Full Notification

THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR

* PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST KENTUCKY...SOUTHEAST OHIO AND WEST
VIRGINIA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN NORTHEAST
KENTUCKY...BOYD...CARTER...GREENUP AND LAWRENCE KY. IN
SOUTHEAST OHIO...ATHENS...GALLIA...JACKSON OH...LAWRENCE OH...
MORGAN...MEIGS...PERRY...VINTON AND WASHINGTON. IN WEST
VIRGINIA...BOONE...BRAXTON...CABELL...CALHOUN...CLAY...
DODDRIDGE...GILMER...HARRISON...JACKSON WV...KANAWHA...LEWIS...
LINCOLN...LOGAN...MASON...MINGO...PLEASANTS...PUTNAM...
RITCHIE...ROANE...TYLER...WAYNE...WIRT AND WOOD.

* THROUGH THIS EVENING

* SHOWERS...SOME HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA TODAY.
WITH THE GROUND ALREADY MOIST IN MANY LOCATIONS FROM RECENT
RAINS...AREA STREAMS AND CREEKS COULD APPROACH OR EVEN EXCEED
BANKFUL. AN ADDITIONAL INCH OR SO OF RAIN CAN BE EXPECTED
TODAY...PARTICULARLY ACROSS NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA AND SOUTHEAST
OHIO.

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.

* UNTIL 245 PM EDT TUESDAY

* HEAVY RAINFALL FELL OVERNIGHT AND RAINFALL CONTINUES THIS MORNING.
1.5 TO 2.0 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN. THIS WILL CALL STREAMS AND
CREEKS TO COME OUT OF THEIR BANKS...INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO
TYGARTS CREEK.

A FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR HAS BEEN REPORTED.
ALL INTERESTED PARTIES SHOULD TAKE NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS IMMEDIATELY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO
AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY
DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL
ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED
ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.