000
AWUS81 KRLX 090848
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WEATHER SUMMARY FOR THE CENTRAL APPALACHIANS AND MIDDLE OHIO VALLEY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
548 AM EDT SAT MAY 9 2009

.SYNOPSIS...
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS FAR SOUTHERN WEST VIRGINIA AND
SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA THIS MORNING WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH THIS
AFTERNOON.  ELSEWHERE...JUST A BRIEF SHOWER OR THUNDERSTORM IS
POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON...AS A COLD FRONT CROSSES THE AREA.  THIS
FRONT WILL BRING GUSTY WINDS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING BUT...MORE
IMPORTANTLY...IT WILL START DRYING THE AREA OUT TONIGHT.  AFTER
ANOTHER WARM AFTERNOON...TONIGHT WILL ALSO FEATURE LOWER
TEMPERATURES THAN RECENT NIGHTS.

COOLER BUT DRIER WEATHER IS EXPECTED FOR SUNDAY BEHIND THE COLD
FRONT. ANOTHER WEAK DISTURBANCE IS EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO THE REGION
ON MONDAY. THIS WILL BRING A SLIGHT CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION TO THE
REGION. HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD INTO THE REGION BEHIND THE
DISTURBANCE FOR A BRIEF BREAK IN THE PRECIPITATION UNTIL THURSDAY
WHEN ANOTHER STORM SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO THE REGION.

&&

.NEAR TERM IMPACTS /THROUGH TONIGHT/...
A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING FOR FAR SOUTHERN
WEST VIRGINA AND SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA.  PERSISTENT RAINFALL HAS CAUSED
SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS TO COME OUT OF THEIR BANKS...AND THERE HAVE
BEEN NUMEROUS REPORTS OF FLOODING INCLUDING ROAD
CLOSINGS...STREAMS INTO BUILDINGS AND EVACUATIONS.  THESE ADVERSE
IMPACTS ARE LIKELY TO CONTINUE THROUGHOUT THE MORNING.  MAIN STEM
RIVERS HAVE ALSO BEGUN TO RISE AND WILL CONTINUE TO DO SO.  CURRENT
CREST FORECASTS ARE BELOW FLOOD STAGE...BUT ONGOING RAINFALL MAY
CHANGE THIS.

&&

.SHORT TERM IMPACTS /SUNDAY THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT/...
NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER IMPACTS ARE EXPECTED.

&&

.LONG TERM IMPACTS /TUESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY/...
NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER IMPACTS ARE EXPECTED.

&&

$$
SYNOPSIS...TRM/SL
NEAR TERM...TRM
SHORT TERM...SL
LONG TERM...CL

000
AWUS81 KCLE 090307
RWSCLE

LATE MORNING OHIO WEATHER STORY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OHIO
1105 PM EDT FRI MAY 8 2009

...A COOLER AND DRIER WEEKEND AHEAD...

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVED ACROSS THE STATE TODAY. A MESOSCALE
LOW MOVED ACROSS KENTUCKY THIS AFTERNOON, AND APPEARED MORE LIKE A
HURRICANE WITH A DISTINCTIVE EYE-LIKE FEATURE. THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL
WITH THIS FEATURE STAYED SOUTH OF THE STATE. AREAS ALONG THE OHIO
RIVER DID SEE STEADY RAINFALL WITH SOME EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS THIS
AFTERNOON. RADAR ESTIMATES INDICATED APPROXIMATELY A HALF OF AN INCH
TO AN INCH OF RAINFALL. MOST OTHER AREAS REPORTED LESS THAN A TENTH OF
AN INCH OF RAINFALL, ALTHOUGH FINDLAY CAME IN WITH THREE QUARTERS OF
AN INCH IN THE LAST 24 HOURS. THERE WAS ONE SEVERE STORM IN TRUMBULL
COUNTY WHERE NICKEL SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED. HIGHS THIS AFTERNOON
RANGED FROM THE UPPER 60S TO THE LOWER 70S ACROSS THE STATE.

