196  
WGUS61 KPBZ 111444  
FFAPBZ  
 
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED  
FLOOD WATCH  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA  
1044 AM EDT THU APR 11 2024  
 
...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PITTSBURGH PA HAS ISSUED A FLOOD  
WATCH FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN OHIO...  
 
WILLS CREEK AT CAMBRIDGE AFFECTING GUERNSEY COUNTY.  
 
.AN INTENSE STORM SYSTEM MOVING THROUGH THE OHIO RIVER VALLEY IS  
EXPECTED TO BRING WIDESPREAD MODERATE RAINFALL TO EASTERN OHIO. THE  
RESULTANT RUNOFF WILL CREATE LARGE RISES ON AREA STREAMS AND CREEKS,  
ESPECIALLY WILLS CREEK AT CAMBRIDGE. WILLS CREEK AT CAMBRIDGE HAS  
THE POTENTIAL TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE AS SOON AS TOMORROW  
AFTERNOON.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
IF YOU ARE IN THE WATCH AREA, REMAIN ALERT TO POSSIBLE FLOODING.  
 
RESIDENTS AND THOSE WITH INTERESTS NEAR THE RIVER SHOULD MONITOR  
RISING WATER LEVELS AND BE PREPARED FOR POSSIBLE FLOOD WARNINGS.  
 
PLEASE REPORT OBSERVED FLOODING TO LOCAL EMERGENCY SERVICES OR LAW  
ENFORCEMENT AND REQUEST THEY PASS THIS INFORMATION TO THE NATIONAL  
WEATHER SERVICE WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.  
 
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE AT WEATHER.GOV/PBZ.  
 
THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED THIS EVENING AT 645 PM EDT.  
 

 
 
OHZ058-112245-  
/O.NEW.KPBZ.FL.A.0015.240412T1630Z-240414T1900Z/  
/CDIO1.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.NO/  
1044 AM EDT THU APR 11 2024  
   
..FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY AFTERNOON TO SUNDAY AFTERNOON
 
 
* WHAT...FLOODING IS POSSIBLE.  
 
* WHERE...WILLS CREEK AT CAMBRIDGE.  
 
* WHEN...FROM FRIDAY AFTERNOON TO SUNDAY AFTERNOON.  
 
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...  
- AT 10:15 AM EDT THURSDAY THE STAGE WAS 7.8 FEET.  
- FORECAST...FLOOD STAGE MAY BE REACHED EARLY TOMORROW  
AFTERNOON.  
- FLOOD STAGE IS 15.0 FEET.  
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD  
 

 
 
LAT...LON 4000 8159 4004 8162 4006 8158 4003 8156  
4000 8157  
 

 
 
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