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WGUS41 KCTP 030903
FLWCTP
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
503 AM EDT WED APR 3 2024
...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STATE COLLEGE PA HAS ISSUED A
FLOOD WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN PENNSYLVANIA...
AUGHWICK CREEK AT SHIRLEYSBURG AFFECTING HUNTINGDON COUNTY.
FOR THE AUGHWICK CREEK...INCLUDING SHIRLEYSBURG...MINOR FLOODING IS
FORECAST.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV.
THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED LATER THIS MORNING.
PAC061-032115-
/O.NEW.KCTP.FL.W.0013.240403T0903Z-240405T0600Z/
/SLYP1.1.ER.240403T2230Z.240404T1200Z.240405T0000Z.NO/
503 AM EDT WED APR 3 2024
...FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM EARLY THIS MORNING TO EARLY FRIDAY
MORNING...
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...AUGHWICK CREEK AT SHIRLEYSBURG.
* WHEN...FROM EARLY THIS MORNING TO EARLY FRIDAY MORNING.
* IMPACTS...AT 10.0 FEET, AUGHWICK CREEK AT SHIRLEYSBURG EXCEEDS ITS
BANKS. SEVERAL HOMES ARE AFFECTED.
AT 12.0 FEET, FLOOD WATERS FROM AUGHWICK CREEK COVER PORTIONS OF
GILBO ROAD, AUGHWICK MILLS ROAD AND KEYSTONE ROAD IN SHIRLEY
TOWNSHIP.
AT 13.2 FEET, ROUTE 522 CLOSES.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 4:30 AM EDT WEDNESDAY THE STAGE WAS 9.7 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE
THIS EVENING TO A CREST OF 11.9 FEET TOMORROW MORNING. IT
WILL THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE TOMORROW EVENING.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 10.0 FEET.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
LAT...LON 4038 7789 4036 7782 4030 7783 4023 7788
4025 7795 4032 7791
MS/BL/NB
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