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WGUS41 KPBZ 120950
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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
550 AM EDT FRI APR 12 2024
...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PITTSBURGH PA HAS ISSUED A FLOOD
WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN WEST VIRGINIA...OHIO...
PENNSYLVANIA...
OHIO RIVER AT MOUNDSVILLE AFFECTING MARSHALL COUNTY.
OHIO RIVER AT WHEELING AFFECTING OHIO AND BELMONT COUNTIES.
OHIO RIVER AT PITTSBURGH AFFECTING ALLEGHENY COUNTY.
OHIO RIVER AT POWHATAN POINT AFFECTING MARSHALL, MONROE AND
BELMONT COUNTIES.
OHIO RIVER AT PIKE ISLAND AFFECTING OHIO, JEFFERSON OH AND
BELMONT COUNTIES.
OHIO RIVER AT HANNIBAL AFFECTING WETZEL, MONROE AND TYLER
COUNTIES.
OHIO RIVER AT MONTGOMERY AFFECTING COLUMBIANA, HANCOCK AND BEAVER
COUNTIES.
.AN INTENSE STORM SYSTEM MOVING UP THE OHIO VALLEY HAS PRODUCED
WIDESPREAD MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN TO OUR AREA. RAINFALL AMOUNTS
ACROSS SOUTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA AND THE NORTHERN PANHANDLE OF WEST
VIRGINIA RANGE FROM 1.25
THIS HEAVY RAIN IS RESULTING IN SIGNIFICANT RUNOFF THAT IS CAUSING
RIVERS TO RISE RAPIDLY. ON THE OHIO RIVER, MANY LOCATIONS ARE
FORECAST TO REACH OR EXCEED MINOR FLOOD STAGE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE AT WEATHER.GOV/PBZ.
THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED THIS EVENING AT 600 PM EDT.
WVC051-122200-
/O.NEW.KPBZ.FL.W.0030.240412T2256Z-240415T0500Z/
/MOUW2.1.ER.240412T2256Z.240414T0000Z.240414T2244Z.NO/
550 AM EDT FRI APR 12 2024
...FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING TO EARLY MONDAY
MORNING...
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...OHIO RIVER AT MOUNDSVILLE.
* WHEN...FROM THIS EVENING TO EARLY MONDAY MORNING.
* IMPACTS...AT 38.0 FEET, NORTH MARSHALL STREET IN BENTWOOD, WV IS
CLOSED WITH RITE-AID, TACO BELL AND KFC IMPACTED.
AT 40.0 FEET, SOME BUSINESSES IN THE NORTH PLAZA PARKING LOT ARE
AFFECTED.
AT 41.0 FEET, RIVER RISES TO REACH THE RAILROAD TRACKS IN
MOUNDSVILLE IN THE 13TH STREET AREA.
AT 42.0 FEET, WATER BEGINS TO AFFECT MONARCH STADIUM AND THE
MARSHALL COUNTY FAIRGROUNDS. RUBY AND DIAMOND STREETS ARE CLOSED.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- THERE IS NO CURRENT OBSERVED DATA.
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 37.0 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE
THIS EVENING TO A CREST OF 40.7 FEET TOMORROW EVENING. IT
WILL THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE SUNDAY EVENING.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 37.0 FEET.
- FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF
38.8 FEET ON 03/12/2011.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
LAT...LON 3992 8081 3993 8077 3996 8077 3996 8074
3990 8073 3990 8080
OHC013-WVC069-122200-
/O.NEW.KPBZ.FL.W.0031.240413T0100Z-240415T0400Z/
/WLGW2.1.ER.240413T0100Z.240414T0000Z.240414T2140Z.UU/
550 AM EDT FRI APR 12 2024
...FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING TO EARLY MONDAY
MORNING...
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...OHIO RIVER AT WHEELING.
* WHEN...FROM THIS EVENING TO EARLY MONDAY MORNING.
* IMPACTS...AT 34.0 FEET, SEWERS BEGIN TO BACK UP IN THE LOWER END
OF WHEELING ISLAND.
AT 36.0 FEET, FLOODING BEGINS IN THE VICINITY OR 25TH AND MARKET
STREETS, 34TH AND MARKET STREETS, 36TH AND CHAPLINE STREETS IN
WHEELING. WATER COVERS THE LOWER PARKING LOT AT THE WHEELING
ISLAND CASINO.
