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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
1236 AM EDT FRI APR 12 2024
OHC013-029-081-111-PAC003-005-007-019-051-059-063-073-125-129-WVC009-
029-049-051-061-069-077-103-121630-
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BELMONT OH-COLUMBIANA OH-JEFFERSON OH-MONROE OH-ALLEGHENY PA-
ARMSTRONG PA-BEAVER PA-BUTLER PA-FAYETTE PA-GREENE PA-INDIANA PA-
LAWRENCE PA-WASHINGTON PA-WESTMORELAND PA-BROOKE WV-HANCOCK WV-
MARION WV-MARSHALL WV-MONONGALIA WV-OHIO WV-PRESTON WV-WETZEL WV-
1236 AM EDT FRI APR 12 2024
..FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 1230 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON
* WHAT...FLOODING CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL IS EXPECTED.
* WHERE...PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL OHIO, INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES, EASTERN BELMONT, SOUTHEASTERN COLUMBIANA, JEFFERSON OH
AND EASTERN MONROE, PENNSYLVANIA, INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES, ALLEGHENY, SOUTHERN ARMSTRONG, BEAVER, SOUTHERN BUTLER,
FAYETTE, GREENE, WEST CENTRAL INDIANA, SOUTHERN LAWRENCE,
WASHINGTON AND WESTERN WESTMORELAND, AND WEST VIRGINIA, INCLUDING
THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES, BROOKE, HANCOCK, MARION, MARSHALL,
MONONGALIA, OHIO, NORTH CENTRAL PRESTON AND WETZEL.
* WHEN...UNTIL 1230 PM EDT FRIDAY.
* IMPACTS...FLOODING OF RIVERS, CREEKS, STREAMS, AND OTHER LOW-LYING
AND FLOOD-PRONE LOCATIONS IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. NUMEROUS ROADS
REMAIN CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 1233 AM EDT, EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED HEAVY RAIN AND
FLOODING IN THE WARNED AREA. FLOODING IS ONGOING. BETWEEN 1.5
AND 3.5 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN.
- THE HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED, WITH LIGHT SHOWERS EXPECTED THROUGH
EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS SHOULD BE A
QUARTER OF AN INCH OR LESS.
- SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
PITTSBURGH, PENN HILLS, MOUNT LEBANON, BETHEL PARK, ROSS
TOWNSHIP, MORGANTOWN, WHEELING, MCCANDLESS TOWNSHIP,
MONROEVILLE, CRANBERRY, MOON TOWNSHIP, MCMURRAY, GREENSBURG,
WEIRTON, MCKEESPORT, FAIRMONT, STEUBENVILLE, BUTLER,
WASHINGTON AND FRANKLIN PARK.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.
LAT...LON 4096 8052 4079 7929 3972 7963 3960 7994
3940 8005 3939 8020 3944 8028 3947 8049
3943 8053 3943 8058 3944 8058 3948 8072
3960 8085 3958 8089 3961 8094 3954 8104
3957 8104 3958 8114 4090 8057 4090 8052
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