OVERNIGHT AND SATURDAY...SHOWERS WILL LINGER ACROSS THE STATE INTO
THE MORNING ON SATURDAY. IT WILL BE ONE LAST WARM NIGHT, WITH LOWS
RANGING FROM THE MID 50S ACROSS NORTHWEST OHIO TO THE LOWER 60S
ACROSS MUCH OF THE STATE. THE CHANCE FOR SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE
ACROSS THE NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE STATE INTO THE AFTERNOON. A COLD
FRONT WILL CROSS OHIO ON SATURDAY, USHERING COOLER AND DRIER AIR
INTO THE AREA. HIGHS ON SATURDAY WILL RANGE FROM NEAR 60 ACROSS
NORTHWEST OHIO TO THE MID 70S ACROSS SOUTHEAST OHIO.

SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY...HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD INTO THE
AREA BEHIND THE COLD FRONT AND KEEP CONDITIONS DRY THROUGH TUESDAY.
TEMPERATURES WILL BE NOTICEABLY COOLER SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY
NIGHT. HIGHS ON SUNDAY AND MONDAY WILL RANGE FROM THE UPPER 50S TO
THE LOWER 60S. ON TUESDAY, HIGHS WILL RANGE FROM THE UPPER 50S
ACROSS NORTHERN OHIO TO THE LOWER 70S ALONG THE OHIO RIVER. LOWS
WILL RANGE FROM THE UPPER 30S NEAR LAKE ERIE TO THE UPPER 40S ALONG
THE OHIO RIVER EACH NIGHT.

$$

WOODRUM

000
AWUS81 KRLX 090234
RWSRLX

WEATHER SUMMARY FOR THE CENTRAL APPALACHIANS AND MIDDLE OHIO VALLEY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
1034 PM EDT FRI MAY 8 2009

.SYNOPSIS...
A STRONG DISTURBANCE WILL RACE...FROM SOUTHWEST TO
NORTHEAST...THROUGH OUR VICINITY EARLY TONIGHT. THIS SYSTEM WILL
BRING A CONTINUED THREAT OF EXCESSIVE RAINFALL EARLY
TONIGHT...MAINLY SOUTH OF A HUNTINGTON TO CHARLESTON TO ELKINS
LINE.

THE RAINS DECREASE LATER TONIGHT. SOME RAIN MAY LINGER INTO EARLY
SATURDAY...ESPECIALLY ACROSS SOUTHERN WEST VIRGINIA AND SOUTHWEST
VIRGINIA.

A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE REGION ON SATURDAY BEHIND THE
EXITING WAVE...KEEPING SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
FORECAST FOR SATURDAY. THIS WILL BE FOLLOWED BY ANOTHER WEAK WAVE ON
SUNDAY. DRIER WEATHER IS EXPECTED TO MOVE IN BY EARLY NEXT WEEK AS
HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS INTO THE REGION.

&&

.NEAR TERM IMPACTS /UNTIL 6 AM SATURDAY MORNING/...
A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR DICKINSON AND BUCHANAN COUNTIES
OF SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA UNTIL MIDNIGHT TONIGHT...WITH STRONG WINDS...LARGE
HAIL...AND A FEW TORNADOS POSSIBLE.

A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR LOGAN...MCDOWELL...MINGO...AND
WYOMING COUNTIES OF WEST VIRGINIA UNTIL 2 AM...WITH STRONG WINDS...LARGE
HAIL...AND A FEW TORNADOS POSSIBLE.

A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING FOR MAINLY THE
SOUTHERN HALF OF OUR AREA...GENERALLY SOUTH OF A
HUNTINGTON...CHARLESTON...ELKINS LINE. IT WILL NOT TAKE MUCH TO
BRING SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS OUT OF THEIR BANKS...AS WELL AS
OTHER POOR DRAINAGE FLOODING. MUD AND ROCK SLIDES ARE ALSO
POSSIBLE...CAUSING SOME ROAD CLOSURES. THE BEST POTENTIAL FOR
EXCESSIVE RAINFALL IS ACROSS NORTHEAST KENTUCKY...SOUTHWEST
VIRGINIA AND SOUTHERN HALF OF WEST VIRGINIA.

