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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Flood Warning
National Weather Service Pittsburgh PA
111 PM EST Sun Feb 16 2025


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Allegheny PA-Armstrong PA-Butler PA-Westmoreland PA-
111 PM EST Sun Feb 16 2025

...FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 430 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON...

* WHAT...Urban areas and small streams flooding caused by excessive 
  rainfall continues.

* WHERE...Portions of southwest and west central Pennsylvania, 
  including the following counties, in southwest Pennsylvania, 
  northeastern Allegheny and northwestern Westmoreland. In west 
  central Pennsylvania, southwestern Armstrong and southeastern 
  Butler.

* WHEN...Until 430 PM EST.

* IMPACTS...Flooding of rivers, creeks, streams, and other low-lying 
  and flood-prone locations is imminent or occurring. Streams 
  continue to rise due to excess runoff from earlier rainfall. 
  Low-water crossings are inundated with water and may not be 
  passable. There are currently evacuations going within the flood 
  area along Buffalo Creek.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
  - At 111 PM EST, Doppler radar indicated heavy rain. Flooding
    is ongoing or expected to begin shortly in the warned area.
    Between 1 and 2 inches of rain have fallen.
  - Some locations that will experience flooding include...
    Pittsburgh, Penn Hills, Monroeville, Butler, Vandergrift,
    Kittanning, Apollo, Plum, Murrysville, Hampton Township,
    Wilkinsburg, New Kensington, Lower Burrell, Harrison
    Township, O'hara Township, Homeacre-Lyndora, Oakmont, Fox
    Chapel, Arnold and Shanor-Northvue.
  - http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood 
deaths occur in vehicles.

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LAT...LON 4074 7996 4091 7992 4085 7960 4084 7948
      4061 7948 4051 7951 4044 7957 4044 7971
      4045 7989 4055 7993


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Shallenberger