AT 36.6 FEET, WHEELING DOWNS RACETRACK ON WHEELING ISLAND FLOODS.
AT 37.7 FEET, BASEMENT FLOODING BEGINS IN BUSINESSES ALONG MAIN
STREET.
AT 38.0 FEET, PORTIONS OF JACOB AND WOOD STREETS, SOUTH OF 43RD
STREET BEGIN TO FLOOD. WHEELING ISLAND CASINO HAS TO BE CLOSED.
AT 39.0 FEET, THE SOUTHERN TIP OF WHEELING ISLAND INCLUDING
WHEELING DOWNS RACETRACK AND GAMING AND WHEELING STADIUM ARE
FLOODED.
AT 40.0 FEET, BACKWATER FLOODING BEGINS TO AFFECT MAIN STREET NEAR
THE WATER TREATMENT PLANT IN WHEELING.
AT 41.0 FEET, WATER STREET IN WHEELING IS FLOODED NEAR THE
INTERSCTIONS WITH 12TH, 21ST, 45TH, AND 48TH STREETS.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 4:30 AM EDT FRIDAY THE STAGE WAS 28.5 FEET.
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 36.0 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE
LATE THIS EVENING TO A CREST OF 39.1 FEET TOMORROW EVENING.
IT WILL THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE SUNDAY AFTERNOON.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 36.0 FEET.
- FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF
38.9 FEET ON 02/18/2018.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
LAT...LON 4016 8066 4001 8070 4001 8077 4016 8074
PAC003-122200-
/O.NEW.KPBZ.FL.W.0032.240413T0300Z-240413T2200Z/
/PTTP1.1.ER.240413T0300Z.240413T0600Z.240413T1600Z.NO/
550 AM EDT FRI APR 12 2024
..FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING TO TOMORROW EVENING
..REPLACES RIVER FLOOD ADVISORY
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...OHIO RIVER AT PITTSBURGH.
* WHEN...FROM THIS EVENING TO TOMORROW EVENING.
* IMPACTS...AT 18.0 FEET, WATER BEGINS TO FLOW ONTO THE MONONGAHELA
PARKING WHARF.
AT 19.0 FEET, WATER BEGINS TO FLOW ONTO THE NORTH SHORE RIVERWALK
BETWEEN THE STADIUMS.
AT 19.5 FEET, THE MONONGAHELA PARKING WHARF IS COMPLETELY FLOODED.
AT 20.0 FEET, WATER IS UP TO ONE FOOT DEEP IN THE LOWER AREAS OF
THE NORTH SHORE RIVERWALK.
AT 22.0 FEET, THE TENTH STREET BYPASS FLOODS.
AT 22.5 FEET, THE FOUNTAIN PLAZA IS FLOODED.
AT 24.0 FEET, WATER ENTERS THE OUTER POOL OF THE FOUNTAIN.
AT 24.9 FEET, WATER ENTES THE INNER POOL OF THE FOUNTAIN.
AT 25.0 FEET, THE PARKWAY CENTRAL (ALSO KNOWN AS THE BATHTUB) IS
CLOSED BY FLOODING. LOWER NORTH SIDE BUSINESSES ARE AFFECTED.
AT 26.0 FEET, STATE CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTION PITTSBURGH IS IMPACTED.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 5:30 AM EDT FRIDAY THE STAGE WAS 20.2 FEET.
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 18.0 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE
LATE THIS EVENING TO A CREST OF 25.2 FEET JUST AFTER MIDNIGHT
TONIGHT. IT WILL THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE EARLY TOMORROW
AFTERNOON.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 25.0 FEET.
- FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF
25.3 FEET ON 12/02/2010.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
LAT...LON 4043 7999 4045 8005 4047 8003 4045 8001
4046 7999 4045 7998
OHC013-111-WVC051-122200-
/O.NEW.KPBZ.FL.W.0033.240413T0430Z-240415T0000Z/
/POWO1.2.ER.240413T0430Z.240414T0000Z.240414T1822Z.NO/
550 AM EDT FRI APR 12 2024
..FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT TO SUNDAY EVENING
* WHAT...MODERATE FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...OHIO RIVER AT POWHATAN POINT.
* WHEN...FROM LATE TONIGHT TO SUNDAY EVENING.
* IMPACTS...AT 37.0 FEET, MINOR FLOODING BEGINS NEAR THE
INTERSECTION OF SARICH AND SEYMOUR STREETS, THE INTERSECTION OF
WATER AND SECOND STREETS, AND ON MELLOTT STREET NEAR THE RAILROAD
TRACKS.
