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Severe Thunderstorm Watch
Issued: 3:12 PM May. 16, 2025 – National Weather Service
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 261 IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS IN KENTUCKY THIS WATCH INCLUDES 3 COUNTIES IN NORTHEAST KENTUCKY BOYD CARTER LAWRENCE IN VIRGINIA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 2 COUNTIES IN SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA BUCHANAN DICKENSON IN WEST VIRGINIA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 9 COUNTIES IN SOUTHERN WEST VIRGINIA BOONE FAYETTE LINCOLN LOGAN MCDOWELL MINGO RALEIGH WYOMING IN WESTERN WEST VIRGINIA WAYNE THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF ALUM CREEK, ASHLAND, BECKLEY, BREAKS INTERSTATE PARK, CANNONSBURG, CARTER CAVES STATE PARK, CEREDO, CHAPMANVILLE, CLINTWOOD, DAVENPORT, FAYETTEVILLE, GARY, GRAYSON, GRAYSON LAKE STATE PARK, GRUNDY, HAMLIN, HARTS, HURLEY, KENOVA, LOGAN, LOUISA, MADISON, MAN, MULLENS, OAK HILL, OCEANA, OLIVE HILL, PINEVILLE, VANSANT, WAR, WAYNE, WELCH, WILLIAMSON, AND YATESVILLE LAKE STATE PARK.
Flood Watch
Issued: 1:08 PM May. 16, 2025 – National Weather Service
...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM NOON EDT TODAY THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * WHAT...Flash flooding caused by excessive rainfall is possible. * WHERE...Portions of northeast Kentucky, including the following counties, Boyd, Carter, Greenup and Lawrence, southeast Ohio, including the following counties, Gallia and Lawrence OH, southwest Virginia, including the following counties, Buchanan and Dickenson, and West Virginia, including the following counties, Boone, Cabell, Kanawha, Lincoln, Logan, Mason, McDowell, Mingo, Northwest Fayette, Northwest Raleigh, Putnam, Southeast Fayette, Southeast Raleigh, Wayne and Wyoming. * WHEN...From noon EDT today through late tonight. * IMPACTS...Excessive runoff may result in flooding of rivers, creeks, streams, and other low-lying and flood-prone locations. Creeks and streams may rise out of their banks. Flooding may occur in poor drainage and urban areas. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS... - Rounds of showers and thunderstorms containing heavy rainfall will impact the area today through tonight. - http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... You should monitor later forecasts and be prepared to take action should Flash Flood Warnings be issued. Additional information can be found at https://www.weather.gov/rlx as well as on our Facebook and Twitter pages. &&
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