WFO PITTSBURGH Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Wednesday, May 14, 2025

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FLOOD WARNING

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Flood Warning

National Weather Service Pittsburgh PA

Issued by National Weather Service Charleston WV

952 PM EDT Tue May 13 2025

...The National Weather Service in Pittsburgh PA has issued a Flood

Warning for the following rivers in Pennsylvania...

Youghiogheny River At Connellsville affecting Fayette County.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood

deaths occur in vehicles.

Additional information is available at weather.gov/pbz.

...FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON TO TOMORROW

EVENING...

* WHAT...Minor flooding is forecast.

* WHERE...Youghiogheny River at Connellsville.

* WHEN...From Wednesday afternoon to tomorrow evening.

* IMPACTS...At 12.0 feet, Flooding begins in the vicinity of Yough

Park.

At 14.0 feet, Several inches of water floods basements of about 30

homes along left bank. River is bankful along the left bank just

downstream from the Crawford Street Bridge. Water reaches the

level of the Hurricane Ivan flood of September 18, 2004.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...

- At 9:15 PM EDT Tuesday the stage was 4.5 feet.

- Bankfull stage is 12.0 feet.

- Forecast...The river will rise above flood stage to 12.1 feet

early tomorrow afternoon. It will then fall below flood stage

late tomorrow afternoon to 5.7 feet early Friday afternoon.

It will rise to 6.2 feet early Saturday morning. It will then

fall again and remain below flood stage.

- Flood stage is 12.0 feet.

- Flood History...No available flood history.

- http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood

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