Flooding concerns continue, gusty wind arrives Friday with Helena
By Joe Fitzwater,
24 days ago
Flood Alerts Issued for Our Region:
AREAL FLOOD WARNING : Western Tazewell until 8 AM Thursday Morning. Including Richlands & Tazewell.
AREAL FLOOD WARNING : Bland & Mercer County until 8 AM Thursday Morning. Including Princeton, Bland, Bluefield (both WV & VA). Active flooding reported in this area.
AREAL FLOOD WARNING : Giles and southwestern Monroe County until 8:15 AM Thursday Morning. Including Pembroke, Pearisburg, Lindside, Ballard.
AREAL FLOOD WARNING : Eastern Monroe County until 8:45 AM Thursday Morning. Including Crimson Spring, Glace, Dorr
FLOOD WATCH: McDowell, Mercer, Monroe, Tazewell, Bland, & Giles County until 8 PM Thursday Night for continued extended periods of heavy rain Thursday morning into the afternoon. All before remnants of Helene approach the region late tonight.
Thursday provides more chances for showers, though they’ll be a little more scattered than what we’ve seen today in the two Virginias. Scattered showers are a good bet in what will be a gloomy day with highs struggling to reach 70 degrees. Hurricane Helene will make landfall late Thursday night into early Friday morning and its rain bands will quickly move into the region overnight. Showers will be likely with low temperatures once again dropping down into the low 60s.
Friday is another wet but also windy day as Helene’s remnants move through the region, especially during the first half of the day. Despite our region being far inland from where Helene made landfall, we will still have a gusty day on tap, with wind gusts up to 40 mph possible. That, in combination with all of the rainfall expected, will cause some scattered power outages in the area.
The steadiest rains from Helene for our region will occur during the morning hours, with showers becoming more scattered by the afternoon. In addition, our wind will begin to relax as Helene continues to weaken and also move away from the region. Highs on Friday will be around 70 degrees. In total, from tonight through Friday evening, our southern counties in Virginia and in southern West Virginia along the border will see the heaviest rain, with two to three inches of new rain expected.
Farther north, along I-64 from Beckley to Lewisburg, we’ll see one to two new inches of rain, with slightly less values farther north. Locally heavier amounts are possible. This is great news for our drought, but with our soil very much compacted, there will be a lot of runoff with rainfall, so local high water issues will continue to be watched through Friday afternoon.
Saturday continues the risk for a few scattered showers, with the remnants of Helene moving to our west. There will be a fair bit of dry time on Saturday but a few showers are still expected with partly sunny skies otherwise and high temperatures rebounding into the mid 70s.
Sunday sees Helene’s remnants scoot back to the east toward our region. By this point, the remnants will be much weaker, but scattered showers are still a good bet, along with abundant clouds, which will hold high temperatures down into the low 70s. There will be a few breaks, but it’s not exactly a great end to the weekend weather-wise.
Monday will continue to provide the risk for a few showers with Helene’s remnants close by to our east. It’ll be a noticeably cooler day, as we pick up a northerly breeze from the position of that low pressure system, with highs only in the upper 60s.
Tuesday keeps a few showers around with a cold front crossing. We won’t see much rain from this system, but it’s a reinforcing shot of cold air that’ll be the headliner for midweek, along with the return of a drier weather pattern. Highs on Tuesday will be in the upper 60s.
Wednesday sees a return in abundant sunshine as high pressure noses in from the north. With a northerly breeze still present, we’ll keep conditions cool with highs in the upper 60s, which is below average for this time of year. Overnight lows will drop back into the 40s.
Looking ahead in your extended forecast, we will be DRY. High pressure is in control and another dry stretch of weather is on the way. Mostly sunny skies will persist Thursday through Saturday with highs slowly returning to near normal for this time of year into the low 70s.
TONIGHT Rain likely. Steady at times. Lows in the low 60s. THURSDAY Scattered showers. Highs near 70. FRIDAY Rain likely. Breezy, with wind gusts up to 40 mph possible. Highs near 70. SATURDAY Scattered showers, otherwise partly sunny. Highs in the mid 70s. SUNDAY Afternoon showers likely. Highs near 70. MONDAY More scattered showers. Highs near 70. TUESDAY Isolated showers. Cooler. Highs in the upper 60s. WEDNESDAY Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 60s. THURSDAY Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 60s. FRIDAY Mostly sunny. Highs near 70. SATURDAY Mostly sunny. Highs in the low 70s.
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