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179 AWUS01 KWNH 051943 FFGMPD NYZ000-PAZ000-MDZ000-WVZ000-OHZ000-INZ000-060140- Mesoscale Precipitation Discussion 0370 NWS Weather Prediction Center College Park MD 341 PM EDT Thu Jun 05 2025 Areas affected...Upper OH Valley Concerning...Heavy rainfall...Flash flooding possible Valid 051940Z - 060140Z SUMMARY...Scattered areas of showers and thunderstorms will continue to develop and generally grow upscale over the next few hours. Given relatively moist antecedent conditions and heavy rainfall rates of 1 to 2 inches/hour, some isolated areas of flash flooding will be possible this evening. DISCUSSION...The latest GOES-E satellite imagery shows a shortwave trough traversing the OH Valley which is interacting with a quasi-stationary front draped southwest to northeast from southern IN through northern OH, far northwest PA and southwest NY. A wave of low pressure is noted in surface observations near the IN/OH border, and a combination of relatively stronger low-level moisture convergence ahead of this wave along with modest DPVA should favor a general increase in the coverage of showers and thunderstorms over the next few hours. A moist and unstable boundary layer will support a favorable thermodynamic environment for convection to attain at least some loose organization with multi-cell convective clusters likely to evolve. MLCAPE values are locally near 1000+ J/kg with PWs of 1.2 to 1.5 inches in place, with the better moisture overall situated over western PA, central and southern OH and down into northern KY where the nose of weak low-level southwest flow is noted ahead of the aforementioned front. Rainfall rates should be capable of reaching up to as much as 1.5 inches/hour based on the latest hires model guidance including the 12Z HREF guidance and the 06Z REFS. Some briefing training of cells ahead of the aforementioned wave of low pressure will support the potential for some localized 2 to 3+ inch rainfall totals going through this evening. The antecedent conditions are relatively moist, and with some urban sensitivities, the potential will exist for isolated areas of flash flooding over the next several hours. Orrison ...Please see www.wpc.ncep.noaa.gov for graphic product... ATTN...WFO...BGM...BUF...CLE...CTP...ILN...IND...IWX...PBZ... RLX... ATTN...RFC...RHA...TAR...TIR...NWC... LAT...LON 42977618 42487514 41667559 40907790 39867899 39278045 39048250 39208377 39688514 40438558 41168451 41158203 41998019 42757809