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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA

530 PM EST WED JAN 31 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PITTSBURGH HAS ISSUED A



* FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  ALLEGHENY COUNTY IN PENNSYLVANIA



* UNTIL 930 PM EST



* AT 525 PM EST...FLOODING WAS ABOUT TO BEGIN NEAR THE MARINA IN 

  MCKEESPORT...AND NEAR BOSTON PA...ALONG THE YOUGHIOGHENY RIVER...

  AND WHERE THE YOUGHIOGHENY MEETS THE MONONGAHELA RIVER. THIS

  FLOODING IS CAUSED BY ICE JAMS.



<<CALL TO ACTION>> MOVEMENT OF ICE JAMS CAN CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES...AS WELL AS LOW

LYING SPOTS.

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