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WGUS81 KPBZ 172345
FLSPBZ
FLOOD ADVISORY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
745 PM EDT WED APR 17 2024
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LAWRENCE PA-MERCER PA-
745 PM EDT WED APR 17 2024
..FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 945 PM EDT THIS EVENING
* WHAT...URBAN AREA AND SMALL STREAM FLOODING CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE
RAINFALL IS EXPECTED.
* WHERE...PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST AND WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA, INCLUDING
THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES, IN NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA, SOUTHERN
MERCER. IN WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA, NORTHERN LAWRENCE.
* WHEN...UNTIL 945 PM EDT.
* IMPACTS...MINOR FLOODING IN LOW-LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 745 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAIN DUE TO
THUNDERSTORMS. THIS WILL CAUSE URBAN AND SMALL STREAM
FLOODING. BETWEEN 1 AND 1.5 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN.
- ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 0.2 TO 0.5 INCHES ARE EXPECTED
OVER THE AREA. THIS ADDITIONAL RAIN WILL RESULT IN MINOR
FLOODING.
- SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
HERMITAGE, SHARON, GROVE CITY, SHARPSVILLE, FARRELL, NEW
WILMINGTON, MERCER, PULASKI, NEW BEDFORD, WEST MIDDLESEX,
PLAIN GROVE TOWNSHIP, CLARK, WHEATLAND, JACKSON CENTER AND
VOLANT.
- 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 4118 8001 4104 8014 4103 8052 4131 8052
4132 8001
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