RIVER FLOOD WATCH- PITTSBURGH CWA

[ohiostorm]

FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
1233 PM EST TUE FEB 05 2008

...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PITTSBURGH HAS ISSUED A FLOOD
WATCH FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN PENNSYLVANIA...OHIO...WEST
VIRGINIA...

OHIO RIVER AT PITTSBURGH AFFECTING ALLEGHENY COUNTY
OHIO RIVER AT WELLSVILLE AFFECTING COLUMBIANA COUNTY
OHIO RIVER NEAR NEW CUMBERLAND AFFECTING JEFFERSON AND HANCOCK
COUNTIES
OHIO RIVER AT WELLSBURG AFFECTING JEFFERSON AND BROOKE COUNTIES
OHIO RIVER AT PIKE ISLAND AFFECTING BELMONT...JEFFERSON AND OHIO
COUNTIES
OHIO RIVER AT WHEELING AFFECTING BELMONT AND OHIO COUNTIES
OHIO RIVER AT MOUNDSVILLE AFFECTING MARSHALL COUNTY
OHIO RIVER AT POWHATAN POINT AFFECTING BELMONT...MONROE AND
MARSHALL COUNTIES
OHIO RIVER AT HANNIBAL AFFECTING MONROE AND WETZEL COUNTIES
ALLEGHENY RIVER AT CW BILL YOUNG DAM AFFECTING ALLEGHENY COUNTY
CLARION RIVER AT COOKSBURG AFFECTING CLARION...FOREST AND
JEFFERSON COUNTIES
WILLS CREEK AT CAMBRIDGE AFFECTING GUERNSEY COUNTY
STILLWATER CREEK AT UHRICHSVILLE AFFECTING TUSCARAWAS COUNTY

.A COLD FRONT WILL STALL ACROSS THE REGION THIS EVENING. A SERIES OF
STORMS WILL MOVE ALONG THE FRONT LATE TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. MOST OF
EAST CENTRAL OHIO AND WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA WILL RECEIVE 1.5 TO 2.0
INCHES OF RAIN. MORE THAN 2.00 INCHES IS POSSIBLE IN THE UPPER OHIO
RIVER VALLEY.

SAFETY MESSAGE...A WATCH MEANS THAT FLOODING IS POSSIBLE BUT NOT A
CERTAINTY. RAINFALL OF 1.5 TO 2.0 INCHES MAY CAUSE FLOODING ON THE
MAJOR RIVERS. ACTUAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS AND POTENTIAL FLOODING WILL
ULTIMATELY DEPEND ON THE DIRECTION AND SPEED OF THE STORM. PEOPLE IN
THE WATCH AREA SHOULD KEEP AN EYE ON THE WEATHER AND BE PREPARED FOR
IMMEDIATE ACTION SHOULD HEAVY RAINS AND FLOODING OCCUR OR A RIVER
FLOOD WARNING BE ISSUED.

OHC081-WVC029-061732-
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1233 PM EST TUE FEB 05 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PITTSBURGH HAS ISSUED A
* FLOOD WATCH FOR
THE OHIO RIVER NEAR NEW CUMBERLAND
* FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON TO LATE THURSDAY NIGHT.
* AT 9:00 AM TUESDAY THE STAGE WAS 17.8 FEET.
* MINOR FLOODING IS POSSIBLE.
* FLOOD STAGE IS 36.0 FEET.
* FORECAST...FLOOD STAGE MAY BE REACHED BY THURSDAY EARLY AFTERNOON.

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[ohiostorm]

Just a little update on forecasted river crests on the Ohio River as of 12:35a 2/6/08.

Pittsburgh: 26.5' Thursday AM/ Flood Stage 25'

Dashield Lock and Dam: 24.9' Thursday AM/ Flood Stage 25'

Montgomery: 34.9' Thursday AM/ Flood Stage 33'

Wellsville: 13.5' Thursday AM/ Flood Stage 11'

New Cumberland Lock and Dam: 38.2' Thursday AM/ Flood Stage 36'

Steubenville: 37.3' Thursday AM/ Flood Stage 36'

Wellsburg: 38.1' Thursday AM/ Flood Stage 36'

Pike Island Lock and Dam: 41.9' Thursday AM/ Flood Stage 37'

Wheeling: 41.6' Thursday AM/ Flood Stage 36'

Moundsville: 43.4' Thursday AM/ Flood Stage 37'

Powhattan Point: 42.6' Thursday AM/ Flood Stage 37'

Hannibal Lock and Dam: 37.3' Thursday AM/ Flood Stage 35'
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FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
929 PM EST TUE FEB 5 2008

PAC007-019-073-062030-
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/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
929 PM EST TUE FEB 5 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PITTSBURGH HAS ISSUED A

* FLOOD WARNING FOR...
BUTLER COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...ZELIENOPLE...SAXONBURG...MORAINE
STATE PARK...HOOKER...EVANS CITY...BUTLER...
BEAVER COUNTY IN WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...FOMBELL...BLACKHAWK...BEAVER FALLS...
BEAVER...
LAWRENCE COUNTY IN WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...NEW CASTLE...MCCONNELLS MILL...
HARLANSBURG...ELLWOOD CITY...

* UNTIL 330 PM EST WEDNESDAY

* AT 929 PM EST RAINFALL FROM TODAY AND TONIGHT IS CAUSING RISES
ALONG THE CONNOQUENESSING CREEK. THE STAGE READING AT ZELIENOPLE AT
915 PM IS 10.7 FEET AND FLOOD STAGE IS 11 FEET. SOME FLOODING HAS
BEEN REPORTED ON HARTSELL SCHOOL ROAD BETWEEN THE FOMBELL BRIDGE AND
ROUTE 588 IN BEAVER COUNTY.

ADDITIONAL SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL IS LIKELY FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT
THROUGH NOON ON WEDNESDAY. THE CONNOQUENESSING WILL REMAIN NEAR
FLOOD STAGE EARLY TONIGHT...BUT ADDITIONAL RAINFALL LATER TONIGHT
AND WEDNESDAY WILL LIKELY BRING THE CREEK OVER FLOOD STAGE BEFORE
DAYBREAK.


A FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR HAS BEEN REPORTED.
STREAM RISES WILL BE SLOW AND FLASH FLOODING IS NOT EXPECTED.
HOWEVER...ALL INTERESTED PARTIES SHOULD TAKE NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS
IMMEDIATELY.

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO
HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO
FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.

PLEASE REPORT HIGH WATER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING
TOLL FREE...1-877-633-6772.

LAT...LON 4103 8051 4104 7980 4071 7979 4068 8049
TIME...MOT...LOC 0229Z 180DEG 0KT 4085 8041

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