Flooding warning issued for Fayette, Greene counties
The National Weather Service issued a flooding warning for Fayette, Greene and southern Washington and Westmoreland counties, in effect until 3:45 p.m. today.
Fred McMullen, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service out of Pittsburgh said the two significant rain falls in the area occurred in the Laurel Mountains with 2.5 inches of rain in the past 48 hours and in Connellsville with 1.76 inches of rainfall in the past 24 hours.
“In the past two days, Connellsville is probably close to two and a half inches of rain,” McMullen said.
The NWS reported streams and creeks in several areas are at or above bankfull and noted some road closures in those areas.
“We haven’t had anything huge called in,” said Fayette County Emergency Management Agency Public Information Officer Susan Kozak-Griffith.
Griffith said the reports they received included trees down in Perryopolis, Springhill Township, Dunbar Township and Menallen Township.
She said there were two calls concerning water in basements from South Union and Franklin townships.
Flooded roadways included Moyer Road and Memorial Boulevard in Bullskin Township that was cleared in a matter of minutes, flooded roadways in German Township near St. Mary’s Cemetery where flares and caution tape were put up and there was flooding on Railroad Street in Dawson Borough, Water Street in Brownsville and some roadway flooding in Redstone Township.
Griffith said the calls that came in during the early morning hours of Friday were all cleared later that morning.
In Greene County, Jefferson-Morgan, West Greene, Carmichaels and Central Greene school districts all issued two-hour delays due to flooding concerns. Some had dismissed early Thursday because of flooding.
The NWS said several local areas, including Connellsville, Monessen, Donora, Charleroi, Uniontown, Waynesburg, Uniontown, California, Monongahela and Masontown were likely to experience some form of flooding.