&&

.SHORT TERM IMPACTS /6 AM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT/...
THE FLOODING IMPACTS THAT BEGIN TONIGHT WILL CONTINUE INTO
SATURDAY...WHEN MAIN STEM RIVERS MAY ALSO BEGIN TO RISE.

&&

.LONG TERM IMPACTS /MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY/...
NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER IMPACTS ARE EXPECTED.

&&

$$
SYNOPSIS...KTB
NEAR TERM...KTB
SHORT TERM...KMC
LONG TERM...CL

000
AWUS81 KRLX 082253
RWSRLX

WEATHER SUMMARY FOR THE CENTRAL APPALACHIANS AND MIDDLE OHIO VALLEY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
653 PM EDT FRI MAY 8 2009

.SYNOPSIS...
A STRONG DISTURBANCE WILL RACE...FROM SOUTHWEST TO
NORTHEAST...THROUGH OUR VICINITY THIS EVENING. THIS SYSTEM WILL
BRING COPIOUS...IF NOT EXCESSIVE RAINFALL THIS EVENING.

HOPEFULLY...THE RAINS DECREASE LATE TONIGHT. SOME RAIN MAY LINGER
INTO EARLY SATURDAY...ESPECIALLY ACROSS SOUTHERN WEST VIRGINIA AND
SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA.

A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE REGION ON SATURDAY BEHIND THE
EXITING WAVE...KEEPING SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
FORECAST FOR SATURDAY. THIS WILL BE FOLLOWED BY ANOTHER WEAK WAVE ON
SUNDAY. DRIER WEATHER IS EXPECTED TO MOVE IN BY EARLY NEXT WEEK AS
HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS INTO THE REGION.

&&

.NEAR TERM IMPACTS /UNTIL 6 AM SATURDAY MORNING/...
A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR DICKINSON AND BUCHANAN COUNTIES
OF SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA UNTIL MIDNIGHT TONIGHT...WITH STRONG WINDS...LARGE
HAIL...AND A FEW TORNADOS POSSIBLE.

A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR LOGAN...MCDOWELL...MINGO...AND
WYOMING COUNTIES OF WEST VIRGINIA UNTIL 2 AM...WITH STRONG WINDS...LARGE
HAIL...AND A FEW TORNADOS POSSIBLE.

A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING FOR ALL OUR
AREA...EXCEPT A SMALL PART OF SOUTHEAST OHIO. HEAVY RAIN ARRIVES
THIS EVENING. OVER AN INCH OF RAIN IS POSSIBLE WITHIN A SIX HOUR
PERIOD TONIGHT. IT WILL NOT TAKE MUCH MORE THAN THIS TO START TO
BRING SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS OUT OF THEIR BANKS...AS WELL AS
OTHER POOR DRAINAGE FLOODING. MUD AND ROCK SLIDES ARE ALSO
POSSIBLE...CAUSING SOME ROAD CLOSURES. THE BEST POTENTIAL FOR
EXCESSIVE RAINFALL IS ACROSS NORTHEAST KENTUCKY...SOUTHWEST
VIRGINIA AND MUCH OF WEST VIRGINIA.

&&

.SHORT TERM IMPACTS /6 AM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT/...
THE FLOODING IMPACTS THAT BEGIN TONIGHT WILL CONTINUE INTO
SATURDAY...WHEN MAIN STEM RIVERS WILL ALSO BEGIN TO RISE.

&&

.LONG TERM IMPACTS /MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY/...
NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER IMPACTS ARE EXPECTED.

