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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
413 PM EST SAT FEB 21 2026
PAC005-220200-
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ARMSTRONG PA-
413 PM EST SAT FEB 21 2026
...FLOOD WARNING FOR AN ICE JAM NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EST THIS
EVENING...
* WHAT...FLOODING CAUSED BY AN ICE JAM CONTINUES.
* WHERE...NORTHERN ARMSTRONG COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA,
NEAR THE WATTERSONVILLE AREA AND POTENTIALLY DOWNRIVER TO LOCK
NUMBER 8 ALONG THE ALLEGHENY RIVER.
* WHEN...UNTIL 900 PM EST.
* IMPACTS...FLOODING OF RIVERS, CREEKS, STREAMS, AND OTHER LOW-LYING
AND FLOOD-PRONE LOCATIONS IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. DEPENDING ON
ICE BEHAVIOR, ANY RELEASE OF THE ICE JAM COULD RESULT IN SUDDEN
RISES OF WATER, LEADING TO A RAPID FLOODING SITUATION.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 357 PM EST, EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED AN ICE JAM NEAR THE
WARNED AREA. FLOODING IS OCCURRING AT CAMPGROUNDS ALONG THE
ALLEGHENY RIVERBANK, AND ADDITIONAL FLOODING IS POSSIBLE IF THE
ICE JAM BREAKS.
- SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...THE
WATTERSONVILLE AREA AND POTENTIALLY DOWNRIVER TO LOCK NUMBER 8
ALONG THE ALLEGHENY RIVER.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
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.
FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. IT IS IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHERE
YOU ARE RELATIVE TO STREAMS, RIVERS, OR CREEKS WHICH CAN BECOME
KILLERS IN HEAVY RAINS. CAMPERS AND HIKERS SHOULD AVOID STREAMS OR
CREEKS.
LAT...LON 4097 7954 4094 7951 4095 7948 4094 7945
4091 7945 4089 7946 4090 7949 4091 7947
4093 7947 4091 7949 4093 7953 4095 7956
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