AT 38.0 FEET, FLOODING BEGINS ON WATER AND MELLOT STREETS.
AT 39.0 FEET, FLOODING BEGINS NEAR THE WATER TREATMENT PLANT.
AT 40.0 FEET, THE BRIDGE ON ROUTE 7 OVER CAPTINA CREEK IS FLOODED.
AT 41.0 FEET, MOST OF DOWNTOWN POWHATAN POINT SOUTH OF CAPTINA
CREEK IS FLOODED WITH THE EXCEPTION OF A SMALL PORTION OF FIRST
STREET.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- THERE IS NO CURRENT OBSERVED DATA.
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 37.0 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE
JUST AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO A CREST OF 39.1 FEET TOMORROW
EVENING. IT WILL THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE EARLY SUNDAY
AFTERNOON.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 37.0 FEET.
- FLOOD HISTORY...NO AVAILABLE FLOOD HISTORY.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
LAT...LON 3987 8078 3980 8080 3981 8084 3986 8083
3988 8080
OHC013-081-WVC069-122200-
/O.NEW.KPBZ.FL.W.0034.240413T0800Z-240415T0000Z/
/WHLW2.2.ER.240413T0800Z.240414T0000Z.240414T1820Z.NO/
550 AM EDT FRI APR 12 2024
..FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT TO SUNDAY EVENING
* WHAT...MODERATE FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...OHIO RIVER AT PIKE ISLAND.
* WHEN...FROM LATE TONIGHT TO SUNDAY EVENING.
* IMPACTS...AT 22.0 FEET, WATER REACHES THE FISHING PIER ON RIGHT
DOWNSTREAM BANK
AT 37.0 FEET, LOW LYING AREAS OF WHEELING ISLAND BEGIN TO FLOOD.
AT 38.0 FEET, NAVIGATION SUSPENDED, LOCK OUT OF SERVICE.
AT 39.0 FEET, THE WELL HOUSE AND PUMP ARE FLOODED AT THE FAIRWAY
RIVER LINKS GOLF COURSE IN RAYLAND OHIO.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 4:45 AM EDT FRIDAY THE STAGE WAS 28.7 FEET.
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 37.0 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE
LATE TONIGHT TO A CREST OF 39.1 FEET TOMORROW EVENING. IT
WILL THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE EARLY SUNDAY AFTERNOON.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 37.0 FEET.
- FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF
39.3 FEET ON 01/01/1991.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
LAT...LON 4017 8067 4012 8069 4013 8073 4019 8071
OHC111-WVC095-103-122200-
/O.NEW.KPBZ.FL.W.0035.240413T0824Z-240414T2300Z/
/HANO1.1.ER.240413T0824Z.240414T0000Z.240414T1708Z.NO/
550 AM EDT FRI APR 12 2024
..FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT TO SUNDAY EVENING
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...OHIO RIVER AT HANNIBAL.
* WHEN...FROM LATE TONIGHT TO SUNDAY EVENING.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 5:00 AM EDT FRIDAY THE STAGE WAS 25.9 FEET.
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 35.0 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE
LATE TONIGHT TO A CREST OF 36.0 FEET TOMORROW EVENING. IT
WILL THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE EARLY SUNDAY AFTERNOON.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 35.0 FEET.
- FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF
35.6 FEET ON 02/18/2018.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
LAT...LON 3963 8092 3972 8087 3970 8080 3961 8084
3960 8089
OHC029-PAC007-WVC029-122200-
/O.NEW.KPBZ.FL.W.0036.240413T0936Z-240414T0100Z/
/MGYP1.1.ER.240413T0936Z.240413T1200Z.240413T1912Z.NO/
550 AM EDT FRI APR 12 2024
...FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT TO LATE TOMORROW
EVENING...
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...OHIO RIVER AT MONTGOMERY.
* WHEN...FROM LATE TONIGHT TO LATE TOMORROW EVENING.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 4:00 AM EDT FRIDAY THE STAGE WAS 24.5 FEET.
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 33.0 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE
LATE TONIGHT TO A CREST OF 33.2 FEET TOMORROW MORNING. IT
WILL THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE TOMORROW AFTERNOON.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 33.0 FEET.
- FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF
33.3 FEET ON 03/21/1963.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
LAT...LON 4063 8049 4069 8036 4065 8033 4061 8044
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