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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
140 AM EDT SAT APR 13 2024
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ARMSTRONG PA-BUTLER PA-CLARION PA-FOREST PA-LAWRENCE PA-MERCER PA-
VENANGO PA-
140 AM EDT SAT APR 13 2024
..FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM EDT THIS MORNING
* WHAT...FLOODING CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL CONTINUES.
* 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 800 AM EDT SATURDAY.
* 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 139 AM EDT, LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED FLOODING IN THE
WARNED AREA. BETWEEN 2 AND 3.5 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN.
RAIN WILL END THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY MORNING, THOUGH RUNOFF
FROM THE RECENT HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE
FLOODING.
- 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.
LAT...LON 4149 8000 4160 7983 4162 7983 4163 7935
4077 7929 4094 8051 4149 8039
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