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WGUS41 KCTP 031938
FLWCTP
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
338 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...
SHERMAN CREEK AT SHERMANS DALE AFFECTING PERRY COUNTY.
FOR THE SHERMAN CREEK...INCLUDING SHERMANS DALE...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.
PAC099-040745-
/O.NEW.KCTP.FL.W.0020.240403T2130Z-240404T1000Z/
/SMDP1.1.ER.240403T2130Z.240404T0000Z.240404T0400Z.NO/
338 PM EDT WED APR 3 2024
..FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL TOMORROW MORNING
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...SHERMAN CREEK AT SHERMANS DALE.
* WHEN...UNTIL TOMORROW MORNING.
* IMPACTS...AT 5.0 FEET, RIVER ROAD IS CLOSED UPSTREAM OF
SHERMANSDALE.
AT 9.0 FEET, SEVERAL HOMES ALONG CREEK ROAD ARE AFFECTED BY HIGH
WATER.
AT 11.0 FEET, A NUMBER OF HOMES ALONG CREEK ROAD AND OTHER LOW
LYING AREAS ADJACENT TO SHERMAN CREEK ARE AFFECTED BY HIGH WATER.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 3:15 PM EDT WEDNESDAY THE STAGE WAS 8.8 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE
LATE THIS AFTERNOON TO A CREST OF 9.2 FEET THIS EVENING. IT
WILL THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE JUST AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 9.0 FEET.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
LAT...LON 4036 7726 4037 7713 4036 7709 4031 7716
4031 7725
BANGHOFF/EVANEGO
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