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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA

1040 AM EDT WED APR 11 2001



A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM EDT WEDNESDAY

AFTERNOON FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...



IN PENNSYLVANIA...



  ALLEGHENY       ARMSTRONG       BEAVER          BUTLER

  CLARION         FAYETTE         FOREST          GREENE

  INDIANA         JEFFERSON       LAWRENCE        MERCER

  VENANGO         WASHINGTON      WESTMORELAND



IN MARYLAND...



  GARRETT



IN OHIO...



  BELMONT         CARROLL         COLUMBIANA      COSHOCTON

  GUERNSEY        HARRISON        JEFFERSON       MONROE

  MUSKINGUM       NOBLE           TUSCARAWAS



IN WEST VIRGINIA...



  BROOKE          HANCOCK         MARION          MARSHALL

  MONONGALIA      OHIO            PRESTON         TUCKER

  WETZEL



SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE WATCH AREA TODAY 

AND RAIN MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES. WITH SOILS NEAR SATURATION FROM 

PREVIOUS RAIN...IT WILL ONLY TAKE AROUND HALF AN INCH OF RAIN IN AN 

HOUR OR A LITTLE OVER AN INCH IN THREE HOURS TO BRING STREAMS AND 

CREEKS OVER THEIR BANKS.    



<<< CALL TO ACTION >>> A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT FLOODING OF

SMALL STREAMS...CREEKS AND OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS IS POSSIBLE WITHIN

THE WATCH AREA. PEOPLE IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD KEEP AN EYE ON THE

WEATHER AND BE PREPARED FOR IMMEDIATE ACTION SHOULD HEAVY RAINS AND

FLOODING OCCUR OR A FLASH FLOOD WARNING BE ISSUED.

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