Warning Description: Areal Flood Watch

Warning Date: 4:58 PM EDT on May 5, 2009

WarningSum:...Flood Watch In Effect From Wednesday Afternoon Through Late
Wednesday Night...

Warning Message:The National Weather Service in Charleston has issued a
* Flood Watch for portions of northeast Kentucky...southeast 
 Ohio...southwest Virginia and West Virginia...including the 
 following areas...in northeast Kentucky...Boyd...Carter...
 Greenup and Lawrence KY. In southeast Ohio...Gallia...Lawrence 
 OH...Meigs and Washington. In southwest Virginia...Buchanan 
 and Dickenson. In West Virginia...Barbour...Boone...Braxton...
 Cabell...Calhoun...Clay...Doddridge...Fayette...Gilmer...
 Harrison...Jackson WV...Kanawha...Lewis...Lincoln...Logan...
 Mason...McDowell...Mingo...Nicholas...Pleasants...Pocahontas...
 Putnam...Raleigh...Randolph...Ritchie...Roane...Taylor...
 Tyler...Upshur...Wayne...Webster...Wirt...wood and Wyoming.
* From Wednesday afternoon through late Wednesday night
* a developing low pressure system will track northeastward across
  the Ohio River Wednesday into Wednesday night. Steady
  rain...heavy at times...will overspread the watch area during
  the late morning hours on Wednesday...and continue into
  Wednesday night. Current indications are that the heaviest rain
  will fall across areas near and along the Ohio River...where one
  to two inches of rain can be expected by late Wednesday night.
  Father east...a general one inch of rain can be expected...with
  locally higher amounts possible. Central West Virginia is
  particularly vulnerable...due to heavy rainfall received over
  the past couple of days.
Precautionary/preparedness actions...
A Flood Watch means there is a potential for flooding based on
current forecasts.
You should monitor later forecasts and be alert for possible
flood warnings. Those living in areas prone to flooding should be
prepared to take action should flooding develop.