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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
515 PM EDT SUN AUG 16 2026
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WASHINGTON PA-
515 PM EDT SUN AUG 16 2026
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 PM EDT THIS
EVENING FOR NORTHERN WASHINGTON COUNTY...
AT 515 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED LIGHT RAIN IN THE WARNED AREA.
BETWEEN 1 AND 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL
AMOUNTS UP TO 0.25 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA. FLASH
FLOODING IS ALREADY OCCURRING, WITH ROADS IMPACTED IN SOUTH STRABANE,
UNION, AND NOTTINGHAM TOWNSHIPS.
HAZARD...FLASH FLOODING CAUSED BY THUNDERSTORMS.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS, URBAN AREAS,
HIGHWAYS, STREETS AND UNDERPASSES AS WELL AS OTHER POOR
DRAINAGE AND LOW-LYING AREAS.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...
MCMURRAY, WASHINGTON, CANONSBURG, AVELLA, GASTONVILLE,
CECIL-BISHOP, WOLFDALE, MCGOVERN, EAST WASHINGTON, MCDONALD,
HOUSTON, EIGHTY FOUR, HICKORY, FINLEYVILLE, WEST MIDDLETOWN, MEADOW
LANDS, MIDWAY AND ATLASBURG.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
LAT...LON 4033 8052 4037 8037 4040 8029 4040 8028
4039 8025 4033 8018 4027 7997 4018 8015
4017 8051
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
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