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WGUS61 KPBZ 062025
FFAPBZ
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA 
325 PM EST SUN MAR 6 2011
...THE FLOOD WATCH IS CANCELLED FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN 
PENNSYLVANIA...OHIO...WEST VIRGINIA...
 
  OHIO RIVER AT PITTSBURGH AFFECTING ALLEGHENY COUNTY
  OHIO RIVER AT MONTGOMERY AFFECTING COLUMBIANA...BEAVER AND HANCOCK
  COUNTIES
  OHIO RIVER AT WELLSVILLE AFFECTING COLUMBIANA COUNTY
  OHIO RIVER NEAR NEW CUMBERLAND AFFECTING JEFFERSON AND HANCOCK 
  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
 
.  THE HEAVY RAINFALL THAT FELL ACROSS THE REGION OVER THE PAST 24 
HOURS...WITH AMOUNTS RANGING FROM 1.00 TO 2.00 INCHES...IS RESULTING 
IN SIGNIFICANT RISES ON THE OHIO RIVER. RISES ARE EXPECTED TO REACH 
ALERT STAGES AT MANY LOCATIONS ALONG THE UPPER OHIO RIVER...BUT 
FLOODING IS ONLY FORECAST FOR THE OHIO RIVER AT THE POINT IN 
PITTSBURGH. 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
SAFETY MESSAGE...A WATCH MEANS THAT FLOODING IS POSSIBLE BUT NOT A 
CERTAINTY.  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.  
 
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325 PM EST SUN MAR 6 2011
THE FLOOD WATCH IS CANCELLED FOR
  THE OHIO RIVER AT POWHATAN POINT
* AT 11:15 AM SUNDAY THE STAGE WAS 31.5 FEET.
* FORECAST...THE RIVER IS FORECAST TO REACH A MAXIMUM STAGE OF 36.0 
  FEET BY EARLY TUESDAY MORNING.
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