PROJECT ALERT NOTICE (PA) Flooding response continues in PA

Date: Thu, 04 Apr 2024 11:41:51 EDT

Summary: Strong storms have brought moderate to heavy rain, strong winds, across Pennsylvania since early Monday morning.

The moderate to heavy rain that caused minor to moderate flooding across Pennsylvania has ended, but some of the larger streams remain in minor to moderate flood stage. The upper Ohio River Basin in the Western PA as well as the Juniata and Susquehanna Basins in Central PA are where the concentration of higher flows remain.
Currently there are 17 streamgages in minor flooding and 1 in moderate. Yesterday, a total of 26 streamflow measurements were captured.

A total of 27 scientists were deployed this morning (04/04/2024) to collect streamflow or storm sampling for water quality. A water quality station may have been destroyed due to the flooding at 03085002 Monongahela River at Braddock lock and dam 2 lower pool. Communication was lost with the gage right at peak flood stage.

The breakdown per office is as follows:

Williamsport has 5 crews of 1 and 1 crew of 2 collecting higher flows and 1 crew of 2 collecting QW storm samples.

Bridgeville has 5 crews of 2 collecting higher flows.

New Cumberland has 1 crew of 1, 1 crew of 2, and 1 crew of 3 collecting higher flows 1 crew of 2 collecting QW storm samples.

Streamflow measurements at the larger rivers may be needed tomorrow.