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EVENING WEATHER SUMMARY FOR THE CENTRAL APPALACHIANS AND MIDDLE OHIO VALLEY 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
930 PM EDT MON AUG 29 2005

...FLOOD WATCH FOR THE ENTIRE AREA UNTIL 8 PM WEDNESDAY EVENING...

THE RAINFALL FROM THE PAST COUPLE OF DAYS ADDED TO TODAYS RAIN AND 
THE EXPECTED RAINS FROM THE REMNANTS OF HURRICANE KATRINA...CAN   
POSSIBLY CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS THROUGH   
WEDNESDAY EVENING THROUGHOUT THE REGION.  

SMALL STREAM AND CREEK FLOODING OCCURRED ACROSS PORTIONS OF CENTRAL 
AND NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA THIS AFTERNOON. FLOODING PROBLEMS WERE 
REPORTED FROM PUTNAM AND KANAWHA COUNTIES NORTHEAST IN COUNTIES 
ALONG AND WEST OF INTERSTATE 79 AS FAR NORTH AS HARRISON COUNTY. 
RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES WERE COMMON WITH AN UNOFFICIAL 
REPORT OF OVER 5 INCHES NEAR ALICE IN GILMER COUNTY. SEVERAL ROADS 
WERE CLOSED BY WATER AS SMALL STREAMS CAME OUT OF THEIR BANKS. 
REPORTS OF WATER IN OR AROUND HOMES AND BUILDINGS WERE RECEIVED FROM 
NORTHERN CLAY...SOUTHERN BRAXTON AND GILMER COUNTIES.

A SOUTHERLY FLOW AHEAD OF THE REMNANTS OF HURRICANE KATRINA IS 
BRINGING MOISTURE NORTHWARD INTO OUR AREA. A WEAK STATIONARY FRONT 
AT THE SURFACE ALONG THE OHIO RIVER ACTED AS A FOCUSING MECHANISM 
FOR THE HEAVY RAIN SHOWERS THIS AFTERNOON.

BY MID EVENING THE HEAVIER SHOWERS HAVE MOVED NORTHEAST AND 
DISSIPATED. LIGHTER SHOWERS WERE MOVING INTO EASTERN KENTUCKY AND 
WESTERN WEST VIRGINIA. TEMPERATURES RANGED FROM THE UPPER 60S TO THE 
LOWER 70S.

TROPICAL STORM KATRINA IS MARCHING NORTH THROUGH NORTH CENTRAL 
MISSISSIPPI HEADED FOR THE OHIO VALLEY. KATRINA IS EXPECTED TO TRACK 
ACROSS WESTERN TENNESSEE...KENTUCKY AND OHIO TUESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY. 
THERE WILL BE RAIN THROUGH MID WEEK.  THE POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY RAIN 
EXISTS ESPECIALLY TUESDAY INTO EARLY WEDNESDAY ALONG AND WEST OF THE 
OHIO RIVER. OTHER AREAS COULD SEE SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF RAIN AS 
WELL.  KATRINA WILL EXIT TO OUR NORTHEAST LATER WEDNESDAY AND 
THURSDAY, WITH PRIMARILY DRY WEATHER ANTICIPATED FOR THE END OF THE 
WORK WEEK.




 

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