&&

$$
SYNOPSIS...KTB
NEAR TERM...KTB
SHORT TERM...KMC
LONG TERM...CL

000
AWUS81 KRLX 082134
RWSRLX

WEATHER SUMMARY FOR THE CENTRAL APPALACHIANS AND MIDDLE OHIO VALLEY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
534 PM EDT FRI MAY 8 2009

.SYNOPSIS...
A STRONG DISTURBANCE WILL RACE...FROM SOUTHWEST TO
NORTHEAST...THROUGH OUR VICINITY THIS EVENING. THIS SYSTEM WILL
BRING COPIOUS...IF NOT EXCESSIVE RAINFALL THIS EVENING.

THE RAINS DECREASE LATE TONIGHT. SOME RAIN MAY LINGER INTO EARLY
SATURDAY...ESPECIALLY ACROSS SOUTHERN WEST VIRGINIA AND SOUTHWEST
VIRGINIA.

A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE REGION ON SATURDAY BEHIND THE
EXITING WAVE...KEEPING SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
FORECAST FOR SATURDAY. THIS WILL BE FOLLOWED BY ANOTHER WEAK WAVE ON
SUNDAY. DRIER WEATHER IS EXPECTED TO MOVE IN BY EARLY NEXT WEEK AS
HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS INTO THE REGION.

&&

.NEAR TERM IMPACTS /UNTIL 6 AM SATURDAY MORNING/...

A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR DICKINSON AND BUCHANAN COUNTIES
OF SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA UNTIL MIDNIGHT TONIGHT...WITH STRONG WINDS...LARGE
HAIL...AND A FEW TORNADOS POSSIBLE.

A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING FOR ALL OUR
AREA...EXCEPT A SMALL PART OF SOUTHEAST OHIO. HEAVY RAIN ARRIVES
THIS EVENING. OVER AN INCH OF RAIN IS POSSIBLE WITHIN A SIX HOUR
PERIOD TONIGHT. IT WILL NOT TAKE MUCH MORE THAN THIS TO START TO
BRING SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS OUT OF THEIR BANKS...AS WELL AS
OTHER POOR DRAINAGE FLOODING. MUD AND ROCK SLIDES ARE ALSO
POSSIBLE...CAUSING SOME ROAD CLOSURES. THE BEST POTENTIAL FOR
EXCESSIVE RAINFALL IS ACROSS NORTHEAST KENTUCKY...SOUTHWEST
VIRGINIA AND MUCH OF WEST VIRGINIA.

&&

.SHORT TERM IMPACTS /6 AM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT/...
THE FLOODING IMPACTS THAT BEGIN TONIGHT WILL CONTINUE INTO
SATURDAY...WHEN MAIN STEM RIVERS WILL ALSO BEGIN TO RISE.

&&

.LONG TERM IMPACTS /MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY/...
NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER IMPACTS ARE EXPECTED.

&&

$$
SYNOPSIS...KTB
NEAR TERM...KTB/JMV
SHORT TERM...KMC
LONG TERM...CL

000
AWUS81 KRLX 081935
RWSRLX

WEATHER SUMMARY FOR THE CENTRAL APPALACHIANS AND MIDDLE OHIO VALLEY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
335 PM EDT FRI MAY 8 2009

.SYNOPSIS...
A STRONG DISTURBANCE WILL MOVE THROUGH THE AREA THIS EVENING. THIS
SYSTEM WILL BRING COPIOUS...IF NOT EXCESSIVE RAINFALL THIS EVENING
AND INTO EARLY SATURDAY. IN ADDITION...GUSTY WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED
THIS EVENING.

A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE REGION ON SATURDAY BEHIND THE
EXITING WAVE...KEEPING SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
FORECAST FOR SATURDAY. THIS WILL BE FOLLOWED BY ANOTHER WEAK WAVE ON
SUNDAY. DRIER WEATHER IS EXPECTED TO MOVE IN BY EARLY NEXT WEEK AS
HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS INTO THE REGION.

