Flash Flood Emergency.
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Pittsburgh PA
707 PM EDT Thu Apr 11 2024
...FLASH FLOOD EMERGENCY FOR OAKDALE AND CORAOPOLIS...
The National Weather Service in Pittsburgh has issued a
* Flash Flood Warning for...
West Central Allegheny County in southwestern Pennsylvania...
North Central Washington County in southwestern Pennsylvania...
* Until midnight EDT tonight.
* At 707 PM EDT, local law enforcement reported thunderstorms
producing heavy rain across the warned area. Between 2 and 3.5
inches of rain have fallen. Additional rainfall amounts of 1 to 2
inches are possible in the warned area. Flash flooding is ongoing.
FLASH FLOOD EMERGENCY for Oakdale and Coraopolis. This is a
PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION. SEEK HIGHER GROUND NOW!
HAZARD...Life threatening flash flooding. Thunderstorms
producing flash flooding.
SOURCE...Law enforcement reported significant flooding in
Oakdale.
IMPACT...This is a PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION. SEEK
HIGHER GROUND NOW! Life threatening flash flooding of
low water crossings, small creeks and streams, urban
areas, highways, streets and underpasses.
* Some locations that will experience flash flooding include...
Robinson Township, Cecil-Bishop, Kennedy Township, Coraopolis,
Imperial, McDonald, Sturgeon-Noblestown, Oakdale, Glen Osborne,
Glenfield, Haysville, North Fayette Township, Enlow, South Fayette
Township, Collier Township and Midway.
This includes the Parkway between mile markers 57 and 60.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Move to higher ground now! This is an extremely dangerous and
life-threatening situation. Do not attempt to travel unless you are
fleeing an area subject to flooding or under an evacuation order.
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.