FLOOD WATCH ISSUED FOR REGION

(12/15/2007)

A Flood Watch remains in effect from Saturday afternoon through Sunday morning for Calhoun, Gilmer, Clay, Roane, Wirt, Ritchie, and Braxton, among other regional counties. A strong low pressure system will affect the area this weekend ... with the potential of dropping another inch or two of rain. This will likely cause more flooding problems beginning Saturday afternoon with the greatest impact Saturday night and early Sunday. The greatest threat will not only be small streams and creeks but all the rivers as well ... especially the Little Kanawha River, West Fork of the Little Kanawha. A Flood Watch means there is a potential for flooding based on current forecasts. Saturday Cloudy. A chance of rain with a slight chance of snow in the morning ... then rain likely in the afternoon. Little or no snow accumulation. Highs in the lower 40s. East winds 5 to 10 mph. Chance of precipitation 70 percent. Saturday Night Rain. Lows in the mid 30s. Southeast winds around 10 mph. Chance of rain near 100 percent. Sunday Rain with snow likely. Light snow accumulation. Brisk with highs in the mid 30s. Temperature falling into the lower 30s in the afternoon. West winds 10 to 20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph. Chance of precipitation near 100 percent. Sunday Night Mostly cloudy with a 50 percent chance of snow showers. Brisk and cooler with lows in the lower 20s. West winds 10 to 20 mph. Monday Partly sunny. Highs in the mid 30s.

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