Posted on 06/27/2006 2:28:23 PM PDT by janetjanet998
developing...the river may go into record flood and top the levees at Wilkes-Barre and other towns/cities ..at this time the NWS is saying the river will rise to 38-40 feet by thursday(which would be the 2nd highest crest)...the levee is at 41..however the crest may be higher then that and the NWS has been raising the crest forecast all day.
getting 2nd hand reports of local offcials saying the river may crest at 43 feet which would top the levee built after Agnes which crested at 40.9 feet ..
it all depends on how much rain they get upstream and it doesn;t look good a this point
41.0 LEVEE OVERTOPPED
39.0 SWOYERSVILLE AND LUZERNE BEGIN TO FLOOD
38.0 HANOVER TOWNSHIP AND WEST SIDE BEGINS TO FLOOD, ALSO PLYMOUTH, EDWARDSVILLE, KINGSTON, FORTY FORT AND WYOMING.
36.0 NESCOPECK BOROUGH BEGINS TO FLOOD.
35.0 DUNDEE AREA IN HANOVER TOWNSHIP BEGINS TO FLOOD. US RTE 11 IN EDWARDSVILLE FLOODS
33.0 MOCANAQUA BEGINS TO FLOOD
32.0 MAIN STREET IN SHICKSHINNY FLOODS.
31.0 HOLLENBACK PARK IN WILKES-BARRE... DURYEA AND WEST PITTSTON ARE AFFECTED. BROOKSIDE AREA BEGINS TO FLOOD
29.0 US RTE 11 IN SHICKSHINNY IS CLOSED. RIVER ROAD IN PORT BLANCHARD AND WEST PITTSTON BEGIN TO FLOOD. PP&L RIVERLANDS FACILITIES BEGIN TO FLOOD.
28.0 US RTE 11 IN WEST NANTICOKE IS CLOSED. CANAL STREET IN WEST NANTICOKE BEGINS TO FLOOD
Are there any Freepers in that area? What about you, Janet? Hope everyone there will be safe.
Mo you out near this?
Bigger than Agnes? Oh MY MY MY.
Pingy
Years later after Agnes, there are still tires 30 feet up in the trees by the potomac river in Maryland. Most impressive. The thing I remember most is the animals that were flushed out of Rock Creek Park - you've never seen so many reptiles and mammals at once, I've heard fire fronts can be like that.
I'm on the West Branch of the Susquehanna in Williamsport. It doesn't look quite that bad yet here, but the possibility is certainly there.
prisoner6
We're downstream near the Conowingo Dam in MD, but safely up on a hill. Still, prayers for our neighbors and those in harm's way.
Oh my. Most of my family (parents, sister & fam, aunts & uncles, grandpa) live in Milton. My parents are actually on vacation right now down in MD. Maybe I should give them a call.
I was only 4 but I remember the 72 flood, my grandparents being evacuated and staying with us in Lewisburg (the water was well into their first floor), the watermarks on the buildings for so long.
the upper east branch is what i was refering too..
also i should add the main branch will liikley flood but not like Agnes..its the upper east branch that is the focus now..again it all depends on how much rian they get upstream
I hope it's a nice HIGH hill. The reports sound terrible. Out here in Colorado we're in a terrible drought, but I guess that's better than a flood.
-Had 8 feet of water in the living room during Agnes(Kingston) . Some of my buds who lived close to the dikes had the water completely cover their houses . Where the levee was breached in Forty fort a lot of he houses were untouched . However many graves were unearthed in the Forty Fort cemetary and there were corpses and coffins floating around .
Stay safe up on the hill - hope you have supplies because it might be awhile before you get down.
Seriously - this could be bad down here in MD especially Havre de Grace and Port Deposit. Both hit hard in Agnes.
Harrisburg PA got a lot of flooding too as I recall.
BTW - me and some friends used to pontoon up on the river above the Conowingo Dam. What fun we had back then.
C079-280813- 413 PM EDT TUE JUN 27 2006 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BINGHAMTON NEW YORK HAS ISSUED A * FLOOD WARNING FOR THE SUSQUEHANNA RIVER NEAR WILKES-BARRE. * FROM EARLY TOMORROW THROUGH SATURDAY. * AT 4 PM TUESDAY THE STAGE WAS...11.8 FEET. * MAJOR FLOODING IS FORECAST. * FLOOD STAGE IS 22 FEET. * FORECAST TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE BY EARLY TOMORROW AND CONTINUE TO RISE TO 38 TO 40 FEET BY THURSDAY MORNING. * AT 39 FEET...SWOYERSVILLE AND LUZERNE BEGIN TO FLOOD.
WGUS41 KPHI 272144 FLWPHI BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MT HOLLY, NEW JERSEY 532 PM EDT TUE JUN 27 2006
...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A FLOOD WARNING FOR THE SUSQUEHANNA RIVER IN NORTHEASTERN MARYLAND SUSQUEHANNA RIVER BELOW CONOWINGO DAM AFFECTING CECIL AND HARFORD COUNTIES ...MODERATE TO MAJOR FLOODING IS FORECAST FOR THE SUSQUEHANNA RIVER... MDC015-025-280332- /X.NEW.KPHI.FL.W.0030.060629T0100Z-000000T0000Z/ /CNWM2.1.ER.060629T0100Z.060629T0100Z.000000T0000Z.NO/ 532 PM EDT TUE JUN 27 2006
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A * FLOOD WARNING FOR THE SUSQUEHANNA BELOW CONOWINGO DAM * FROM WEDNESDAY EVENING UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE. * AT 4:00 PM TUESDAY THE STAGE WAS...18.0 FEET. * MODERATE TO MAJOR FLOODING IS FORECAST. * FLOOD STAGE IS 23.5 FEET. * FORECAST TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE BY LATE TOMORROW EVENING AND CONTINUE TO RISE TO BETWEEN 30 AND 32 FEET LATE THURSDAY NIGHT.
* AT 31.0 FEET...NOTIFICATION LEVEL 9 WITH 43 TO 53 GATES OPEN AT CONOWINGO DAM. WIDESPREAD FLOODING AND MANDATORY EVACUATIONS IN THE TOWN OF PORT DEPOSIT MARYLAND. * THE EXACT CREST HEIGHT AND TIMING ARE DEPENDENT UPON UPSTREAM DAM OPERATIONS.
Oh it is, but do say a prayer for the folks down in Port Deposit, Perryville, and Havre de Grace. Those towns are right down on the water.
WBRE-TV stays by that number(43 feet) but they are using the National Weather Service numbers right now(38-40 feet)
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