&&

.NEAR TERM IMPACTS /UNTIL 6 AM SATURDAY MORNING/...
HEAVY RAIN ARRIVES THIS EVENING. OVER AN INCH OF RAIN IS POSSIBLE
WITHIN A SIX HOUR PERIOD TONIGHT. IT WILL NOT TAKE MUCH MORE THAN
THIS TO START TO BRING SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS OUT OF THEIR
BANKS...AS WELL AS OTHER POOR DRAINAGE FLOODING. MUD AND
ROCKSLIDES ARE ALSO POSSIBLE...CAUSING SOME ROAD CLOSURES. THE
BEST POTENTIAL FOR EXCESSIVE RAINFALL IS ACROSS NORTHEAST
KENTUCKY...SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA AND MUCH OF WEST VIRGINIA.

&&

.SHORT TERM IMPACTS /6 AM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT/...
THE FLOODING IMPACTS THAT BEGIN LATER TONIGHT WILL CONTINUE INTO
SATURDAY...WHEN MAIN STEM RIVERS WILL ALSO BEGIN TO RISE.

&&

.LONG TERM IMPACTS /MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY/...
NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER IMPACTS ARE EXPECTED.

&&

$$
SYNOPSIS...KMC
NEAR TERM...MDP
SHORT TERM...KMC
LONG TERM...CL

000
AWUS81 KRLX 081521
RWSRLX

WEATHER SUMMARY FOR THE CENTRAL APPALACHIANS AND MIDDLE OHIO VALLEY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
1121 AM EDT FRI MAY 8 2009

.SYNOPSIS...
THE UNSETTLED...WET WEATHER PATTERN CONTINUES.  A WEAK WAVE OF LOW
PRESSURE WILL BRING SCATTERED SHOWERS TODAY. A STRONGER LOW WILL
BRING COPIOUS IF NOT EXCESSIVE RAINFALL THIS EVENING AND INTO EARLY
SATURDAY.

A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE REGION ON SATURDAY BEHIND THE
EXITING WAVE...KEEPING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE FORECAST FOR
SATURDAY. THIS WILL BE FOLLOWED BY ANOTHER WEAK WAVE ON SUNDAY.
DRIER WEATHER IS EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO THE REGION BY EARLY NEXT WEEK
AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS INTO THE REGION.

&&

.NEAR TERM IMPACTS /THROUGH TONIGHT/...
SOME RAIN TODAY WILL ASSURE THE GROUND REMAINS SATURATED WHEN
HEAVIER RAIN ARRIVES THIS EVENING. OVER AN INCH OF RAIN IS POSSIBLE
WITHIN A SIX HOUR PERIOD TONIGHT. IT WOULD NOT TAKE MUCH MORE THAN
THIS TO START TO BRING SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS OUT OF THEIR
BANKS...AS WELL AS OTHER POOR DRAINAGE FLOODING. MUD AND
ROCKSLIDES ARE POSSIBLE...CAUSING SOME ROAD CLOSURES. THE BEST
POTENTIAL FOR EXCESSIVE RAINFALL IS ACROSS NORTHEAST
KENTUCKY...SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA AND MUCH OF WEST VIRGINIA.

&&

.SHORT TERM IMPACTS /SATURDAY THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT/...
THE FLOODING IMPACTS THAT BEGIN LATER TONIGHT WILL CONTINUE INTO
SATURDAY...WHEN MAIN STEM RIVERS WILL ALSO BEGIN TO RISE.

&&

.LONG TERM IMPACTS /MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY/...
NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER IMPACTS ARE EXPECTED.

&&

$$
SYNOPSIS...KMC/TRM/SL
NEAR TERM...TRM
SHORT TERM...SL
LONG TERM...CL

000
AWUS81 KCLE 081423
RWSCLE

LATE MORNING OHIO WEATHER STORY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OHIO
1025 AM EDT FRI MAY 8 2009

UNSETTLED WEATHER WILL REMAIN ACROSS THE STATE.

