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WGUS41 KCTP 031556
FLWCTP
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
1156 AM EDT WED APR 3 2024
...FORECAST FLOODING CHANGED FROM MINOR TO MODERATE SEVERITY FOR THE
FOLLOWING RIVERS IN PENNSYLVANIA...
JUNIATA RIVER AT HUNTINGDON AFFECTING HUNTINGDON COUNTY.
FOR THE JUNIATA RIVER...INCLUDING TEST2, HUNTINGDON, MAPLETON DEPOT,
LEWISTOWN, NEWPORT...MODERATE FLOODING IS FORECAST.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE AROUND BARRICADES OR DRIVE
CARS THROUGH FLOODED AREAS.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV.
THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED LATER TODAY.
PAC061-040400-
/O.CON.KCTP.FL.W.0016.000000T0000Z-240404T2100Z/
/HUJP1.2.ER.240403T1359Z.240404T0600Z.240404T1800Z.NO/
1156 AM EDT WED APR 3 2024
..FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL TOMORROW AFTERNOON
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MODERATE FLOODING IS
FORECAST.
* WHERE...JUNIATA RIVER AT HUNTINGDON.
* WHEN...UNTIL TOMORROW AFTERNOON.
* IMPACTS...AT 12.0 FEET, HIGH WATER WILL BEGIN TO AFFECT THE AMES
PLAZA ON THE RIGHT, OR SOUTH BANK.
AT 13.0 FEET, SEVERAL HOMES LOCATED OUTSIDE OF THE LEVEE SYSTEM
WILL FLOOD.
AT 14.5 FEET, APPROXIMATE LEVEL OF THE FEMA 10% ANNUAL CHANCE
FLOOD LEVEL (10-YEAR FLOOD).
AT 15.0 FEET, A NUMBER OF HOMES OUTSIDE THE PROTECTIVE WORKS AND
ALONG STANDING STONE CREEK WILL FLOOD. BACKWATER ON STANDING STONE
CREEK ALSO AFFECTS THE ATHLETIC FIELD.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 11:46 AM EDT WEDNESDAY THE STAGE WAS 12.5 FEET.
- RECENT ACTIVITY...THE MAXIMUM RIVER STAGE IN THE 24 HOURS
ENDING AT 11:46 AM EDT WEDNESDAY WAS 12.5 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE TO A CREST OF 14.0
FEET JUST AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. IT WILL THEN FALL BELOW
FLOOD STAGE EARLY TOMORROW AFTERNOON.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 12.0 FEET.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
LAT...LON 4054 7806 4055 7800 4050 7799 4047 7797
4046 7799 4048 7803
BANGHOFF/EVANEGO
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