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WGUS61 KPBZ 101629
FFAPBZ
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA 
1129 AM EST THU MAR 10 2011
...THE FLOOD WATCH IS CANCELLED FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN 
PENNSYLVANIA...OHIO...WEST VIRGINIA AND HAS BEEN UPGRADED TO RIVER 
FLOOD WARNINGS...
 
  OHIO RIVER AT PITTSBURGH AFFECTING ALLEGHENY COUNTY
  OHIO RIVER AT DASHIELDS AFFECTING ALLEGHENY COUNTY
  OHIO RIVER AT MONTGOMERY AFFECTING COLUMBIANA...BEAVER AND HANCOCK
  COUNTIES
  OHIO RIVER AT EAST LIVERPOOL AFFECTING COLUMBIANA...JEFFERSON...
  BEAVER AND HANCOCK COUNTIES
  OHIO RIVER AT WELLSVILLE AFFECTING COLUMBIANA COUNTY
  OHIO RIVER NEAR NEW CUMBERLAND AFFECTING JEFFERSON AND HANCOCK 
  COUNTIES
  OHIO RIVER AT STEUBENVILLE AFFECTING JEFFERSON AND BROOKE 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
  MONONGAHELA RIVER NEAR CHARLEROI AFFECTING FAYETTE...WASHINGTON 
  AND WESTMORELAND COUNTIES
  MONONGAHELA RIVER NEAR ELIZABETH AFFECTING ALLEGHENY...WASHINGTON 
  AND WESTMORELAND COUNTIES
  MONONGAHELA RIVER AT BRADDOCK AFFECTING ALLEGHENY COUNTY
  STILLWATER CREEK AT UHRICHSVILLE AFFECTING TUSCARAWAS COUNTY
...THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN 
PENNSYLVANIA...
  YOUGHIOGHENY RIVER AT CONNELLSVILLE AFFECTING FAYETTE COUNTY 
 
.  RAINFALL AMOUNTS ACROSS THE REGION DURING THE PAST 36 HOURS RANGE 
FROM 1.00 TO NEARLY 3.00 INCHES. THIS WIDESPREAD HEAVY RAINFALL ON 
TOP OF THE ALREADY SWOLLEN STREAMS AND RIVERS ACROSS THE DISTRICT...
ARE CAUSING SIGNIFICANT RISES ON DISTRICT RIVERS. A NUMBER OF 
LOCATIONS ALONG THE LOWER MONONGAHELA RIVER AS WELL AS THE UPPER 
OHIO RIVER AS FAR DOWNSTREAM AS HANNIBAL OHIO AND STILLWATER CREEK 
IN EASTERN OHIO ARE FORECAST TO SEE SIGNIFICANT ENOUGH RISES 
PROMPTING THE WATCH TO BE UPGRADED TO A FLOOD WARNING.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
SAFETY MESSAGE...A WATCH MEANS THAT FLOODING IS POSSIBLE BUT NOT A 
CERTAINTY. 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.  
 
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OHC013-081-WVC069-101659-
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1129 AM EST THU MAR 10 2011
THE FLOOD WATCH IS CANCELLED AND UPGRADED TO A RIVER FLOOD WARNING 
FOR
  THE OHIO RIVER AT PIKE ISLAND
* AT 11:00 AM THURSDAY THE STAGE WAS 29.2 FEET.
* FORECAST...THE RIVER IS FORECAST TO REACH A MAXIMUM STAGE OF 41.6 
  FEET BY SATURDAY EARLY AFTERNOON.
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