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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA

1055 AM EDT TUE MAY 22 2001





A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT TUESDAY

EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...



IN PENNSYLVANIA...



  ALLEGHENY       ARMSTRONG       BEAVER          BUTLER

  FAYETTE         GREENE          INDIANA         LAWRENCE

  MERCER          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



A SLOW-MOVING COLD FRONT WILL BE PASSING ACROSS THE AREA TODAY.  

THUNDERSTORMS FORMING ALONG THIS FRONT...SOME WITH HEAVY DOWNPOURS 

...WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING.  THIS WILL BE 

ESPECIALLY TRUE FOR AREAS THAT HAVE ALREADY EXPERIENCED HEAVY 

RAINFALL OVER THE PAST FEW DAYS.     



<<< 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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