CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A flash flood watch is in effect through late Wednesday, as the National Weather Service monitors rain in northeast Kentucky, southeast Ohio and West Virginia.
The West Virginia counties of Braxton, Cabell, Calhoun, Clay, Doddridge, Gilmer, Harrison, Jackson, Kanawha, Lewis, Lincoln, Mason, Putnam, Ritchie, Roan, Wayne and Wirt are under a flash flood watch through Wednesday afternoon.
“Soils across the area are nearly saturated due to previous rainfall,” the National Weather Service said. “Additional showers and thunderstorms, some with heavy rain, are expected to affect the area through late Wednesday.”
Much of the rest of West Virginia is under a hazardous weather outlook.