OHIO WILL REMAIN IN BETWEEN STORM SYSTEMS THIS AFTERNOON.  A NEARLY
STATIONARY FRONT IS SOUTH OF THE STATE WHILE A DEVELOPING LOW
PRESSURE CENTER IS NORTHWEST OF THE REGION.  THE AIR MASS IN BETWEEN
THE TWO STORM SYSTEMS IS UNSETTLED.  THIS WILL MEAN SCATTERED
SHOWERS AND A POSSIBLE THUNDERSTORM OVER THE STATE THIS AFTERNOON.
TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN SEASONAL WITH HIGHS IN THE 70S.

THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM TO THE NORTHWEST WILL MOVE INTO THE OHIO
VALLEY OVERNIGHT AND THEN OVER THE STATE ON SATURDAY.  THIS STORM
SYSTEM WILL DRAG A COLD FRONT THROUGH THE STATE ON SATURDAY
AFTERNOON.  SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE IN
ADVANCE OF THE LOW PRESSURE CENTER .  THE WINDS WILL ALSO BECOME
BREEZY.  WE EXPECT WINDS TO GUST AS HIGH AS 30 TO 40 MILES AN HOUR
DURING THE AFTERNOON ON SATURDAY. TEMPERATURES WILL COOL BACK INTO
THE 60S FOR SATURDAY WITH A FEW AREAS IN THE SOUTH REACHING 70.

HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD IN OVER THE REGION ON SUNDAY AND MONDAY.
WITH DRIER AND COOLER AIR. LOWS WILL BE IN THE 40S WITH HIGHS IN THE
60S.

$$

000
AWUS81 KRLX 080841
RWSRLX

WEATHER SUMMARY FOR THE CENTRAL APPALACHIANS AND MIDDLE OHIO VALLEY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
441 AM EDT FRI MAY 8 2009

.SYNOPSIS...
THE UNSETTLED...WET WEATHER PATTERN CONTINUES.  A WEAK WAVE OF LOW
PRESSURE WILL BRING SOME RAIN TODAY...THEN A STRONGER LOW WILL BRING
COPIOUS IF NOT EXCESSIVE RAINFALL LATER TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY.

A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE REGION ON SATURDAY BEHIND THE
EXITING WAVE...KEEPING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE FORECAST FOR
SATURDAY. THIS WILL BE FOLLOWED BY ANOTHER WEAK WAVE ON SUNDAY.
DRIER WEATHER IS EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO THE REGION BY EARLY NEXT WEEK
AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS INTO THE REGION.

&&

.NEAR TERM IMPACTS /THROUGH TONIGHT/...
SOME RAIN TODAY WILL ASSURE THE GROUND REMAINS SATURATED WHEN
HEAVIER RAIN ARRIVES LATER TONIGHT. OVER AN INCH OF RAIN IS
POSSIBLE WITHIN SIX HOURS...AND IT WOULD NOT TAKE MUCH MORE THAN
THIS TO START BRING SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS OUT OF THEIR
BANKS...AS WELL AS OTHER POOR DRAINAGE FLOODING. MUDSLIDES ARE
POSSIBLE AS WELL. TH BEST POTENTIAL FOR EXCESSIVE RAINFALL IS ACROSS
NORTHEAST KENTUCKY...SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA AND MUCH OF WEST VIRGINIA.

&&

.SHORT TERM IMPACTS /SATURDAY THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT/...
THE FLOODING IMPACTS THAT BEGIN LATER TONIGHT WILL CONTINUE INTO
SATURDAY...WHEN MAIN STEM RIVERS WILL ALSO BEGIN TO RISE.

&&

.LONG TERM IMPACTS /MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY/...
NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER IMPACTS ARE EXPECTED.

&&

$$
SYNOPSIS...TRM/SL
NEAR TERM...TRM
SHORT TERM...SL
LONG TERM...CL

000
AWUS81 KCLE 080259
RWSCLE

LATE EVENING OHIO WEATHER STORY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OHIO
1100 PM EDT THU MAY 7 2009

SCATTERED SHOWERS AND STORMS ACROSS THE STATE.

