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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
1243 AM EDT FRI APR 12 2024
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ARMSTRONG PA-BUTLER PA-CLARION PA-FOREST PA-LAWRENCE PA-MERCER PA-
VENANGO PA-
1243 AM EDT FRI APR 12 2024
..FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 945 AM EDT THIS MORNING
* WHAT...FLOODING CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL IS EXPECTED.
* WHERE...PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST, WEST CENTRAL, AND WESTERN
PENNSYLVANIA, INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES, IN NORTHWEST
PENNSYLVANIA, WESTERN FOREST, MERCER AND VENANGO. IN WEST CENTRAL
PENNSYLVANIA, CENTRAL ARMSTRONG, BUTLER AND CLARION. IN WESTERN
PENNSYLVANIA, LAWRENCE.
* WHEN...UNTIL 945 AM 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. STREAMS CONTINUE TO RISE DUE TO
EXCESS RUNOFF FROM EARLIER RAINFALL.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 1239 AM EDT, EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED HEAVY RAIN IN
THE WARNED AREA. FLOODING IS ONGOING. BETWEEN 1.5 AND 2
INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN.
- THE HEAVIEST RAIN HAS ENDED, THOUGH RUNOFF FROM THE RECENT
RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO RESULT IN FLOODING. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL
AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED TO BE A QUARTER OF AN INCH OR LESS.
- SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
NEW CASTLE, HERMITAGE, BUTLER, OIL CITY, GROVE CITY,
FRANKLIN, CLARION, KITTANNING, KNOX, RIMERSBURG, HOMEACRE-
LYNDORA, GREENVILLE, SUGARCREEK, SHANOR-NORTHVUE, MERIDIAN,
SLIPPERY ROCK, MEADOWOOD, NEW WILMINGTON, OAKWOOD AND NEW
BETHLEHEM.
- 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 4149 8000 4160 7983 4162 7983 4163 7935
4077 7929 4094 8051 4149 8039
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