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WGUS41 KPBZ 122218
FLWPBZ
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
618 PM EDT FRI APR 12 2024
...FORECAST FLOODING CHANGED FROM MINOR TO MODERATE SEVERITY AND
INCREASED IN DURATION FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN WEST VIRGINIA...
OHIO RIVER AT MOUNDSVILLE AFFECTING MARSHALL COUNTY.
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 SATURDAY MORNING AT 1100 AM EDT.
WVC051-131500-
/O.EXT.KPBZ.FL.W.0030.240412T2342Z-240415T0657Z/
/MOUW2.2.ER.240412T2342Z.240414T0000Z.240415T0057Z.NO/
618 PM EDT FRI APR 12 2024
..FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL EARLY MONDAY MORNING
* WHAT...MODERATE FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...OHIO RIVER AT MOUNDSVILLE.
* WHEN...UNTIL 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...
- AT 6:00 PM EDT FRIDAY THE STAGE WAS 35.2 FEET.
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 37.0 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE
THIS EVENING TO A CREST OF 41.6 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
42.9 FEET ON 03/26/1936.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
LAT...LON 3992 8081 3993 8077 3996 8077 3996 8074
3990 8073 3990 8080
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