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WGUS41 KCTP 031604
FLWCTP
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
1204 PM EDT WED APR 3 2024
...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STATE COLLEGE PA HAS ISSUED A
FLOOD WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN PENNSYLVANIA...
PENNS CREEK NEAR PENNS CREEK AFFECTING SNYDER AND UNION COUNTIES.
FOR THE PENNS CREEK...INCLUDING PENNS CREEK...MINOR 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.
PAC109-119-040415-
/O.NEW.KCTP.FL.W.0017.240403T1650Z-240405T0600Z/
/PNCP1.1.ER.240403T1650Z.240404T0600Z.240405T0000Z.NO/
1204 PM EDT WED APR 3 2024
..FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL EARLY FRIDAY MORNING
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...PENNS CREEK NEAR PENNS CREEK.
* WHEN...UNTIL EARLY FRIDAY MORNING.
* IMPACTS...AT 8.0 FEET, THE LEFT, OR NORTH BANK OVERFLOWS
DOWNSTREAM OF THE ROUTE 104 BRIDGE. A CAMPGROUND IS AFFECTED. A
NUMBER OF SECONDARY ROADS IN THE PENNS CREEK DRAINAGE ARE AFFECTED
BY HIGH WATER.
AT 10.0 FEET, HIGH WATER OVERFLOWS BOTH BANKS. SEVERAL HOMES AND
COTTAGES ON THE LEFT OR NORTH BANK ARE AFFECTED. MANY SECONDARY
ROADS ALONG THE CREEK ARE CLOSED DUE TO HIGH WATER LEVELS.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 11:09 AM EDT WEDNESDAY THE STAGE WAS 7.4 FEET.
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 8.0 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE
THIS AFTERNOON TO A CREST OF 9.4 FEET JUST AFTER MIDNIGHT
TONIGHT. IT WILL THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE TOMORROW
EVENING.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 8.0 FEET.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
LAT...LON 4089 7712 4089 7705 4089 7698 4086 7698
4085 7706 4086 7711
BANGHOFF/EVANEGO
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