WEAK LOW PRESSURE PROVIDED A FEW SHOWERS AND STORMS TODAY. MANY
LOCATIONS REMAINED DRY BUT A FEW PLACES RECEIVED HEAVY RAIN MAINLY
IN THE NORTHWEST NEAR LIMA AND FINDLAY. TEMPERATURES WERE SEASONABLE
WITH HIGHS IN THE UPPER 60S AND LOWER 70S.

WEAK LOW PRESSURE WILL COMBINE WITH A COLD FRONT TO PRODUCE
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND STORMS INTO SATURDAY. LOWS WILL BE IN THE 50S
WITH HIGHS AROUND 70.

HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD IN OVER THE WEEKEND WITH DRIER AND COOLER
AIR. LOWS WILL BE IN THE 40S WITH HIGHS IN THE 60S.

$$

000
AWUS81 KRLX 072039
RWSRLX

WEATHER SUMMARY FOR THE CENTRAL APPALACHIANS AND MIDDLE OHIO VALLEY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
439 PM EDT THU MAY 7 2009

.SYNOPSIS...
ONE UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL STREAK THROUGH SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA
AND EXTREME SOUTHERN WEST VIRGINIA LATE THIS AFTERNOON...WITH A
ROUND OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.

MOIST DISTURBANCES WILL CONTINUE PASS WEST TO EAST ACROSS THE
REGION...KEEPING ON-AND-OFF SHOWERS IN THE FORECAST. THE STRONGEST
OF THESE DISTURBANCES WILL BRING POTENTIALLY HEAVY RAIN TO THE AREA
FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY...WHICH COULD LEAD TO SOME FLOODING
PROBLEMS FOR SOME AREAS.

A WEAKER WAVE MAY IMPACT SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF THE REGION WITH
ADDITIONAL SHOWERS SUNDAY INTO SUNDAY NIGHT...BUT OVERALL WE SHOULD
START DRYING OUT INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK...WITH WARMING TEMPERATURES.

&&

.NEAR TERM IMPACTS /UNTIL 6 AM FRIDAY MORNING/...
ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TODAY COULD CAUSE PONDING OF
WATER ON ROADS AND IN LOW LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS DUE TO AN
ALREADY SATURATED GROUND. IN FAR SOUTHERN WEST VIRGINIA AND
SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA...THERE IS A RISK OF SMALL STREAM FLOODING
PROBLEMS THIS EVENING IN ANY LOCALIZED AREA THAT RECEIVES MULTIPLE
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.  IT WILL TAKE AT LEAST AN INCH OF RAIN IN
A 3 HOUR PERIOD TO PRODUCE FLOODING.

&&

.SHORT TERM IMPACTS /6 AM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT/...
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FRIDAY COULD CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON
ROADS AND IN LOW LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS DUE TO AN ALREADY
SATURATED GROUND. SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE FRIDAY NIGHT AND
SATURDAY MORNING ACROSS NORTHEAST KENTUCKY...CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN
WEST VIRGINIA...AND SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA. THESE RAINFALL AMOUNTS...AND
SATURATED TERRAIN COULD PRODUCE ADDITIONAL FLOODING OF
ROADS...CREEKS...POOR DRAINAGE AND LOW LYING AREAS. MUDSLIDES ARE
POSSIBLE AS WELL.

&&

.LONG TERM IMPACTS /SUNDAY THROUGH THURSDAY/...
NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER IMPACTS ARE EXPECTED.

&&

$$
SYNOPSIS...CL/MDP/30
NEAR TERM...MDP
SHORT TERM...30
LONG TERM...CL

000
AWUS81 KRLX 072011
RWSRLX

WEATHER SUMMARY FOR THE CENTRAL APPALACHIANS AND MIDDLE OHIO VALLEY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
407 PM EDT THU MAY 7 2009

.SYNOPSIS...
MOIST DISTURBANCES WILL CONTINUE PASS WEST TO EAST ACROSS THE
REGION...KEEPING ON-AND-OFF SHOWERS IN THE FORECAST. THE STRONGEST
OF THESE DISTURBANCES WILL BRING POTENTIALLY HEAVY RAIN TO THE AREA
FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY...WHICH COULD LEAD TO SOME FLOODING
PROBLEMS FOR SOME AREAS.

