...

HEAVY RAINS WILL BRING THE THREAT OF FLOODING FOR THE ENTIRE REGION
OVERNIGHT.

POCKETS OF FREEZING RAIN WILL LINGER UNTIL AROUND MIDNIGHT TONIGHT IN
SOUTHEASTERN WEST VIRGINIA AND THE NEW RIVER BASIN IN SOUTHWESTERN
VIIGINIA.

RAIN WILL CHANGE TO SNOW ON THURSDAY, POSSIBLY CAUSING ADDITIONAL WINTER
RELATED PROBLEMS IN WEST VIRGINIA, MAINLY OVER THE NORTH AND MOUNTAIN
AREAS.

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