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WGUS41 KCTP 031749
FLWCTP
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
149 PM EDT WED APR 3 2024
...FORECAST FLOODING CHANGED FROM MODERATE TO MAJOR SEVERITY AND
INCREASED IN DURATION FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN PENNSYLVANIA...
FRANKSTOWN BRANCH OF THE JUNIATA AT WILLIAMSBURG AFFECTING BLAIR
AND HUNTINGDON COUNTIES.
FOR THE FRANKSTOWN BRANCH JUNIATA RIVER...INCLUDING WILLIAMSBURG...
MAJOR 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.
PAC013-061-040600-
/O.EXT.KCTP.FL.W.0011.000000T0000Z-240404T1545Z/
/WIBP1.3.ER.240403T0352Z.240403T1800Z.240404T0945Z.NO/
149 PM EDT WED APR 3 2024
..FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL LATE TOMORROW MORNING
* WHAT...MODERATE FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MAJOR FLOODING IS
FORECAST.
* WHERE...FRANKSTOWN BRANCH OF THE JUNIATA AT WILLIAMSBURG.
* WHEN...UNTIL LATE TOMORROW MORNING.
* IMPACTS...AT 12.0 FEET, THE RIGHT, OR SOUTH BANK OVERFLOWS. THE
ROAD NEAR THE RIVER UPSTREAM OF WILLIAMSBURG IS INUNDATED. A FEW
HOMES EXPERIENCE BASEMENT FLOODING.
AT 13.0 FEET, SECTIONS OF ROUTE 866 FROM WILLIAMSBURG TO GANISTER
ARE COVERED BY FLOOD WATERS.
AT 15.0 FEET, MANY HOMES ON THE RIGHT, OR SOUTH BANK WILL BE
AFFECTED BY HIGH WATER.
AT 17.0 FEET, MANY HOMES ON THE RIGHT, OR SOUTH BANK ARE AFFECTED
BY HIGH WATER. THE SOUTH APPROACH TO THE HIGHWAY BRIDGE IS
UNUNDATED. A NUMBER OF OTHER STREETS AND ROADS IN THE AREA ARE
CLOSED.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 1:30 PM EDT WEDNESDAY THE STAGE WAS 15.0 FEET.
- RECENT ACTIVITY...THE MAXIMUM RIVER STAGE IN THE 24 HOURS
ENDING AT 1:30 PM EDT WEDNESDAY WAS 15.0 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE TO A CREST OF 15.0
FEET THIS AFTERNOON. IT WILL THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE LATE
TONIGHT.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 12.0 FEET.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
LAT...LON 4042 7832 4048 7833 4051 7821 4058 7813
4054 7806 4045 7816
BANGHOFF/EVANEGO
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