983 
WGUS41 KPBZ 161607
FLWPBZ
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
1207 PM EDT FRI MAY 16 2014

...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PITTSBURGH HAS ISSUED A FLOOD 
WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN WEST VIRGINIA... 

  CHEAT RIVER AT ROWLESBURG AFFECTING PRESTON COUNTY
 
. ROWLESBURG IS EXPECTED TO REACH FLOOD LEVELS WITH THE RAIN OVER THE
PAST 36 HOURS. THE CURRENT RIVER LEVEL IS 15.5 FEET AND EXPECTED TO
CREST AT 16.8 FEET.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

SAFETY MESSAGE...DO NOT DRIVE THROUGH FLOODED AREAS. THE WATER MAY BE
DEEPER THAN IT APPEARS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER 
DEVELOPMENTS. 

&&

WVC077-170007-
/O.NEW.KPBZ.FL.W.0010.140516T1637Z-140517T0126Z/
/ROWW2.1.ER.140516T1637Z.140516T1800Z.140516T1926Z.NO/
1207 PM EDT FRI MAY 16 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PITTSBURGH HAS ISSUED A 

* FLOOD WARNING FOR   THE CHEAT RIVER AT ROWLESBURG.
* UNTIL THIS EVENING... OR UNTIL THE WARNING IS CANCELLED.
* AT 11:46 AM FRIDAY THE STAGE WAS 15.5 FEET. 
* FLOOD STAGE IS 16.0 FEET.
* MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* FORECAST...RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE BY THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE TO
  RISE TO NEAR 16.8 FEET BY THIS AFTERNOON. THE RIVER WILL FALL BELOW
  FLOOD STAGE BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON.
* IMPACT...AT 16.0 FEET...FLOODING BEGINS IN THE ROWLESBURG TOWN
PARK.

&&

LAT...LON 3937 7967 3932 7963 3931 7969 3935 7971
                                      

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