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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
833 AM EDT SAT MAY 18 2024
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ALLEGHENY PA-
833 AM EDT SAT MAY 18 2024
..FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON
...REPLACES FLASH FLOOD WARNING...
* WHAT...FLOODING CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL IS OCCURRING.
* WHERE...A PORTION OF SOUTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA, INCLUDING THE
FOLLOWING COUNTY, ALLEGHENY.
* WHEN...UNTIL 100 PM EDT.
* 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 830 AM EDT, TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS AND LAW ENFORCEMENT
REPORTED FLOODING ONGOING ACROSS ALLEGHENY COUNTY. FLOODING
IS ALREADY OCCURRING. BETWEEN 1 AND 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE
FALLEN.
- SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
PITTSBURGH, PENN HILLS, MOUNT LEBANON, ROSS TOWNSHIP,
MCCANDLESS TOWNSHIP, MOON TOWNSHIP, FRANKLIN PARK, SHALER
TOWNSHIP, PLUM, NORTH SIDE PITTSBURGH, BALDWIN, HAMPTON
TOWNSHIP, SCOTT TOWNSHIP, WILKINSBURG, ROBINSON TOWNSHIP, NEW
KENSINGTON, LOWER BURRELL, HARRISON TOWNSHIP, ECONOMY AND
DORMONT.
- 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 4061 8015 4067 8015 4067 7969 4064 7969
4061 7972 4059 7977 4055 7977 4039 7995
4040 8026 4048 8036 4061 8018
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