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

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FLOOD WARNING

Flood Statement

National Weather Service Pittsburgh PA

Issued by National Weather Service Charleston WV

404 AM EDT Wed May 14 2025

...The Flood Warning is extended 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.

Be especially cautious at night when it is harder to recognize the

dangers of flooding.

Additional information is available at weather.gov/pbz.

...FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM EARLY THIS MORNING TO LATE THIS

EVENING...

* WHAT...Minor flooding is occurring and minor flooding is forecast.

* WHERE...Youghiogheny River at Connellsville.

* WHEN...From early this morning to late this 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 bankfull along the left bank just

downstream from the Crawford Street Bridge. Water reaches the

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

At 14.1 feet, Water reaches level of March 3, 2015.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...

- At 3:15 AM EDT Wednesday the stage was 12.7 feet.

- Bankfull stage is 12.0 feet.

- Recent Activity...The maximum river stage in the 24 hours

ending at 3:15 AM EDT Wednesday was 12.7 feet.

- Forecast...The river will fall below flood stage by late this

afternoon and continue falling to 5.7 feet by early Friday

afternoon. It will then rise to 6.2 feet early Saturday

morning. It will fall again and remain below flood stage.

- Flood stage is 12.0 feet.

- Flood History...This crest compares to a previous crest of

11.6 feet on 02/08/2019.

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

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