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The National Weather Service in Pittsburgh issued the following Flood Warning at 12:08 p.m. on Sunday, February 23, 2014:

FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
1208 PM EST SUN FEB 23 2014

…THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN PENNSYLVANIA…

ALLEGHENY RIVER AT PARKER AFFECTING ARMSTRONG AND CLARION COUNTIES

. AN ICE JAM IS CREATING A BACKFLOW OF WATER INTO THE TOWN OF PARKER. FLOODING IS AFFECTING SR 268 FROM PARKER TO FOXBURG. THE ICE IS STATIONARY BANK TO BANK AT THIS TIME.

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.

1208 PM EST SUN FEB 23 2014

THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE ALLEGHENY RIVER AT PARKER.

* UNTIL MONDAY EVENING…OR UNTIL THE WARNING IS CANCELLED.

* AT 11:00 AM SUNDAY THE STAGE WAS 22.5 FEET.

* FLOOD STAGE IS 20.0 FEET.

* MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.

* FORECAST…THE RIVER WILL CONTINUE TO FALL TO BELOW FLOOD STAGE BY TOMORROW EARLY AFTERNOON.

* IMPACT…AT 22.0 FEET…SEVERAL HOMES ON RT. 268 FLOOD.