Monday, February 19, 2018

Widespread, much needed rainfall likely Tuesday PM and Wednesday....

More frequent periods of rain and scattered thunderstorms are likely at times from around or shortly after 12 Noon on Tuesday through about 6pm on Wednesday.

Average rainfall of 1-2 inches is likely for most of the local area during this time period, and a a few spots could see locally higher rainfall amounts (mainly in the 2-3 inch range) due to any repeat episodes of thunderstorms at a given location.

While rain is possible just about anytime during the aforementioned time period, at this time it appears that the majority of the more numerous to widespread and/or accumulating rainfall is likely to occur between 12 Noon and 6pm on Tuesday and then again from about 9am-6pm on Wednesday. While locally heavy downpours are possible at times with any of the activity, they may tend to be more numerous at times during the 9am-6pm Wednesday time period.

At this time we do not expect any "severe weather" (i.e., damaging winds, large hail, etc.) with any of the scattered thunderstorm activity during the period.

Locally heavy downpours of rain, especially associated with any thunderstorm activity, could produce standing water in some of the typical low water crossing type areas at times during the period, but at this time this does not appear to be the type of situation where widespread and/or significant flooding problems are likely for most of the local area. If there were to be a time period where any potential issues would be most likely to occur, that would likely be sometime during the 9am-6pm Wednesday time period, which we will continue to monitor closely for any necessary updates and/or specific alerts.



We will continue monitoring the situation and issue updates as conditions warrant.

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