460  
WGUS51 KPBZ 201558  
FFWPBZ  
PAC005-019-031-121-202100-  
/O.EXT.KPBZ.FF.W.0001.000000T0000Z-260220T2100Z/  
/00000.1.IJ.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/  
 
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED  
FLASH FLOOD WARNING  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA  
1058 AM EST FRI FEB 20 2026  
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PITTSBURGH HAS EXTENDED THE  
 
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...  
AN ICE JAM BREAK IN...  
SOUTHERN VENANGO COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN PENNSYLVANIA...  
NORTHWESTERN ARMSTRONG COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA...  
NORTHEASTERN BUTLER COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA...  
WESTERN CLARION COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA...  
 
* UNTIL 400 PM EST.  
 
* AT 1058 AM EST, LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED AN ICE JAM ON THE  
ALLEGHENY RIVER AT EMLENTON, PA BROKE CAUSING FLASH FLOODING  
DOWNSTREAM.  
 
HAZARD...FLASH FLOODING FROM AN ICE JAM BREAK.  
 
SOURCE...LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED.  
 
IMPACT...FLOODING OF AREAS NEAR AND DOWNSTREAM OF THE ICE JAM  
BREAK.  
 
* THE NEAREST DOWNSTREAM TOWN IS FOXBURG.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD  
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.  
 
BE AWARE OF YOUR SURROUNDINGS AND DO NOT DRIVE ON FLOODED ROADS.  
 
STAY AWAY OR BE SWEPT AWAY. RIVER BANKS AND CULVERTS CAN BECOME  
UNSTABLE AND UNSAFE.  
 
 
 
LAT...LON 4118 7973 4118 7968 4117 7967 4115 7968  
4114 7967 4114 7969 4117 7969 4117 7973  
 
FLASH FLOOD...OBSERVED  
 
 
 
HEFFERAN  
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