CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The National Weather Service has issued a Flash Flood Watch for nearly two dozen West Virginia counties through Friday evening.
According to NWS meteorologists, “A frontal system is expected to pass through the region Thursday afternoon and Friday. Storms associated with it could produce excessive rainfall. This rain coupled with the wet soils across the area could produce flash flooding, especially along small streams, creeks, low spots and poor drainage areas.”
Counties named in the watch include: Barbour, Braxton, Calhoun, Doddridge, Gilmer, Harrison, Jackson, Lewis, Mason, Pocahontas, Randolph, Webster, Pleasants, Ritchie, Roane, Taylor, Tyler, Upshur, Wirt and Wood.