CHARLESTON, W.Va. –– A storm system moving from the sound will give West Virginia a considerable soaking over the next 24 hours.
“We have a system moving up from the southeast and it’s ushering in some really moist air,” said National Weather Service Meteorologist Jonathan Wolfe in Charleston. “As it hits the mountains it’s going to squeeze it out and basically it’s going to squeeze it out over us.”
Wolfe estimated the mountains and eastern panhandle could see two to four inches of rain by Wednesday afternoon. The Charleston area and western lowlands would receive one to two inches of rain during that same time period.
The level of rainfall could create small stream flooding. Flood watches are posted for the eastern panhandle, northern panhandle and north central counties of West Virginia through Wednesday.