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WGUS41 KCTP 031558
FLWCTP
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
1158 AM EDT WED APR 3 2024
...FORECAST FLOODING CHANGED FROM MINOR TO MODERATE SEVERITY FOR THE
FOLLOWING RIVERS IN PENNSYLVANIA...
AUGHWICK CREEK AT SHIRLEYSBURG AFFECTING HUNTINGDON COUNTY.
FOR THE AUGHWICK CREEK...INCLUDING SHIRLEYSBURG...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.0013.000000T0000Z-240405T0534Z/
/SLYP1.2.ER.240403T1100Z.240404T0600Z.240405T0130Z.NO/
1158 AM EDT WED APR 3 2024
..FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL EARLY FRIDAY MORNING
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MODERATE FLOODING IS
FORECAST.
* WHERE...AUGHWICK CREEK AT SHIRLEYSBURG.
* WHEN...UNTIL 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 11:30 AM EDT WEDNESDAY THE STAGE WAS 11.2 FEET.
- RECENT ACTIVITY...THE MAXIMUM RIVER STAGE IN THE 24 HOURS
ENDING AT 11:30 AM EDT WEDNESDAY WAS 11.2 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE TO A CREST OF 13.1
FEET JUST AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. IT WILL THEN FALL BELOW
FLOOD STAGE LATE 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
BANGHOFF/EVANEGO
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