JEFFERSON COUNTY, Pa. (EYT) – A Flash Flood Watch is now in effect through this afternoon for Jefferson County and surrounding areas.
The National Weather Service of Pittsburgh issued the following message at 12:47 a.m. on June 16, 2015:
Flash Flood Watch
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
1247 AM EDT TUE JUN 16 2015
TUSCARAWAS-CARROLL-COLUMBIANA-COSHOCTON-HARRISON-JEFFERSON OH-
MUSKINGUM-GUERNSEY-BELMONT-NOBLE-MONROE-MERCER-VENANGO-FOREST-
LAWRENCE-BUTLER-CLARION-JEFFERSON PA-BEAVER-ALLEGHENY-ARMSTRONG-
INDIANA-WASHINGTON-GREENE-WESTMORELAND-WESTMORELAND RIDGES-
FAYETTE-FAYETTE RIDGES-HANCOCK-BROOKE-OHIO-MARSHALL-WETZEL-MARION-
MONONGALIA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF…NEW PHILADELPHIA…CARROLLTON…SALEM…
COSHOCTON…CADIZ…STEUBENVILLE…ZANESVILLE…CAMBRIDGE…
ST. CLAIRSVILLE…CALDWELL…WOODSFIELD…GROVE CITY…FRANKLIN…
TIONESTA…NEW CASTLE…BUTLER…CLARION…BROOKVILLE…BEAVER…
PITTSBURGH METRO AREA…KITTANNING…INDIANA…WASHINGTON…
WAYNESBURG…GREENSBURG…LATROBE…LIGONIER…DONEGAL…
UNIONTOWN…CHAMPION…OHIOPYLE…WEIRTON…BETHANY…WHEELING…
MOUNDSVILLE…NEW MARTINSVILLE…FAIRMONT…MORGANTOWN
1247 AM EDT TUE JUN 16 2015
…FLASH FLOOD WATCH NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON…
THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR
* PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL OHIO…PENNSYLVANIA AND WEST
VIRGINIA…INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS…IN EAST CENTRAL
OHIO…BELMONT…CARROLL…COLUMBIANA…COSHOCTON…GUERNSEY…
HARRISON…JEFFERSON OH…MONROE…MUSKINGUM…NOBLE AND
TUSCARAWAS. IN PENNSYLVANIA…ALLEGHENY…ARMSTRONG…BEAVER…
BUTLER…CLARION…FAYETTE…FAYETTE RIDGES…FOREST…
GREENE…INDIANA…JEFFERSON PA…LAWRENCE…MERCER…
VENANGO…WASHINGTON…WESTMORELAND AND WESTMORELAND RIDGES.
IN WEST VIRGINIA…BROOKE…HANCOCK…MARION…MARSHALL…
MONONGALIA…OHIO AND WETZEL.
* THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON
* HEAVY RAINFALL FROM YESTERDAY HAS SATURATED MUCH OF THE REGION.
PERIODS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO CROSS THE
AREA OVERNIGHT AND MORNING. RAINFALL RATES OF 1 TO 3 INCHES PER
HOUR ARE POSSIBLE. THIS COULD RESULT IN FLASH FLOODING.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD
TO FLASH FLOODING.
BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED.
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