...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY EVENING THROUGH
SUNDAY EVENING...
THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR
* PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL OHIO...PENNSYLVANIA AND WEST
 VIRGINIA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN EAST CENTRAL
 OHIO...BELMONT...COLUMBIANA...JEFFERSON OH AND MONROE. IN
 PENNSYLVANIA...ALLEGHENY...ARMSTRONG...BEAVER...BUTLER...
 CLARION...FOREST...GREENE...JEFFERSON PA...LAWRENCE...MERCER...
 VENANGO AND WASHINGTON. IN WEST VIRGINIA...BROOKE...HANCOCK...
 MARION...MARSHALL...MONONGALIA...OHIO AND WETZEL.
* FROM THURSDAY EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING
* THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IS EXPECTING WARMER TEMPERATURES
 TO TO CAUSE SUBSTANTIAL MELTING OF THE SNOW PACK OVER THE
 FORECAST AREA. THE MELTING SNOW WILL RESULT IN ENOUGH RUNOFF
 TO CAUSE SMALL STREAMS TO SWELL TONIGHT AND THURSDAY. PERIODS
 OF RAIN STARTING THURSDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY WILL ADD TO THE
 RUNOFF AND INCREASE THE RISK OF FLOODING FOR STREAMS.
 WIDESPREAD RAINFALL FRIDAY INTO SATURDAY WILL INCREASE THE
 CHANCES OF FLOODING ALONG THE MONONGAHELA AND OHIO RIVERS AND
 THEIR TRIBUTARIES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING BASED ON
CURRENT FORECASTS OF SNOW MELT AND RAINFALL.
YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE
FLOOD WARNINGS. THOSE LIVING IN AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING SHOULD BE
PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLOODING DEVELOP.
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