By Shauna Johnson, WV MetroNews
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The new week could open with heavy rain in parts of West Virginia courtesy of Florence which was a Category 1 hurricane as of Friday morning dumping rain on the Carolinas after making landfall around 7:15 a.m. near Wrightsville Beach, North Carolina.
“We’re currently predicting 2 to 4 inches on average for much of the state and locally higher amounts for the West Virginia mountains and, perhaps, the Eastern Panhandle,” said Nick Webb, a meteorologist working with the National Weather Service’s Charleston Office.
“As it stands now with the latest forecast track, the lower amounts will be closest to the Ohio River.”
Webb talked with MetroNews on Friday morning about concerns for potential flash flooding and river flooding in the Mountain State’s already saturated communities.