A WEAKER WAVE MAY IMPACT SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF THE REGION WITH
ADDITIONAL SHOWERS SUNDAY INTO SUNDAY NIGHT...BUT OVERALL WE SHOULD
START DRYING OUT INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK...WITH WARMING TEMPERATURES.

&&

.NEAR TERM IMPACTS /UNTIL 6 AM FRIDAY MORNING/...
ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TODAY COULD CAUSE PONDING OF
WATER ON ROADS AND IN LOW LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS DUE TO AN
ALREADY SATURATED GROUND. IN FAR SOUTHERN WEST VIRGINIA AND
SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA...THERE IS A RISK OF SMALL STREAM FLOODING
PROBLEMS THIS EVENING IN ANY LOCALIZED AREA THAT RECEIVES MULTIPLE
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.  IT WILL TAKE AT LEAST AN INCH OF RAIN IN
A 3 HOUR PERIOD TO PRODUCE FLOODING.

&&

.SHORT TERM IMPACTS /6 AM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT/...
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FRIDAY COULD CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON
ROADS AND IN LOW LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS DUE TO AN ALREADY
SATURATED GROUND. SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE FRIDAY NIGHT AND
SATURDAY MORNING ACROSS NORTHEAST KENTUCKY...CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN
WEST VIRGINIA...AND SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA. THESE RAINFALL AMOUNTS...AND
SATURATED TERRAIN COULD PRODUCE ADDITIONAL FLOODING OF
ROADS...CREEKS...POOR DRAINAGE AND LOW LYING AREAS. MUDSLIDES ARE
POSSIBLE AS WELL.

&&

.LONG TERM IMPACTS /SUNDAY THROUGH THURSDAY/...
NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER IMPACTS ARE EXPECTED.

&&

$$
SYNOPSIS...CL/MDP/30
NEAR TERM...MDP
SHORT TERM...30
LONG TERM...CL

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RWSCLE

LATE MORNING OHIO WEATHER STORY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OHIO
1115 AM EDT THU MAY 7 2009

LATE THIS MORNING MUCH OF OHIO HAD MOSTLY CLOUDY TO CLOUDY SKIES
WITH THE EXCEPTION OF NORTHEAST OHIO WHERE CLEAR TO PARTLY CLOUDY
SKIES WERE OBSERVED. WINDS WERE GENERALLY FROM THE SOUTH AT 5 TO
15 MPH.

LOWS THIS MORNING WERE IN THE 40S AND 50S. EXTREMES WERE 45 DEGREES
AT TOLEDO AND 56 DEGREES AT CINCINNATI. AREAS OF FOG THIS MORNING
HAVE LIMITED THE WARMING FOR THE WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE STATE. LATE
MORNING TEMPERATURES RANGED FROM THE MIDDLE 50S WEST TO THE MIDDLE
60S ACROSS NORTHEAST OHIO. EXTREMES AT 11 AM WERE 53 DEGREES AT
MARION AND 64 DEGREES AT BURKE LAKEFRONT IN CLEVELAND.

A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS OHIO LATE TODAY WITH SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING ALONG AND AHEAD OF IT. HIGHS WILL RANGE
FROM NEAR 70 INTO THE MIDDLE 70S UNDER PARTLY TO MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES.
ANOTHER STRONGER COLD FRONT WILL ARRIVE ON SATURDAY WITH HIGH
PRESSURE SPREADING INTO THE REGION IN ITS WAKE. HIGH TEMPERATURES
WILL REMAIN IN THE LOWER 70S FOR FRIDAY BECOMING COOLER BY SUNDAY
WITH HIGHS RANGING FROM THE MIDDLE 50S NORTH TO THE MIDDLE 60S
SOUTH. LOWS WILL BE IN THE 40S AND 50S.

$$