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WGUS41 KCTP 031613
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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
1213 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...
JUNIATA RIVER AT LEWISTOWN AFFECTING JUNIATA AND MIFFLIN COUNTIES.
FOR THE JUNIATA RIVER...INCLUDING LEWISTOWN...MINOR FLOODING IS
FORECAST.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE AROUND BARRICADES OR DRIVE
CARS THROUGH FLOODED AREAS.
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 TODAY.
PAC067-087-040415-
/O.NEW.KCTP.FL.W.0018.240403T2145Z-240405T0630Z/
/LWSP1.1.ER.240403T2145Z.240404T1200Z.240405T0030Z.NO/
1213 PM EDT WED APR 3 2024
...FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM THIS AFTERNOON TO EARLY FRIDAY
MORNING...
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...JUNIATA RIVER AT LEWISTOWN.
* WHEN...FROM THIS AFTERNOON TO EARLY FRIDAY MORNING.
* IMPACTS...AT 23.0 FEET, BASEMENTS OF A FEW HOMES IN THE LOWEST
LYING AREAS WILL FLOOD. BACKWATER ON KISHACOQUILLAS CREEK WILL
AFFECT THE ATHLETIC FIELDS.
AT 24.5 FEET, FEMA 10% ANNUAL CHANCE FLOOD LEVEL (10-YEAR FLOOD).
AT 25.0 FEET, BASEMENT FLOODING OCCURS IN THE LOW LYING AREAS
ADJACENT TO THE RIVER AND KISHACOQUILLAS CREEK. ATHLETIC FIELDS
WILL BE INUNDATED.
AT 27.0 FEET, SEVERAL HOMES ON WEST ELIZABETH STREET WILL FLOOD.
ROUTE 22 IS ALSO AFFECTED.
AT 28.0 FEET, CONSIDERABLE FLOOD DAMAGE OCCURS TO HOMES AND
BUSINESSES IN AND AROUND LEWISTOWN.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 11:30 AM EDT WEDNESDAY THE STAGE WAS 21.0 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE
LATE THIS AFTERNOON TO A CREST OF 26.0 FEET TOMORROW MORNING.
IT WILL THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE TOMORROW EVENING.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 23.0 FEET.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
LAT...LON 4050 7776 4067 7754 4058 7735 4052 7741
4058 7751 4045 7771
BANGHOFF/EVANEGO
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