Flood Warning Issued
From
Pittsburgh
Sent
Fri, Apr 12 @ 7:59pm
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Description
Flood Warning issued April 12 at 6:18PM EDT until April 13 at 6:48PM EDT by NWS Pittsburgh PA
...The Flood Warning is extended for the following rivers in
Pennsylvania...West Virginia...Ohio...
Ohio River At Pittsburgh affecting Allegheny County.
Ohio River At Wheeling affecting Ohio and Belmont Counties.
Ohio River At Pike Island affecting Jefferson OH, Ohio and
Belmont Counties.
Ohio River At Montgomery affecting Hancock, Columbiana and Beaver
Counties.
Ohio River At Hannibal affecting Tyler, Monroe and Wetzel
Counties.
* WHAT...Minor flooding is forecast.
* WHERE...Ohio River at Pittsburgh.
* WHEN...Until tomorrow evening.
* IMPACTS...At 18.0 feet, Water begins to flow onto the Monongahela
Parking Wharf.
At 19.0 feet, Water begins to flow onto the North Shore riverwalk
between the stadiums.
At 19.5 feet, The Monongahela Parking Wharf is completely flooded.
At 20.0 feet, Water is up to one foot deep in the lower areas of
the North Shore Riverwalk.
At 22.0 feet, The Tenth Street Bypass floods.
At 22.5 feet, The fountain plaza is flooded.
At 24.0 feet, Water enters the outer pool of the fountain.
At 24.9 feet, Water enters the inner pool of the fountain.
At 25.0 feet, The Parkway Central (also known as the bathtub) is
closed by flooding. Lower North Side businesses are affected.
At 26.0 feet, State Correctional Institution Pittsburgh is impacted.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- At 6:00 PM EDT Friday the stage was 24.5 feet.
- Bankfull stage is 18.0 feet.
- Forecast...The river will rise above flood stage this evening
to 25.9 feet just after midnight tonight. It will then fall
below flood stage early tomorrow afternoon to 18.0 feet
Monday evening. It will rise to 18.1 feet early Tuesday
morning. It will then fall to 17.5 feet Tuesday evening.
- Flood stage is 25.0 feet.
- Flood History...This crest compares to a previous crest of
25.8 feet on 01/26/2010.
- http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
Additional information is available at weather.gov/pbz.
The next statement will be issued Saturday morning at 1100 AM EDT.
This notification was posted by Pittsburgh. Pittsburgh is solely responsible for this notification and unless specifically indicated, no other community or individual utilizing Savvy Citizen (Beta) is sponsoring, responsible for, or endorsing this notification.
