[W8MWA] FLOOD WATCH - Monongalia County

[Bob Steele]

FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EDT THIS EVENING...

 

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PITTSBURGH HAS ISSUED A

 

* FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF WESTERN MARYLAND...SOUTHWEST

PENNSYLVANIA AND WEST VIRGINIA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING

AREAS...IN WESTERN MARYLAND...GARRETT. IN SOUTHWEST

PENNSYLVANIA...FAYETTE...FAYETTE RIDGES...GREENE AND

WASHINGTON. IN WEST VIRGINIA...MARION...MARSHALL...

MONONGALIA...OHIO...PRESTON...TUCKER AND WETZEL.

 

* UNTIL 6 PM EDT THIS EVENING

 

*THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAYS HEAVY RAIN IN SHOWERS AND

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE MOVING ACROSS THESE COUNTIES

INTO THE AFTERNOON.

 

* LOCATIONS THAT GET MORE THAN 1.5 INCHES OF RAINFALL TODAY WILL

  HAVE FLOODING DEVELOP IN AREAS WITH POOR DRAINAGE AND ALONG

  SMALL STREAMS THAT MAY AFFECT ROADS AND BUILDINGS.